What Are Haricot beans and How Can I Use Them?

Haricot beans rewards a little know-how: how to choose them, cook them, store them, and substitute in a pinch. Browse 10 recipes to cook with them.

Recipes using haricot beans

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Lobster Dome

Lobster dome with lobster meat, new potatoes, haricots verts, and Roma tomatoes in lobster American sauce, sealed under golden puff pastry and finished with truffle oil.

Herbed Roast Leg of Lamb

Roasted leg of lamb on a bed of tomatoes, mushrooms, peppers, onions, garlic, and fresh rosemary, oregano, and thyme. Holiday-worthy roast with baby vegetables.

Summer Bean & Basil Soup

Summer bean and basil soup is a classic Provençal soupe au pistou. White beans, leeks, potatoes, zucchini, green beans, and macaroni in a light broth, served with a fresh basil-garlic pistou sauce on top.

Sorrel & Haricot Soup

Sorrel and haricot bean soup with a lemony, herbaceous flavor from fresh sorrel leaves, blended beans for body, and soy milk for creaminess. Vegan-friendly and deeply savory.

Fasoulada

Fasoulada, the classic Greek white bean soup with tomatoes, olive oil, leeks, and vegetables. A hearty vegetarian one-pot meal that's considered Greece's national dish.

Haricot Beef Casserole

Haricot beef casserole: an old-school British braise of beef chuck and skirt with haricot (white navy) beans, tomatoes, garlic, and a fresh-herb bouquet of parsley, bay, thyme, and marjoram. Slow-baked in the oven for fork-tender meat.

Sorrel & Haricot Soup

Vegan sorrel and haricot bean soup with a bright lemony tang from fresh sorrel leaves sieved into a creamy blended bean base. Finished with soy milk for silky body.

Broiled Pork Chops With Haricot Vert

Haricot Vert are tender French string beans. Use regular string beans if your supermarket doesn't carry them.

Engadiner Gerstensuppe / Engadine Barley Soup

Engadine barley soup with ham, stewing beef, pearl barley, haricot beans, cabbage, and potatoes. A hearty Swiss alpine soup thickened with cream and simmered for three hours.

Chicken & Vegetable Terrine

A layered French terrine of pureed ground chicken, carrot batons, green beans, and black olives baked in a water bath until firm and sliceable. Elegant charcuterie-board worthy fare with a champagne finish.

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