Creole Lima Bean Stew Recipes

CREOLE LIMA BEANS

Steps:

• Soak beans in enough water to cover, overnight; drain and rinse. Melt butter and add onion and garlic. Saute for 10 minutes. Add fresh tomato and sugar. Saute for 5 minutes. Add Rotels, beans, sausage and enough water to cover beans by one inch. Cook 2 hours or until tender. Add salt and pepper. Serve over rice.

SOUTHERN OKRA BEAN STEW

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven or soup kettle, combine the first 10 ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 5 minutes. , Add the rice, beans, tomato sauce and okra. Simmer, uncovered, for 8-10 minutes or until the vegetables are tender. Discard bay leaf.

CREOLE CHICKEN STEW WITH BABY LIMA BEANS

Steps:

• Brown bacon in a 4-quart chef's pan or saute pan over medium heat, 4 to 6 minutes. Drain on paper towels.
• Season chicken thighs with salt and pepper and add to the bacon drippings in the pan. Brown over medium heat, about 4 minutes per side. Remove from the pan and set aside.
• Add onion, bell pepper, celery, and garlic to the same pan and cook in the drippings over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until tender, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cut browned chicken thighs into bite-sized pieces and chop the browned bacon. Add to the vegetables once tender. Stir in frozen baby lima beans, crushed tomatoes, and chicken broth. Season with Creole seasoning and adjust salt and pepper, if necessary.
• Press lima beans down into the cooking broth so they cook evenly. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and cook uncovered, stirring every 5 to 10 minutes, until chicken is cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the chicken should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

POLISH SAUSAGE-LIMA BEAN STEW (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Pour stock into crock pot, set on high.
• Add beans.
• Heat a heavy frying pan over medium-high heat.
• Add Oil.
• Add Onions, Garlic, Bell Peppers, Celery, Red Potatoes, and Baby Carrots.
• Saute (Stir fry)'til Onions are translucent.
• Add crushed Red Chiles and Tomato paste, mix well.
• Add vegetables to crock pot.
• Reduce heat to low, cook 3 hours.
• Add Sausage, cook 3/4 hour.
• Add enough Potato Flakes to thicken as desired.
• Cook 15 minutes more.
• Serve with a Peasant Loaf or maybe Cornbread or Cornsticks.

COUNTRY-STYLE BABY LIMA BEANS

Steps:

• Fry bacon with onion until crisp in medium sauce pan with lid.
• Add beans and then broth to cover beans a little less than an inch.
• Cook over medium heat until just boiling, then reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Add salt, then cook for another 30 minutes or until beans are very tender. Taste for salt and add more, if desired. (I add black pepper here, too.)
• Turn off heat, uncover pan, and let beans rest for 15 minutes before serving.

CREOLE LIMA BEAN STEW

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a big soup pot; add in onion; saute over medium heat until translucent.
• Add in celery and bell pepper; saute another 5 minutes.
• Slowly sprinkle in the flour and stir until well integrated with the vegetables, then stir in the water.
• Add in the next 8 ingredients (lima beans through red pepper flakes); bring to a rapid simmer, then decrease heat; cover and simmer gently for 30-35 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper, then stir in the parsley.
• Add a small amount of water if needed, but let the stew remain thick.
• Adjust the other seasonings if needed; discard bay leaves.
• Serve in bowls over hot cooked rice.