Spanish Beans with Tomatoes and Onions Recipe - Spain on a Fork (2024)

FAQs

How do people in Spain say beans? ›

"Alubias" or "Judías": These terms are also used to refer to beans, and their usage may vary by region. For instance, in some Spanish-speaking areas, you might hear "judías" used to describe beans.

Spain's Mediterranean climate makes it ideal for growing kidney beans, faba beans, garbanzo beans and lentils - these have been farmed for centuries and many products have their own protected DO regions. However, the preparation of legumes has undergone a modernization in the last century.

Beans are a staple ingredient in Spanish cuisine, as Spaniards eat about three meals with legumes a week, on average. Every Spanish grandmother will advise you to eat legumes for lunch thrice weekly, in some form or another.

In Spain, bananas are plátanos, so Spaniards call them plátanos. Plantains are known as plátanos de freír or plátanos machos.

In Mexico, the classic kinds of beans (black or red ones) are often eaten with meat or rice. The white and the pink ones are used especially to cook soups with vegetables.

1 Beans are a major source of protein, fiber, iron, manganese, and magnesium in the traditional Hispanic diet.

Within Spain, kidney beans, faba beans, chickpeas and lentils are the most popular legumes.

What is the slang word for beans? ›

a coin or a bank note considered as a coin: I can't pay for the ticket, I don't have a bean in my jeans.

The pinto bean (/ˈpɪntoʊ/) is a variety of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris). In Spanish they are called frijoles pintos.

Paella is perhaps the most famous Spanish dish of all, and certainly one of the most abused. Authentic paella originates from the region around Valencia, and comes in two varieties: Paella Valenciana, with rabbit and chicken; and seafood paella.

Some country-wide staple dishes common throughout Spain include croquetas (croquettes), paella (a rice dish from the Valencian Community), ensaladilla rusa (the local name for the Olivier salad), gazpacho (a vegetable cold soup), and tortilla de patatas (Spanish omelette).

In Spanish, arbol judia means bean tree or Judas tree (the tree on which Judas Iscariot was said to have hanged himself). The tree produces bean-like pods, so judia could have come to be used for green beans when they arrived in Spain.

The most widespread term is "frijol", which is used from Mexico to Panama, in Cuba, and in part of Peru. In Colombia it is known as "fríjol" and in the Antioquia region as "frisol". In Ecuador, it is called "fréjol", and in many regions of Peru, Bolivia, and Chile it is usually referred to as "frejol".

Habichuelas. Habichuelas are beans in Dominican Spanish.

My Puerto Rican family was practically raised on rice, plantains, and habichuelas (the Puerto Rican word for beans).