BBQ Baked Beans: Classic Bean Recipes & More

Beans are an important part of American culinary heritage. This section contains the canon of American bean dishes, always found accompanying the local barbecue. Their roots can often be found in other cultures, but the recipes have been thoroughly Americanized. Explore everything from BBQ baked beans and Boston baked beans to Texas-style butter beans, borrachos, red beans and rice, and more. Some other classic American bean recipes you may enjoy include Pennsylvania Succotash, a native American crazy quilt of lima beans, other beans, corn kernels, tomatoes, onion, sweet peppers, and if you feel like it, green beans, peas, and the kitchen sink; Little Italy Pasta Fazool, the Americanized preparation based on the classic Italian dish Pasta e Fagioli with white cannellini beans, olive oil, garlic, onion, tomatoes, and macaroni simmered into a runny stew; and New Mexico Burritos, the familiar soft tortillas wrapped around fillings of refried beans, meat, rice, and additions like black beans, lettuce, tomato, avocado, cheese, and tomato salsa.