brown beans

Earthy colored pulses

Brown beans are dried beans with tan to dark brown coloring, including varieties like pinto beans, kidney beans, and Swedish brown beans.

The term is generic rather than a specific cultivar, so what counts as brown beans varies by region and context: She soaked the brown beans overnight, brown beans and rice.

Related

legume · haricots · soft · thick · pulses · stew · black · Lima · navy · chili · ranchero · vegetable · tender · hearty · comfort food · side dish · cannellini · ful medames

Categories
Opposites
bean freshness/preparation state

brown beansgreen beans

Edible immature legume pods

snap beans · string beans · runner beans

bean color variety

brown beanswhite beans

Pale-skinned legumes

black beans · green beans · red beans · cannellini beans · navy beans

Family

brown, beans, browner, brownest, brownish, browning, browned, bean

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G