Roasted Kidney Beans Recipe
By now, you’ve all tried roasted chickpeas. If you haven’t, you should. They’re crunchy, tasty, and totally satisfy snack cravings. After making many, many batches of roasted chickpeas, I started to wonder if other types of beans would also taste good roasted. Guess what? They do. First up? Roasted kidney beans.
Roasting beans doesn’t have to be limited to garbanzo beans.
Kidney beans came to mind as a good bean to try roasting, because they’re pretty firm straight out the can.
The recipe is pretty much the same as this roasted chickpeas recipe. However, the roasted kidney beans have a few different spices and at the end of the roasting process, the beans are dusted with sugar and roasted for about 10 more minutes.
Adding the sugar just at the end helps prevent the sugar from burning.
It also gives them just a hint of sweetness – complementing the crunchy, savory, and slightly spicy flavor of the beans.
I think I like these as much – if not more – than roasted chickpeas.
If you’re interested in learning more about roasting other kinds of beans, check this out: The complete guide to roasting beans.
Roasted Kidney Beans: The Ingredients
All you need to make roasted kidney beans are:
- Canned kidney beans
- Olive oil
- Brown sugar
- Spices (garlic powder, smoked paprika, cayenne pepper)
What Do Roasted Kidney Beans Taste Like?
After roasting kidney beans for about 45 minutes, they became super crunchy and start splitting apart. Once they’re completely dried out and ready to eat, they pretty much melt in your mouth – as weird as that sounds.
Plus, the mixture of sweet brown sugar mixed, smoky paprika, and cayenne pepper was just perfect. (You can use this sweet and spicy meat rub or follow the recipe below).
But I imagine pretty much any spice blend will work here.
I know we’re all looking for more healthy snack recipes.
Add this recipe to your snack repertoire. I think you’re going to love it!
How Long Do Kidney Beans Take To Cook In The Oven?
Have you ever had made roasted chickpeas, but failed to bake them long enough? The result is a roasted chickpea with a crunchy exterior – and a mushy interior. Yuck.
The same thing can happen with roasted kidney beans. If you don’t roast them long enough, they will be mushy inside.
But if you roast them too long, they could burn.
The key? Watch them closely while baking.
The first bake lasts for 35 minutes. Then oil and spices are added and you bake for an additional 10 minutes – or possibly more, if the beans are still mushy on the inside. So these beans will need to be roasted for about 45 minutes total, but you must watch them carefully, as oven temps may not be consistent from one kitchen to another.
To test, carefully taste a bean. But be careful – they’re hot!
If it’s completely crunchy with no mush, you’re ready to go. If they’re still a little soft on the inside, continue baking for a minute or two at a time, watching carefully so they don’t burn.
The Cost
With a can of kidney beans costing less than $1.00, this is an extremely cheap snack recipe.
The other ingredients are probably ones you have in your pantry: Olive oil, brown sugar, and some basic spices.
All in all, this entire recipe costs less than $1.50.
Make A Trail Mix Out Of Roasted Kidney Beans & Chickpeas
Looking for a totally unique take on trail mix?
Instead of nuts, this trail mix recipe incorporates roasted kidney and chickpeas, plus other good stuff like dark chocolate chips, pepitas, and dried cranberries. Make a batch for your next road trip or outdoor adventure.
Get the recipe: Roasted kidney bean and chickpea trail mix
Can You Roast Other Kinds Of Beans?
If you like roasted kidney beans, why stop there? Virtually any kind of bean can be roasted and turned into a crunchy snack.
Check out the complete guide to making roasted beans:
Roasted Kidney Beans Recipe
One can of kidney beans costs right around $1. If you want to make this already cheap recipe even cheaper, prepare your own dried kidney beans and use those instead.
Ingredients
- 1 16-ounce can kidney beans
- 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F. Drain and rinse kidney beans. Place on a paper towel to remove as much excess moisture as possible.
- Mix brown sugar and spices together. Set aside.
- Toss kidney beans with one tablespoon of olive oil. Place on a large baking sheet. Bake for 35 minutes.
- Remove baking sheet from oven. Place hot kidney beans in a large mixing bowl. Pour in one tablespoon of olive oil. Shake the brown sugar/spice mixture over the kidney beans. Toss to evenly coat. Return kidney beans to baking sheet and bake for an additional 10 minutes or so, or until beans are completely dried out and crunchy.
Hi
I tried to make roasted Kidney Beans using microwave oven. I cooked Kidney Beans at the said temperature for 40 minutes in microwave oven. However, they were not so crunchy and easy to eat in the end. Could you please help me with this.
Do Kidney Beans becomes crunchy as Roasted Peanuts.
Regards
I’m not sure if a microwave oven will work for these – may not turn out the same as an oven.
They are not similar to peanuts in texture… they’re crunchy, dry, and crumble when they’re done. Peanuts are harder.
If I use dried beans, should I cook them before roasting in the oven? Thanks!
Yes, they need to be fully cooked before baking.
I just followed this recipe to a T and in the last 10 minutes the beans burnt to a black char. They are garbage now. I’m so sad I just wasted all of that time and my beans, which are in precious short supply these days. 😫
Thanks for the heads up! I am afraid of this happening
dumbass /:D
Hope you tasted before you tossed: black does not mean “burnt!” Mine were 1/2 black, but I looked at the photo, and hers are black, too. Popped one in my mouth, then two, and then three… DELISH!
Love it. The beans came out slightly crunchy and tasty. After reading Jessica’s comment about her burnt beans I watched my beans closely, but they did just fine at the temperature and time posted. I have heard that some ovens may run a bit hot or even cooler than others. Perhaps that was the difference.
What a wonderful use for my leftover kidney beans. Thank you.
I added salt to mine, because I think any sweet and spicy snack is going to need salt. It was pretty good. If you beans are burning your oven is probably not calibrated correctly.
Jessica,
Assuming your oven was set at the right temperature and even in the case of your oven only having had a slight variation in temperature reading, I wonder if your beans weren’t actually burnt. My beans did look charred at the end of the final 10 minutes, however, the color result was only the effect of the brown sugar having carmelized on the skin part of the bean along with the paprika and chili pepper browning during cooking, causing them to appear a dark color. They were so delicious, the perfect balance of heat and sweet and salty. Maybe it’s worth giving them another try!?!
I’m so happy to have this delicious way to incorporate more vegetable based proteins into my daily menus! I’m planning to make more this afternoon!!
I have found air fried and oven recipes for garbanzos, black eyed peas, and now your recipe for kidney beans. Thank you. Do you think any canned bean would work, approximately the same? What about canned corn? Thought I should ask before going crazy trying every bean in the market. 🙂
I chose kidney beans because they’re quite sturdy/firm out of the can. Great northern beans, for example, are softer so I don’t know how well they would firm up in the oven. I think black eyed peas would work. I don’t know about corn, but I’d love to hear about your experience if you try! Good luck 🙂
Is they something i can premake or do I need to serve them right away? If so, how should ai store them?
You can pre-make them. They’ll be fine for a few days, stored in an airtight container or plastic baggie, as long as they were cooked long enough. Thanks!
Can i eat Rajmas Cover(outer skin) after baking??
Yes. You can eat the entire bean.