Leftover Beans and Lentils Recipes
Half a tin of chickpeas or a pot of cooked lentils is the start of a filling, cheap meal. These recipes use beans and lentils you already have.
Cooked beans and lentils are ready to eat, so they only need warming. Stir chickpeas into a curry, fold lentils through rice for mujadara or koshari, simmer beans into a stew, or mash them into a burrito or rice bowl.
Have beans plus other ingredients? Find recipes with what you haveWhat can I make with leftover beans?
- Chickpea curry
Leftover chickpeas simmered with vegetables and spices. Try Chickpea Veggie Curry.
- Lentils and rice
Cooked lentils and rice topped with crispy onions. Try Egyptian Koshari.
- A bean stew
Simmer beans with tomato, onion and herbs until thick. Try Georgian Lobio Bean Stew.
- Rice and beans
Beans cooked into rice with coconut or spooned over a bowl. Try Bean and Rice Bowl.
Got more than beans to use up? Find recipes with what you have.
20 recipes using beans
Bean and Rice Bowl
Hearty bowl with beans, rice, and toppings.
Brazilian Feijoada Rápida
Quick black bean stew with whatever cured meat is around.
Breakfast Burrito
Leftover potatoes, beans and eggs wrapped in a warm tortilla.
Caribbean Callaloo Greens
Coconut-braised greens with thyme and pepper.
Chickpea Veggie Curry
A forgiving curry that welcomes any leftover vegetables.
Chinese Mapo Tofu
Numbing, spicy tofu braise ready in twenty minutes.
Egyptian Koshari
Street-food bowl of rice, lentils, pasta and crispy onion.
Ethiopian Misir Wat
A spicy red lentil stew that works with leftover cooked lentils.
Ethiopian Misir Wot
Red lentil stew with warming berbere spice.
Georgian Lobio Bean Stew
Herby kidney bean stew with walnuts and coriander.
Italian Ribollita
Tuscan bread and bean soup built for stale bread and tired vegetables.
Jamaican Rice and Peas
Coconut-scented rice with kidney beans and thyme.
Leftover Turkey Chilli
A smoky, gently spiced chilli that uses leftover cooked turkey instead of mince and comes together in half an hour.
Middle Eastern Mujadara
Lentils and rice under a heap of caramelised onions.
Minestrone Clean-Out Soup
A brothy tomato soup built from whatever vegetables remain.
Moroccan Tagine with Leftover Lamb
Transform leftover roast lamb into a fragrant Moroccan-style stew with dried fruit and warm spices.
Moroccan Vegetable Tagine
Sweet-spiced stew that welcomes any roasted vegetable.
Pakistani Chana Chaat
Cool, tangy chickpea salad with crunchy onion.
Stuffed Peppers
Leftover rice and protein baked in bell peppers.
Turkish Lentil Köfte
No-cook lentil and bulgur patties wrapped in lettuce.
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