I can’t say enough good things about beans. Beans are cheap, healthy, tasty and I love beans. While the most frugal beans start dried and are usually soaked overnight before boiling for a couple of hours. If you’re trying to put together a meal for pennies a serving, dried beans are a good place to start. Sometimes inspiration hits me and I can’t wait 24 hours for dried beans to be edible. That’s when I turn to canned beans for the following stew recipe.
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Beans rock! (and thicken!)
A few tablespoons of beans added into the sauce rewarded me with exactly what I was looking for- a rich, creamy sauce without adding fat or starch.
Aduki bean stew
I actually set out to make a bean and bacon soup. When I checked the pantry I didn’t have any white beans but did have some aduki beans. Why would I have aduki beans, you might ask?
Chicken and white bean ragout
The final texture of the sauce is much finer and silkier than most stews.
The perfect recipe
Common ingredients are probably must-haves, the unique ones could be optional.
Old tortillas = new tortilla chips
Mexican moms have been cutting up leftover tortillas to make chips and chilaquiles for millions of years.