Lima beans: dried, frozen or fresh recipes?!

Lima beans: dried, frozen or fresh recipes?

Are lima beans the same as butter beans?

Anyway...

I heard lima beans are very good for you, so I bought some dried ones. Then I found out I should have gotten fresh baby ones (I can't find them anywhere). What's the difference flavor wise ?

Can I get a recipe on how to cook 'em without bacon, pork, tomatoes or onions? That's all I could find online.

Thatnks for something simple.

1 day ago
Thanks caroline, sounds good but my daughter will not eat that. I need a simple recipe with no tomatoes, no ham or bacon, please.

Picky eater involved :-)

We grow butterbeans here where I live and they are most of the time green. Cooked fresh they are wonderful.
We also love dried beans. Baby Lima Beans, pintos beans and red beans.
Use any of these they are all great.

Luscious Lima Bean Soup
1 pound dry lima beans
4 cups water
5 carrots, chopped
1 leek, bulb only, chopped
2 tablespoons minced shallots
2 stalks celery, chopped
4 cubes vegetable bouillon
8 cups water
2 tablespoons olive oil

Bring 4 cups of water to a boil. Add dry lima beans, and boil for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from heat, and allow the beans to sit, covered, for 1 to 2 hours to soften. Drain and rinse until water runs clear, discarding bean water.
In a soup pot, saute vegetables in olive oil until onions and celery are translucent. Add lima beans, and saute for another 2 to 3 minutes.
In the meantime, bring 4 cups of water to a boil. Add the vegetable bouillon to the boiling water, and stir until dissolved. Add broth to the sauteed vegetables and beans. Add remaining water, and allow soup to simmer over a low flame for 1 to 1-1/2 hours. Serve steaming hot.
Makes 9 servings

Baked Lima Beans

6 Servings
Ingredients
2 cn Lima beans 1 tb Molasses
3/4 c Butter 1 tb Dry mustard
3/4 c Brown sugar 1 c Sour cream
1 ts Salt
Directions
Drain lima beans & put into baking dish. Cut butter over the beans. Mix brown sugar, dry mustard & salt. Sprinkle this mixture over the beans. Stir in molasses & then pour sour cream over all. Bake 1 hour at 350.

Baked Limas with Sour Cream Recipe

Serves/Makes: 6
Ingredients:
1 pound dried baby lima beans
3 teaspoons salt
3/4 cup salted butter
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 tablespoon dry mustard
1 tablespoon molasses
1 cup sour cream
Directions:
Soak limas overnight in water. Drain and cover with fresh water. Add 1-teaspoon salt and cook 40 minutes. Drain and rinse under hot water. Place in medium casserole. Dot with butter.
Mix brown sugar, dry mustard and remaining salt together and sprinkle over beans.
Stir in molasses. Cover with sour cream. Mix lightly and bake at 350 for 1 hour.


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