Dragos Creamy Lima Beans Recipes

A WHOLE NEW WAY TO ENJOY LIMA BEANS

Steps:

• Cook the lima beans in boiling salted water as directed on the package. If using canned lima beans, you will not need to add salt.
• Add sugar (if using) to the cooking water.
• Drain the beans well. At this point, the beans are still hot.
• Add the cream and butter to the hot beans. Taste and add salt and pepper as desired.
• Serve beans warm.

DRAGO'S CREAMY LIMA BEANS

Steps:

• Saute garlic.
• Then cook the bacon until slightly brown on the edges.
• Next mix the bacon, garlic and the rest of the ingredients; cook until beans are hot about 15 minutes.

~ CREAMY LIMA BEANS ~

Steps:

• 1. Place 8 cups water in a dutch oven and bring to a boil. Once boiling add the bean, and boil for 5 minutes. Turn off burner, cover pot and let sit for 1 hour.
• 2. Drain and rinse beans.
• 3. In a med skillet over medium heat add the oil, onion, garlic, celery and ham. Saute until vegetables become tender, about 5 minutes.
• 4. Place beans back into dutch oven and cover with 6 cups water, making sure all beans are covered. Add the vegetable mixture and thyme. Stir and bring to a boil. Boil for 30 minutes, then lower heat, add bay leaf and simmer until beans are to desired tenderness Add more water as they cook if need be. We like ours thick, not like soup, but want some juice to serve over the potatoes Salt and pepper to taste.
• 5. In total mine were cooked in 1 1/2 hours after the initial soaking. They are delicious served with fried potatoes and onion, fried in bacon fat. This is exactly how my Gram would serve them.

CREAMY BAKED LIMA BEANS

Steps:

• Soak Beans overnight, with plenty of water above the beans. They soak it up!
• In the morning, drain the beans, cover with water, add 1 tsp salt and cook until slightly tender -- 20-30 minutes. However, you must watch these babies, because they have a big tendency to boil over!Just bring them to a boil (watching them), then lower the heat --- and still watch them!
• After the beans are cooked, drain again and rinse them under hot water, and place them in a lightly sprayed or greased (oleo) casserole dish.
• Dab Butter over beans; mix "lightly"! or they get squishy.
• Stir in Molasses.
• Finally, pour in sour cream and mix "tenderly".
• Bake at 350 for one hour. (again, keep an eye on them, I don't think I usually bake them for and entire hour).

LINDA'S PRESSURE COOKER LIMA BEANS

Steps:

• Put the hocks and water into your pressure cooker and set for one hour on high pressure.
• When done, remove to a bowl while the rest of the ingredients cook.
• Add all the veggies and seasonings to the liquid in the pressure cooker and set to high pressure for one hour.
• Meanwhile, pick the meat out of the hocks and dice.
• When the time is up on the pressure cooker let it cool down naturally and then add the meat back to the cooker.
• Test a lima bean - they should be creamy with no grainy texture at all. If they are grainy turn the pressure cooker on for about 15 more minutes.
• Serve it up with Yankee corn bread!
• This recipe is for frozen lima beans, not dried or canned.

CREAMED LIMA BEANS

Steps:

• Cook lima beans according to package directions; I use the microwave.
• Melt butter in saucepan, stir in flour and blend well.
• Add milk, about 1/2 cup at a time, and blend with whisk.
• Cook over medium heat until thickened.
• Total amount of milk depends on how thick you prefer the sauce to be.
• Stir in sugar, salt and pepper.
• Add cooked, drained lima beans.