Hearty Bean/Lentil/Chickpea Stew

A thick, savory stew primarily featuring legumes (beans, lentils, or chickpeas) often with meat, slow-simmered with aromatics and spices.

17 versions across the world · 17 on Polydish

Olla podrida—

A Spanish stew made with chickpeas or beans, assorted meats, and vegetables.

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Red Peas Soup—

Kidney beans are simmered with beef, root vegetables, and spices into a hearty soup.

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Harira—

A tomato-based soup thickened with lentils, chickpeas, and lamb, spiced with ginger and turmeric.

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Ritschert—

A thick soup with pot barley, beans, vegetables, and cured pork.

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Croatian Bean Stew—

Cannellini beans are stewed with tomatoes, aromatics, and chorizo.

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Leblebi Soup—

A chickpea soup seasoned with cumin, garlic, and harissa spice.

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Tajine mtewem—

Minced meatballs and chicken or lamb are stewed with garlic and chickpeas.

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Feijoada—

Black beans are simmered for hours with various cuts of pork until rich and thick.

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Oxtail with broad beans—

Oxtail is slow-cooked with broad beans and aromatic spices.

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Ezogelin soup—

A common soup made primarily from red lentils, rice, and bulgur with tomato and spices.

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Ful Medames—

Stewed broad beans, typically dressed with olive oil, lemon, and cumin.

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Misir Wat—

A thick, rust-colored stew of red lentils simmered with berbere spice and caramelized onions.

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Dalcha—

A lentil-based stew, often including vegetables or meat, with a rich spice profile.

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Jota (food)—

A soup made with beans, sauerkraut or sour turnip, potatoes, and often bacon or spare ribs.

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Tavče gravče—

A traditional baked bean casserole, often prepared with meat.

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Koshari—

A layered dish featuring brown lentils, rice, macaroni, and chickpeas, often topped with fried onions and a tomato sauce.

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Corba—

A Turkish lentil soup, typically made with red lentils, onions, carrots, tomato paste, and various spices like cumin and mint.

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