Butter beans
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Here's one of my favorite vegetables... the butter bean. Apparently, classifying what is and isn't a butter bean is about as controversial in the South as whether or not you put sugar in your cornbread - and there are some pretty strong opinions out there about that! For me, butter beans are the fresh variety of small white and green lima beans. For many folks, the term "butter bean" refers to the large dried limas that are rehydrated and cooked.
6 ingredients
Meat
- 6 slices Bacon
Produce
- 1 (28-ounce) bag Butter beans, frozen
- 1 Onion, small
Canned Goods
- 4 cups College inn chicken broth
Baking & Spices
- 1/2 tsp Black pepper
- 1 tsp Salt
Shawn Stevens saved to Recipes
4 · 40 minutes · Southern Butter Beans More
4 · 40 minutes · Southern Butter Beans More
7 ingredients
Meat
- 5 slices Bacon, lean
Produce
- 1 16-ounce package Butter beans, frozen
- 1 cup Yellow onion
Canned Goods
- 1 cup Chicken broth
Baking & Spices
- 1/4 cup Brown sugar, firmly packed light
- 1/4 tsp Cayenne pepper
- 1 Salt and pepper
Ross Dodson saved to Vegetables
A no-fail Southern recipe for tender baby lima beans (butterbeans) cooked low and slow with bacon.
Barb Hysen saved to Recipes
Old Fashioned Crock Pot Lima Beans and Ham is a delicious way to try lima beans if you haven't tried it before. The dish is a little similar to traditional slow cooker beans and ham, but definitely worth a try if you haven't had lima beans the old fashioned way before!
Recipes that Crock! saved to Savory Side Dishes
Makes 10 servings
5 ingredients
Meat
- 1 Ham hock
Produce
- 1 Garlic powder
- 1 16 oz bag Lima beans, dried
Canned Goods
- 1 1/2 32 oz boxes Chicken broth, low sodium
Baking & Spices
- 1 Salt and pepper
Elaine Handy saved to Weight Watchers
41 · Butter beans, lima beans, dried lima beans, large limas, pocketbook beans, mule ears, the list goes on and on. These delicious dried beans go by a host of different names. The truth is, they're lima
5 ingredients
Meat
- 1 Ham hock, large smoked
Produce
- 1 lb Lima beans, large dried
Baking & Spices
- 1/2 tsp Black pepper
- 1 1/2 tsp Salt
Liquids
- 9 cups Water
Gigi Johnston saved to thisiswhyimfat[dot]com
![SOUTHERN-STYLE BUTTER BEANS ~~~ first off... don't get it twisted... butter beans = the bigger of the white lima bean family. recipe gateway: this post's link shares the bare bones delicious version we so love and adore in the south AND the following link shows off all that a butter bean can be http://www.deepsouthdish.com/2008/11/southern-creamy-butter-beans-large-lima.html#axzz3C8azFQMb [USA, Regional South] [magnoliadays] [deepsouthdish]](https://i.pinimg.com/474x/53/7c/0c/537c0c59a3ffe0d9dd38412455d2260d--southern-recipes-southern-food.jpg)
93 · SOUTHERN-STYLE BUTTER BEANS ~~~ first off... don't get it twisted... butter beans = the bigger of the white lima bean family. recipe gateway: this post's link shares the bare bones delicious version we so love and adore in the south AND the following link shows off all that a butter bean can be http://www.deepsouthdish.com/2008/11/southern-creamy-butter-beans-large-lima.html#axzz3C8azFQMb [USA, Regional South] [magnoliadays] [deepsouthdish]
93 · SOUTHERN-STYLE BUTTER BEANS ~~~ first off... don't get it twisted... butter beans = the bigger of the white lima bean family. recipe gateway: this post's link shares the bare bones delicious version we so love and adore in the south AND the following link shows off all that a butter bean can be http://www.deepsouthdish.com/2008/11/southern-creamy-butter-beans-large-lima.html#axzz3C8azFQMb [USA, Regional South] [magnoliadays] [deepsouthdish]
4 ingredients
Meat
- 6 oz Salt pork
Produce
- 1 lb Lima beans, large
Baking & Spices
- 1/2 tsp Pepper, fresh ground
- 1 tsp Salt
FOOD GEEK GRAZE saved to ingred | legume
19 · 15 minutes · Creamy Butter Beans with Ham - Creamy Butter Beans have lots of smoked ham flavor. They’re so thick and creamy and make a fantastic side for any southern meal.
16 ingredients
Meat
- 1 1/2 cups Ham, smoked
- 2 Ham hocks
Produce
- 2 Bay leaves
- 1/4 cup Carrot
- 1/3 cup Celery
- 1 tsp Garlic powder
- 1 lb Lima beans, dried large
- 1/2 cup Onion
- 1/2 tsp Thyme, dried
Canned Goods
- 1 (32-ounce) carton Chicken broth
Baking & Spices
- 1/4 tsp Black pepper
- 1/2 tsp Cajun or creole seasoning
- 1/4 tsp Red pepper flakes
Dairy
- 1 tbsp Bacon grease or butter
- 4 tbsp Butter
Liquids
- 4 cups Water
At My Best saved to Food Recipes
19 · 15 minutes · Creamy Butter Beans have lots of smoked ham flavor. They're so thick and creamy and make a fantastic side for any southern meal.
16 ingredients
Meat
- 1 1/2 cups Ham, smoked
- 2 Ham hocks
Produce
- 2 Bay leaves
- 1/4 cup Carrot
- 1/3 cup Celery
- 1 tsp Garlic powder
- 1 lb Lima beans, dried large
- 1/2 cup Onion
- 1/2 tsp Thyme, dried
Canned Goods
- 1 (32-ounce) carton Chicken broth
Baking & Spices
- 1/4 tsp Black pepper
- 1/2 tsp Cajun or creole seasoning
- 1/4 tsp Red pepper flakes
Dairy
- 1 tbsp Bacon grease or butter
- 4 tbsp Butter
Liquids
- 4 cups Water
Tracy Lippard saved to Recipes
Butter beans, lima beans, whatever you want to call them, good, fresh butter beans are a real treat. When I start to see these fresh little green gems at the farmer’s market and produce stand, I load up on them. And I love to cook them in the Southern manner – with pork. Here I […]
Racheal Owens saved to Eatums