Bean sauce is a great addition to many dishes. It can be used simply as an addition to snacks. It is prepared from both fresh and canned beans. Of course, it takes much longer to cook from the first product.
White canned bean sauce
Such a sauce is prepared from canned white beans. Therefore, it has a delicate creamy shade. For cooking you will need:
- a jar of beans in its own juice;
- 300 ml of vegetable oil;
- a teaspoon of mustard;
- half a teaspoon of salt and sugar;
- a couple of tablespoons of lemon juice.
The sauce looks like mayonnaise. From white beans, dressing is tender both in taste and color.
How to make a delicious sauce
First, open a jar of beans, pour it into a colander to stack the juice. Rinse with water, leave again until excess moisture is gone. Put the beans in a blender bowl, turn into mashed potatoes. You can do this with a potato pusher.
Add oil to bean puree, whisk everything to make the mass homogeneous. Salt and sugar, lemon juice and mustard are added, whipped again until the ingredients are mixed. Allow the product to stand for a while (approximately ten minutes), and then serve to the table. It is especially worth noting that this bean sauce is perfect for potato dumplings.
Fresh Bean Option
A similar sauce can be prepared without using canned beans. To do this, take:
- 350 grams of white beans;
- two teaspoons of salt;
- as much sugar;
- a teaspoon of mustard;
- a couple of tablespoons of lemon juice;
- 150 grams of vegetable oil.
Beans are soaked overnight in water. In the morning, change the water and boil for an hour. A little salt is also added. After draining the liquid and cool. Then all the ingredients for a delicious sauce are loaded into a blender and chopped until smooth. If desired, you can add a little dried herbs, they will give the sauce a spicy aroma.
Delicious onion sauce
This version of the sauce goes well with chips, bread rolls and just fresh vegetables. To prepare it, you need to take:
- a can of white canned beans;
- two cloves of garlic;
- onion head;
- a couple of tablespoons of olive oil;
- salt and pepper to taste.
Peel the onion and garlic. The first component is cut in half rings, and then in half. The second - finely chopped. Heat the olive oil in a pan, add onion and garlic, lightly fry the ingredients until soft. You can add a pinch of dried herbs for flavor, but not necessarily.
Put the beans in the pan, pour about half the liquid from the jar, put salt and pepper. The ingredients are warmed together for another three minutes.
All load into a blender, whisk to mashed. After the sauce is slightly cooled and served in a separate bowl.
An unusual version of different types of legumes
This sauce is made from dried beans. How to weld it faster? To do this, pour water in advance and leave it at least for the night. After the liquid is drained, the beans are washed with fresh water. Then cook the beans will take not so long. So it is recommended to prepare in advance for preparing the sauce.
What is needed to make such a refueling? The following ingredients are taken:
- 2.5 cups of beans (it is better and tastier to take different varieties - white, red, and variegated);
- 300 grams of beef bones;
- a small bunch of cilantro;
- a little dry adjika;
- onion head;
- a teaspoon of sunli hops;
- vegetable oil;
- salt to taste.
You can also add your favorite spices or replace them with those in the recipe.
How to make bean sauce?
Ready beans, that is, soaked and washed, are placed in a pan. Add bones, pour about 2.5 liters of cold water, boil until boiling. After this, remove the foam with a special spoon. Cook under the lid for another 1.5 hours, so that the beans are boiled.
Peel onions, chop finely. Fry in a small amount of vegetable oil for about seven minutes, until golden brown. Bones are removed from the pot with beans. Put spices, fried onions. Beans begin to mash, turning into mashed potatoes. Continue to cook the bean sauce, mashed the mixture with a blender. They hold it for another ten minutes, after which they are transferred to the gravy boat. Add finely chopped cilantro.
Spicy red bean sauce
This option is piquant. Often it is also called Mexican, as it contains bell peppers and hot spices. To make bean sauce, you need to take:
- 500 grams of canned red beans;
- a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- 90 grams of hard grated cheese;
- a tablespoon of chopped bell pepper, better than green;
- a teaspoon of chili pepper flakes;
- half a teaspoon of salt.
The amount of hot pepper can be reduced if desired. This dish is served with bread rolls or corn chips.
Tasty sauce: recipe description
First, take the beans out of the jar. The liquid is not drained. Oil is poured into a small pan, beans are added and slightly warmed. Legumes are kneading. Add three tablespoons of bean dressing.
Then remove the ingredients from the stove and cool. Add salt, cheese, both types of pepper. Mix and grind the ingredients so that they are like thick sour cream. Heated sauce and served in this form.
Sauces are a great addition to main courses. Often they are used as a component of snacks, for example, from corn chips or bread. You can also prepare a delicious bean sauce in advance. And then serve on a picnic with chopped peppers pepper and cucumber. Using legumes allows you to get a hearty sauce. And according to some recipes, from white beans you can make an excellent replacement for the usual mayonnaise.