red bean

noun

|Updated on: 15 Jun 2018

Definition of red bean

1 : a red kidney bean and especially one that is small and round

2 : a small dark red seed of the adzuki bean that is often combined with sugar to produce a sweet paste used in cooking

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Yet her food is personal, too: Stewed red beans and rice have become a cold salad flecked with scallions.

— jonathan kauffman, San Francisco Chronicle, "Fernay McPherson and the movement that found success away from her native Fillmore," 11 May 2018
That was followed by a scene in which fellow cast members Jeff and Raegan Charleston ate take-out red beans.

— mike scott, NOLA.com, "'Southern Charm New Orleans' Episode 6: Red beans and rice, minus the spice," 21 May 2018
And in New Orleans, a city where roots run deep, where someone went to high school is an important component of being a New Orleanian, like eating red beans and rice on Mondays.

— Washington Post, "After Katrina: High school remembers lost class of 2006," 21 May 2018
Combinations come with names both florid and poetic: Summer Matcha Snow (green tea snow with mochi and red beans), Sakura Romance Snow (mango and strawberry snow with mango boba, strawberries, and grass jelly).

— devra first, BostonGlobe.com, "In search of brain freeze," 21 May 2018
Piccirillo, for example, encourages me to eat a lot red foods like red beans, pomegranates, beets, cherries, and red cabbage.

— jen hubley luckwaldt, Good Housekeeping, "I Tried Acupuncture To Get Pregnant And This Is What It Was Like," 28 Dec. 2017
Dinner is crawfish, shrimp, corn on the cob, red potatoes, red beans and rice and cornbread.

— kathy flanigan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Sprecher Brewing and Traveling Beer Garden host Feasts on the Beach to give park a boost," 10 May 2018
The food varies, but on Mondays for lunch, there’s always red beans and rice, and there’s always salad and dessert.

— bon appétit, Bon Appetit, "6 Recipes from Commander's Palace in New Orleans," 9 Feb. 2018
Rotaractors, Rotarians and guests dined on a Puerto Rican menu of fried plantains, rice, red beans and chicken stew catered by BW in Strosacker Hall, the student union.

— rich heileman, cleveland.com, "Rotaract raises funds for Puerto Rico: Around The Town," 20 Apr. 2018

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