Ingredient: Haricot beans
Category: Vegetables
Season: All
The small, white navy bean, also called pea bean or haricot, is particularly popular in the U.K. and the US, featuring in such dishes as baked beans as well as in various soups.
Navy bean varieties include:
Robust
Rainy River
Michelite
Sanilac
Other white beans are Cannellini and Great Northern
Haricot beans are cheap, they help to bulk out meat and they are also very nutritious and filling.
The other advantage is they are very good at absorbing the flavours of the dish.
If you’re serving these, there’s no need to serve either rice or potatoes.
See also Flageolet beans & Cannellini beans the other two Haricot Bean names |