Tepary Bean Salad

Both Mom and Dad really liked. I used 2 cups beans. Red Onion was way over powering initially. Added another cup of corn and 2/3 cup peppers to use what was on hand and it was better. I used about four leaves of cilantro along with parsley and Mom didn't notice.

Used all white tepary beans (from Mission Gardens in Tucson). Less vinegar and oil, parsley instead of cilantro. Added celery. Very good on its own or on top of greens.

Used whole can of northern beans and brown tepary beans that I cooked. Also added some leftover Lima beans. Dressing was a little vinegary so would cut back a little on the vinegar. Very good overall.

Love tepary beans but didn’t have them. Used canned lentils and navy beans and thought the salad was great.

Whole Foods has canned brown Tepary beans. Goya offers a canned "small white bean." Each can is about 15 ounces (more than 1 cup of each bean). I made the dressing above and there was enough of it to accommodate adding the rest of each can of beans. I had steamed 2 ears of corn (twice as much as I needed for the recipe and went ahead and added the second cup of corn. Every other ingredient was the same amount specified in the recipe. It was NOT underdressed; it was DELICIOUS!

Wonderful bean salad with very fresh flavors.

This was a wonderful meal just as written. My husband added left over chicken but I felt no need to add anything else. I ordered the beans from Romona Farms and plan to keep these beans on hand always. I prepared them in a crockpot in the morning and they were ready to use in the recipe by late afternoon. Totally worth getting hold of these beans .

I have grown and eaten tepary beans,and I think fresh black eyed peas/field peas/crowder pea/cowpeas would be a reasonable substitute for flavor and texture, given how hard it might be to find tepary beans.

Thus begins the nationalization of the discussion over tepary beans - which are better white or brown? White are smooth, brown are nuttier. Whether to use salt to cook them as the referenced book vs. adding salt when cooked, which many other cooks recommend as salt hardens the coat. There are numerous varieties, many available from Native SEED Search. Congrats to Priya, and it is great that teps are getting recognition outside of this small part of the world.

I would love to make this, but we’re living in Mexico and it’s practically impossible to order food items from the US. Is there something I can substitute, another brown bean, or perhaps faro?

Kalustyan’s sells white, brown and black Tepary beans

So excited to try this. Just ordered the beans from Native Seeds here in Tucson, which is a wonderful place that supports Native American culture and all that grows in the Sonoran desert.

So happy to see this recipe! Teparies are among my favorite beans — and VERY easy to grow in the Tucson area. Give them a trellis where you want to block the summer sun, and then in November you get to eat your shade plant :-).

Special thanks to the now new bride Priya Krishna for steering me to these wonderful beans. I haven't given up on meat, but I eat very little of it; 'd rather get my protein from pulses. I love beans, which I think are so endlessly versatile. I especially love eating produce that supports the Native American farms and culture.