Black Nightfall Beans With Red Chili Pods, Tomatoes, and Avocado From 'The New Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone'

Beans and rice are a staple for good reason—they're hearty, simple, and a perfect blank canvas for many different flavors. Deborah Madison gives several variations for both beans and rice in her recently re-released cookbook, The New Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone, one of the greatest of which is this creamy amalgamation of heirloom spotted black beans with New Mexican chilies.

Black Beans and Rice with Bacon

A bowl of black beans and rice is pure comfort food, at least for me. But I'm always looking for new tricks, because while the concept sounds simple, it's surprisingly easy to end up with a batch that is dry and flavorless.

Black Bean Soup With Chorizo and Braised Chicken

A hearty bean and chicken stew flavored with chorizo and chipotle chilies. It takes a little time for the flavors to come together, but the process is easy and the results are worth the wait.

Spicy Chorizo and Pinto Bean Chili

Spicy, vinegary, and flavor-packed, this quick chili recipe relies on raw Mexican-style chorizo (you can make it yourself or buy it from a store), with a few simple flavor additions, a couple of cans of beans, and a quick simmer.

Chipotle and Chorizo Red Beans

[Photograph: Max Falkowitz] Canned chipotles in adobo sauce bring sweet smoke, earthiness, and plenty of heat to vinegar- and chorizo-spiked beans. I'm partial to bola roja beans, which are firm, meaty, and handle stewing nearly forever, but any red bean...

Colombian-Style Beans and Rice

The greatest bean dinner is called the bandeja paisa: Beans, rice, arepas, fried green or black plantains, avocado, a thin slice of grilled steak, deep fried pork rinds (known as chicharrones), a chorizo or two, a side of ají to sauce everything up, and a fried egg to top it off.

Cuban Black Beans and Rice

Classic Cuban sides for all kinds of meals.

Mexican Chipotle Pork & Beans

Mexican Chipotle Pork is a big pot of fall-apart goodness cooked in a spicy, deeply savoury adobo sauce. Stuff in tacos, eat like stew!

Double Steak Chipotle Bowl (Homemade) — Ethan

Easy Black Beans

Aromatics enhance creamy black beans in this easy and healthy side dish.