While shopping for groceries this past weekend, I came across a "new to me" bean called Mayocoba. I have never seen this name or the bean before yesterday, so of course I had to buy it and check it out.
According to several websites I checked out, the Mayocoba bean is a Peruvian bean with a ivory yellow color. I don't know that I would call it ivory yellow as many of the beans have a greenish tint to it in my opinion, but we'll go with ivory yellow for now. It is similar in shape and size of a pinto bean, but reminds me in color of a very light colored split pea.
This bean has about 15% iron in a single serving of 35g (just a little over 1 ounce) as well as only 1g of sugar and about 100 calories. Not bad for a little bean.
I have read that this little yellow bean holds it's shape better than other beans. With a buttery, some say creamy texture, this bean is said to taste closely to that of a pinto bean. Other names it can be found under are "mayo coba bean, maicoba bean, azufrado bean, canaria bean, canario bean, Mexican yellow bean, Peruvian bean, or a Peruano bean" according to RecipeTips.com. Another site says this bean can easily take the place of Cannellini or Great Northern beans. With all these flavor associations, it should be fun deciding for myself what it taste like. I've heard quite often that snake tastes like chicken..hmmm, I wonder...... Nah!
So now that I have this little bean in my possession, I will experiment with it and discover the potential it holds. I hope you'll come back to see what I've cooked up with it.
Stay tuned....
So now that I have this little bean in my possession, I will experiment with it and discover the potential it holds. I hope you'll come back to see what I've cooked up with it.
Stay tuned....
