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White beans (canned)
Mild, creamy white beans such as cannellini or haricot, ready-cooked in cans for soups, stews, dips and salads.
Also called: cannellini beans, navy beans, haricot beans, kuru fasulye
A kind of beans
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What it is
White beans covers several pale beans: cannellini (large, kidney-shaped Italian beans), navy or haricot (small, oval, used for baked beans) and great northern. This record is the canned, ready-cooked form. Butter beans (lima beans) are sometimes sold alongside them but are flatter, larger and a different species.
Phaseolus vulgaris
How it’s used
- Simmered into ribollita, minestrone and pasta e fagioli
- Cooked with tomato and olive oil in Turkish kuru fasulye
- Blended into a smooth dip with garlic and lemon
- Added to cassoulet-style stews and salads
Characteristics
Storage
Pantry-stable. Keep cans in the pantry; once opened, refrigerate covered and use within a few days.
Diet, allergens and safety
No major allergens in typical versions.
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Dairy-free
- Egg-free
- Gluten-free
- Nut-free
- Soy-free
- Caffeine-free
Nutrition per 100 g
- Energy
- 114 kcal
- Protein
- 7.26 g
- Carbohydrate
- 21.2 g
- Fat
- 0.29 g
- Fibre
- 4.8 g
- Sugars
- 0.29 g
USDA FoodData Central: Beans, white, mature seeds, canned.
Substitutes
Optional — what works if you don’t have it, and how it changes the dish.
- Chickpeas — In dips and salads; firmer and nuttier.
- Cranberry beans (shelled) — In soups; slightly earthier and turn pinkish-brown.
Related ingredients
Recipes with white beans (canned)
Cassoulet
French · 2 h 55 min · 975 kcal
Fabada asturiana
Spanish · 1 h 35 min · 581 kcal
Fasolada
Greek · 55 min · 410 kcal · Vegan
Kuru fasulye
Turkish · 50 min · 262 kcal · VeganLocro
Argentine · 2 h 55 min · 466 kcal
Loubia (Maghrebi white bean stew)
Algerian · 40 min · 267 kcal · Vegan
Minestrone
Italian · 1 h 5 min · 245 kcal · Vegetarian
Pasta e fagioli
Italian · 45 min · 406 kcal · Vegetarian
Piyaz
Turkish · 25 min · 247 kcal · VegetarianRibollita
Italian · 1 h 20 min · 315 kcal · Vegan
Soupe au pistou
French · 1 h 5 min · 350 kcal · VegetarianWhite Bean and Kale Stew
Mediterranean · 50 min · 272 kcal · Vegetarian
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