How to Use red bean in a Sentence

red bean

noun
  • Lao sausages and pad thai with red bean buns for dessert.
    Tom Hanchett, charlotteobserver, 20 June 2018
  • On the day of the party: ▪ Make one final batch of red beans.
    Debbie Moose, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The real fight was to sit in one of the two red bean bag chairs placed in the back of the bed of each truck.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Sides include red beans and rice, mac and cheese and yams.
    Kellie Hwang, azcentral, 6 July 2018
  • Some places poured on a thick gravy atop the red beans and rice, while others didn’t.
    Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2019
  • This set includes two boards and eight blue and red bean bags.
    Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
  • The Colts place a red bean bag at the spot where the quarterback would be on a five-step drop.
    Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Cornbread, black-eyed peas, mint juleps and red beans and rice were among the items served there.
    Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The sweetness of red bean paste inside a chewy sesame rice ball.
    Anna Kang, Time, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Encourage them to toss the red bean bag through the hole marked one or the green bean bag through the hole marked four.
    Stephanie Jarrett, chicagotribune.com, 18 Apr. 2021
  • On a recent morning, Alvino cooked 15 pounds of goat, two pounds of red beans and 10 pounds of rice.
    James Wagner, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2019
  • The right shows a cross section of a mooncake, with a red bean filling and a salted egg yolk in the center.
    Shelly Tan, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The bakeries make chocolate chip cookies — and matcha red bean rolls.
    Andre Vergara, latimes.com, 14 June 2019
  • The sticky rice balls at Dinette Bakery contain red bean, mung bean and coconut.
    Emma Balter, Chron, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Sides include French fries, coleslaw, mac and cheese, red beans and rice, and hushpuppies.
    Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Sides include French fries, coleslaw, mac and cheese, red beans and rice, and hushpuppies.
    The Courier-Journal, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Wilder replaced Spanish red beans with tepary beans and the rice used as a binder in the recipe’s blood sausage with Sonoran white wheat berries.
    Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 3 June 2024
  • The tea bar serves a variety of gorgeous desserts infused with matcha and red bean.
    Kristen Bateman, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Aug. 2015
  • The food varies, but on Mondays for lunch, there’s always red beans and rice, and there’s always salad and dessert.
    Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit, 9 Feb. 2018
  • There are many modern variations to the dish like a nian gao made with red beans.
    NBC News, 25 Jan. 2020
  • Dinette Bakery has two options: mung bean and coconut, and red bean.
    Emma Balter, Chron, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Dinner is crawfish, shrimp, corn on the cob, red potatoes, red beans and rice and cornbread.
    Kathy Flanigan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2018
  • The pillowy-soft dumplings are filled with pork and kimchi, pork and vegetables or sweet red bean.
    Jenn Harriscolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2022
  • Try a steamed red bean rice cake with walnuts or even a chocolate xiao long bao.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2021
  • On the day of the visit, dinner consisted of three biscuits, a piece of cornbread, a cup of red beans, and a piece of fried beef.
    Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2024
  • Kidney: These large red beans are often used in salads and chili.
    Melissa Clark, NYT Cooking, 13 Mar. 2018
  • The top three types of mooncakes are assorted nuts, lotus seed paste and red bean paste.
    Em Chan, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Those with a sweet tooth will pay more for extra syrup and red beans, ice cream, mochi, powdered tea and condensed milk.
    Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Though the kitchen could work out a few small wobbles (dry pork in the grio, bland red beans and rice), the dishes generally please.
    Kate Washington, sacbee, 22 June 2018
  • The ingredients for wagashi are very simple: red bean paste, sweet mochi rice and fruit.
    Michiko Tomioka, Contributor, CNBC, 21 July 2024

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