A classic red bean, essential to dishes like New Orleans Red Beans & Rice, and equally important to many Caribbean cuisines. Domingo Rojo holds its shape when cooked, and the thick bean broth coats every rice grain or noodle with a luxurious sauce.
Suggestions: Red beans and rice, soups, pot beans, salads, chili, dips, casseroles
This small, mild yet dense, heirloom bean begs to be put to work as red beans and rice, chili con carne, or as an ingredient in your summer salad. One of the reasonsaficionados insist on good red beans for their red beans and rice is the bean broth. A good red bean will produce a sauce that coats every grain of rice and Domingo Rojo is that bean!
Cook them with onion and a bay leaf. Then let them do their magic in your kitchen. A rich chili with a few of these beans would change the minds of the most ardent "no-bean in my chili!" chili snob. Combining cooked beans with your favorite sausage makes a quick, no hassle meal. Mashing some of the beans with a fork and then returning them to the pot makes a creamy soup that doesn't require meat or much of anything else to be delicious.
Made by: Rancho Gordo
Made in: USA
Specifications: 1 lb.
Latin name: Phaseolus vulgaris
Further Reading: Take a look at Rancho Gordo's Basic Bean Cooking for handy cooking and storing tips, then check out The Rancho Gordo Heirloom Bean Guide for more info and recipes using Rancho Gordo's delicious beans!
