DollopWhat to make with kidney beans: 28 easy dinners
Every dinner here is built on kidney beans, easiest first. The quickest is Microwave jerk chicken with rice and peas, on the table in 30 minutes, and the cheapest is Slow cooker dal makhani at $1.29 a serving. 13 of them are simple enough for a first try.
One-pot chili mac
$1.57 a serving
35 min
Cheesy bean taco bake
$1.65 a serving
45 min
Chili dog casserole
$1.63 a serving
45 min
Red beans and rice
$1.51 a serving
45 min
Easy three-bean chili
$2.45 a serving
55 min
Pasta e fagioli
$2.14 a serving
55 min
Turkey chili
$3.16 a serving
55 min
Classic beef chili
$2.84 a serving
70 min
Slow cooker pumpkin chili
$1.55 a serving
380 min
Slow cooker BBQ beans with baked potatoes
$1.68 a serving
390 min
Slow cooker cabbage soup
$1.73 a serving
440 min
Slow cooker minestrone
$1.79 a serving
460 min
Crockpot chili
$2.61 a serving
500 min
Air fryer rajma tikki (kidney bean patties)
$2.12 a serving
40 min
Jamaican rice and peas with steamed cabbage
$1.76 a serving
40 min
Jerk shrimp with rice and beans
$3.01 a serving
40 min
Kenyan coconut kidney beans (maharagwe) with rice
$1.79 a serving
40 min
Bean bunny chow (South African curry in a bread bowl)
$2.57 a serving
45 min
Instant Pot red bean jambalaya
$1.98 a serving
45 min
Instant Pot chili
$2.48 a serving
55 min
Trinidad chicken pelau (one-pot chicken and rice)
$2.94 a serving
55 min
Jerk tofu with rice and peas
$2.31 a serving
60 min
Vegetarian lentil chili
$1.38 a serving
60 min
Slow cooker dal makhani
$1.29 a serving
510 min
Microwave jerk chicken with rice and peas
$1.82 a serving
30 min
Georgian kidney beans with walnuts (lobio) and cornbread cakes
$1.40 a serving
45 min
Rajma chawal (kidney bean curry with rice)
$1.54 a serving
55 min
Jamaican red pea soup with spinners
$1.73 a serving
70 min
Costs are estimates for one serving at typical US grocery prices, counting only what each recipe uses.
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