some kidney bean substitute advice please

Zazen999

Pinto - every time. Although I now use a mix of the 20 or so beans I grew last summer....pinto is my default for chilli.

And if they are crunchy - they need to be cooked more [boiled first, only add when they are soft]

adouglasmhor

Penny_Watcher wrote: »

Try washing the tomato sauce of ordinary baked beans in a seive. My kids won't eat kidney beans, but they seem to like (ie don't moan about) washed baked beans

White haricot beans are the beans in most baked beans. Pinto are very similar though.


I love roscocco beans in a chili though.

brokeinwales

soya beans are lush in chilli - they're a bit pricy sometimes though, I only get them when they're on offer - they give it a much lighter "greener" flavour if you know what I mean. I also use chickpeas a lot and they work fine.