Editing Bean (section)

== Uses ==

=== Culinary ===

Beans can be cooked in a wide variety of [[casserole]]s, [[curries]], [[salad]]s, [[soup]]s, and [[stew]]s. They can be served whole or mashed alongside meat or toast, or included in an [[omelette]] or a [[flatbread]] wrap.<ref name="BBC Good Food">{{cite web |title=Healthy bean recipes |url=https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/healthy-bean-recipes |publisher=[[BBC]] Good Food |access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref> Other options are to include them in a bake with a [[cheese sauce]], a Mexican-style [[chili con carne]], or to use them as a meat substitute in a [[hamburger|burger]] or in [[falafel]]s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Our best bean recipes |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/collections/full_of_beans |publisher=[[BBC]] Food |access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref> The French [[cassoulet]] is a slow-cooked stew with haricot beans, sausage, pork, mutton, and preserved goose.<ref>{{cite book |last=David |first=Elizabeth |author-link=Elizabeth David |title=[[French Provincial Cooking]] |date=2008 |orig-date=1960 |location=London |publisher=Folio Society |oclc=809349711 |page=39}}</ref> Soybeans can be processed into bean curd ([[tofu]])<ref>{{cite web |title=What is tofu? |url=https://www.soya.be/what-is-tofu.php |website=Soya.be |access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref> or fermented into a cake ([[tempeh]]);<ref>{{cite web |title=What is tempeh? |url=https://www.soya.be/what-is-tempeh.php |website=Soya.be |access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref> these can be eaten fried or roasted like meat, or included in stir-fries, curries, and soups.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Powell |first1=Lori |last2=Jibrin |first2=Janis |title=Simple Roasted Tofu and Tempeh Recipe |url=https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/food-recipes/healthy/a47209/simple-roasted-tofu-and-tempeh-recipe/ |publisher=Good Housekeeping |access-date=2 January 2025 |date=7 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=54 tofu recipes |url=https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/tofu-recipes |publisher=BBC Good Food |access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tempeh |url=https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/search?q=tempeh |publisher=BBC Good Food |access-date=2 January 2025}}</ref> Most dry beans contain 21-25% [[protein]] by weight;<ref>{{cite web |title=Foundation Foods: Legumes and Legume Products |url=https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-search?type=Foundation&SFFoodCategory=Legumes%20and%20Legume%20Products |website=FoodData Central |access-date=24 February 2025}}</ref> dry [[soybean]]s are 36.5% protein by weight.<ref>{{cite web |title=Foundation Foods: Legumes and Legume Products |url=https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/food-details/174270/nutrients |website=FoodData Central |access-date=24 February 2025}}</ref>

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File:Bean salad.jpg|Bean salad
File:Beans on toast - Vios 2024-01-09.jpg|Beans on toast, Greece
File:Senate bean soup, United States Capitol Visitor Center, April 2019.jpg|Bean soup
File:Bowl of cassoulet.JPG|[[Cassoulet]], France
File:Chili con carne 6.jpg|[[Chili con carne]] with meat, beans, and red peppers
File:Vegetarian black bean burger with homefries.jpg|Bean burger
File:Deep fried bean-curd curry (2894128615).jpg|[[Tofu|Bean curd]] curry
File:Tempeh tempe.jpg|[[Tempeh]] cakes ready to cook, Indonesia
</gallery>

=== Other ===

[[File:Cluster bean-guar-Cyamopsis psoralioides-Cyamopsis tetragonolobus-TAMIL NADU73.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Guar]] beans are used for [[guar gum|their gum]]. ]]

[[Guar]] beans are used for [[guar gum|their gum]], a [[galactomannan]] [[polysaccharide]]. It is used to thicken and stabilise foods and other products.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Thombare |first1=Nandkishore |last2=Jha |first2=Usha |last3=Mishra |first3=Sumit |last4=Siddiqui |first4=M.Z. |date=July 2016 |title=Guar gum as a promising starting material for diverse applications: A review |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141813016303099 |journal=International Journal of Biological Macromolecules |volume=88 |pages=361–372 |doi=10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2016.04.001 |pmid=27044346}}</ref>