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Dry kidney beans
Dry kidney beans

The kidney bean is a medium-sized variety of the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) with dark red skin. The kidney bean is also known as the red bean, although this usage can cause confusion with the azuki bean. Dry kidney beans http://www. ... Dry kidney beans http://www. ... Binomial name Phaseolus vulgaris The Common bean or haricot is Phaseolus vulgaris of the family Fabaceae. ... Species Phaseolus acutifolius Tepary bean Phaseolus amblyosepalus Phaseolus angustissimus Phaseolus anisotrichos Phaseolus augustii Phaseolus brevicalyx Phaseolus chacoensis Phaseolus cibellii Phaseolus coccineus - Runner bean Phaseolus filiformis Phaseolus galactoides Phaseolus glabellus Phaseolus grayanus Phaseolus latidenticulatus Phaseolus leucanthus Phaseolus lunatus - Lima bean Phaseolus massaiensis Phaseolus micranthus Phaseolus microcarpus Phaseolus nelsonii Phaseolus oaxacanus Phaseolus... Binomial name Vigna angularis (Willd. ...


The raw beans must be boiled for at least ten minutes before they are edible. The boiling degrades a toxic compound - the lectin phytohaemagglutinin - found in the bean which would otherwise cause severe gastric upset. Kidney beans may be bought uncooked, or pre-cooked and canned with water and salt, and sometimes also sugar. Boiling is the rapid vaporization of a liquid, which occurs when a liquid is heated to a temperature such that its vapor pressure is above that of the surroundings. ... A toxin, in a scientific context, is a biologically produced substance that causes injury to the health of a living thing on contact or absorption, typically by interacting with biological macromolecules such as enzymes and receptors. ... A lectin is any protein that specifically interacts with sugar molecules (carbohydrates). ... Phytohaemagglutinin (PHA, or phytohemagglutinin) is a lectin found in plants, especially beans, in the highest concentrations in the red kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). ... CAN may stand for: Central Autonomic Network Ceric Ammonium Nitrate, an oxidant used in chemistry Controller Area Network, is a multicast shared serial bus standard Andean Community (Comunidad Andina, CAN) trade bloc Canada (IOC_country_code or ISO country code) Content Addressable Network, a special kind of P2P network Cult Awareness Network...


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Common bean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1648 words)
Although in the case of dry beans the ten minutes required to degrade the toxin is much shorter than the hours required to fully cook the beans themselves, outbreaks of poisoning have been associated with the use of slow cookers whose low cooking temperatures may be unable to degrade the toxin.
The green beans are often steamed, stir-fried, or baked in casseroles.
Kidney beans are used in the red beans and rice of Louisiana Creole cuisine.
Bean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (670 words)
Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae) used for food or feed.
Bean originally meant the seed of the broad bean, but was later broadened to include members of the genus Phaseolus such as the common bean or haricot and the runner bean and the related genus Vigna.
Bean can be used as a near synonym of pulse, an edible legume, though the term "pulses" is usually reserved for leguminous crops harvested for their dry grain.
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