With so many simple uses for canned beans, one trick to elevate your legumes is by mixing in a hearty helping of sofrito.

They gave me the recipe in Spanish which I translated. I first published it as a stew in 2008. Here I have omitted the original black pudding, upped the quantity of pork, added white beans ...

When bought canned, the beans are already cooked and ... the French cassoulet, the Spanish cocido or the smoked bacon or pork and bean stews of Romania, Hungary and throughout the Balkans.

Be sure to use Spanish chorizo, a dry-cured sausage with ... which equate to umami and enhance savory richness. Canned beans, either pinto or pink beans, streamline prep. Bittersweet collard ...

They also wanted a well-spiced scoop of refried beans. As senior cooking and SEO editor Joe Sevier put it, “If I’m buying a canned product ... lard (rendered pork fat). Lard is a common ...