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Black bean

Also called black turtle bean

Black beans are the seeds of a variety of common bean. Cooks boil or simmer them.

  • Plant-based

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Variety of
Common bean
Part used
Seed
Cooked most in
Africa, Asia
Top country
China
Black bean, whole

Photo: Sanjay Acharya · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use black bean

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Boil simmer

Nutrition

What 100 g of black bean holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 25%Fat 2%Carbohydrate 73%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of black bean, raw
Energy341 kcal · 1,425 kJ
Protein22 g
Fat1.4 g
of which saturated0.37 g
Carbohydrate62 g
of which sugars2.1 g
Fibre16 g
Sodium5 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of black bean, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium1,483 mg
Calcium123 mg
Iron5 mg
Magnesium171 mg
Zinc3.7 mg
Folate444 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (food 173734), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where black bean is cooked

3 dishes in the catalogue use black bean. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list black bean among their ingredients.

Origins

Native to
Americas

On the table

Dishes made with black bean

3 dishes in the catalogue use it.

  • Bakpia

    China, Indonesia

  • Acara

    Senegal

  • Bean burgers

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include black bean.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: black bean in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: eggs, fish, milk, molluscs, sulphites, crustaceans.
Animal origin
No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Alcohol
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

A kind of
common bean
A variety of
common bean

Around the world

What black bean is called

Names in 16 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    frijol negro · caraota

  • French

    haricot noir · haricot tortue

  • Italian

    fagiolo nero

  • Portuguese

    Feijão preto

  • Dutch

    zwarte boon

  • Arabic

    فاصولياء سوداء

  • Persian

    لوبیا سیاه

  • Chinese

    黑龜豆 · 黑眉豆

  • Japanese

    黒いんげん豆 · ブラックビーン · ブラック・タートル・ビーン

  • Korean

    검정거북콩

  • Indonesian

    Kacang hitam

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    feijão preto · feijão-preto

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  • Catalan

    fesol negre

  • Czech

    černé fazole

  • Esperanto

    nigra ordinara fazeolusguŝo

  • Shan

    ထူဝ်ႇလမ်

  • Slovenian

    črni fižol

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q15062992

Photos

Photo: Sanjay Acharya · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons