How to Use red bean in a Sentence

red bean

noun
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  • 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.
    — The Courier-Journal, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Sides include French fries, coleslaw, mac and cheese, red beans and rice, and hushpuppies.
    — Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 12 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • When it was cut open, a party of miniature pink buns, these ones filled with sweet red bean paste, was revealed.
    — New York Times, 23 July 2021
  • Head there for milk tea topped with red bean jelly and cheese foam, among other options.
    — Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2022

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