 | | Description: | The small, shiny black turtle bean is especially popular in Latin American cuisine. It is often called simply the black bean (frijol negro), although this can cause confusion with other black beans.
The black turtle bean has a dense, meaty texture and flavor reminiscent of mushrooms. (To this we may attribute its popularity in vegetarian dishes, most notably the Mexican-American black bean burrito.) It is a very popular bean in various regions of Brazil, and is used in the national dish, feijoada completa. It is also a principal ingredient of moros y cristianos, served elsewhere in Latin America.
Black turtle beans have recently been reported to be an extremely good source of nutritional antioxidants.
Black turtle bean varieties include:
* Domino
* Black Magic
* Blackhawk
* Nighthawk
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