black bean

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black bean

Any of various black-colored beans, especially:

a. A small black variety of the kidney bean, having cream-colored flesh and a sweet flavor, used in southern and Latin-American cuisine. Also called turtle bean.

b. A fermented black soybean having a pungent salty flavor, preserved in salt and used in Asian cuisine.

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black bean

(Plants) an Australian leguminous tree, Castanospermum australe, having thin smooth bark and yellow or reddish flowers: used in furniture manufacture. Also called: Moreton Bay chestnut

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black′ bean′

any of various black-colored beans or legumes.

[1790–95]

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black bean - black-seeded bean of South America; usually dried

turtle bean

common bean - any of numerous beans eaten either fresh or dried

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As black beans or pulse come pattering down on to a threshing-floor from the broad winnowing-shovel, blown by shrill winds and shaken by the shovel--even so did the arrow glance off and recoil from the shield of Menelaus, who in his turn wounded the hand with which Helenus carried his bow; the spear went right through his hand and stuck in the bow itself, so that to his life he retreated under cover of his men, with his hand dragging by his side--for the spear weighed it down till Agenor drew it out and bound the hand carefully up in a woollen sling which his esquire had with him.

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Place the black beans in a large bowl, cover with 4 inches of fresh cold water and soak for 8 hours overnight until beans have doubled in size.

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Stir in the black bean sauce and warm through for 1 minute.

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My ordering is always deep fried squid with chilli and garlic; paper wrapped spare ribs with chilli and salt; crispy duck with the pancakes and all the fiddly bits (ask for the hot sauce - it really lifts the duck); then on to braised beef shin with coriander; pork with black beans; roast crispy chicken with salt.