Lima Bean Bake Recipes

BAKED LIMA BEAN RECIPE (GIGANTES PLAKI)

Steps:

• Wash and soak the beans in a pot overnight.
• The next day, drain the beans and add enough fresh water to cover them. Cook over low heat until half tender, about 30 minutes, drain, and save the broth.
• Preheat oven to 350°F/180°C
• In a large pot sauté the onions in veggie broth or olive oil for 2-3 minutes until they begins to get translucent.
• Add the garlic, carrots, celery, spinach and/or Swiss chard and sauté for a couple more minutes.
• Add beans and mix well.
• Add tomatoes, salt and pepper and sauté for another minute. Then add parsley and mix well.
• Add enough reserved broth from the beans to barely cover them. If you don't have enough reserved broth, then use water for the rest (you can also use extra veggie broth).
• Cook over medium heat for 15 minutes stirring, occasionally. Add more broth if needed. You don't want it to get too dry.
• Transfer to a 9 x 12 glass baking dish, cover with tin foil and bake for 30 minutes, or until beans are tender and liquid has evaporated.
• Uncover and bake for an additional 10 minutes.
• Serve hot!

LIMA BEAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine lima beans, soup, celery and milk. Pour into a greased 11x7-in. baking dish. Sprinkle with cheese and bread crumbs. , Cover and bake at 350° for 25 minutes. Uncover; bake 10 minutes longer or until the bread crumbs are lightly browned.

FIVE BEAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place bacon in a large, deep skillet. Cook over medium-high heat until evenly brown. Drain, crumble, and set aside.
• Saute onion in bacon fat; add the brown sugar, mustard, garlic powder, salt and vinegar. Cook covered on low heat 20 minutes.
• In a four quart baking dish, combine the bacon, onion mixture, butter beans, lima beans, kidney beans, garbanzo beans and baked beans. Mix well, and bake covered for 1 1/2 hours. Uncover and bake 30 to 45 minutes longer.

LIMA BEAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• 1. Saute the onion and pepper in the butter or olive oil just until tender. Mix well with the beans and soup.
• 2. Pour mixture into a 2 to 3-quart baking dish. Top with the bread crumbs and grated cheese.
• 3. Bake in a preheated oven at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes.

BAKED LIMA BEANS

Steps:

• Soak beans in water overnight. Drain. Add fresh water, just enough to cover the beans, and salt. Cook until tender, about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees. If necessary, pour off some water from the beans so that they are very moist but not swimming in liquid. Add ketchup, brown sugar and mustard to the beans and water. Pour into a large (about 9 by 12 by 3) flat baking pan. Lay strips of bacon on top of the bean mixture.
• Bake for 2 1/2 hours. If the bacon starts browning too fast, reduce heat to 225 degrees and extend the baking time by 1 hour.

BAKED LIMA BEANS

Steps:

• Soak beans overnight.
• Cook in water until just about half tender; drain.
• Add other ingredients.
• Bake in oven until tender, 2 to 3 hours at 350 degrees.

LIMA BEAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• If you are using fresh or frozen cover the beans with water and bring to a boil, skim the surface& simmer untiltender about 25 minutes for fresh, 6 minutes for frozen.
• Canned Lima beans just heat& drain throughly.
• Grease an oven proof pan (Deep Casserole).
• Fry the bacon until translucent,m add onions& pepper saute for about 6 minutes Add beans and cook until hot, stirring frequently About 5 minutes.
• Add tomatoe sauce& stewed tomatoes.
• Cover and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Uncover and simmer until most of the juice has evaporated about 20 minutes.
• Pour into the casserole dish.
• You can do the recipe up to here the day ahead, refrigerate. Bring to room temperature before putting in the oven) Heat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Sprinkle with the cheese, bake until hot with the cheese is melted and lightly browned Apprx 20-25 minutes.
• If you are going from start to finish with this recipe without refrigerating you will only want to have it in the oven for apprx 15 minutes just to get the lovely color to the cheese and have it bubbly
• Serve immediately - hot

CLASSIC LIMA BEAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, cook and crumble sausage until no longer pink; drain. add lima beans, carrots, water, sugar, salt and pepper. Cook, uncovered, for 20-25 minutes or until vegetables are tender; drain.

LIMA BEAN AND CORN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cook lima beans and corn together, following package directions.
• Drain.
• Make sauce by melting margarine in sauce pan and adding the chopped spring onions.
• Blend in the flour, milk, salt and one cup of grated cheese.
• Cook until the sauce begins to thicken; add pimento and water chestnuts.
• Layer vegetables and sauce in greased 1 1/2 quart casserole dish, beginning with vegetables and ending with layer of sauce.
• Top with 1/2 cup grated cheese and bread crumbs or crushed potato chips, your preferance.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until topping is golden brown and casserole is bubbly around the edges.

LIMA BEAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cook the lima beans until tender 8-10 minutes.
• Melt 2 tbsp of butter (margarine) in a saucepan and add celery and onion.
• Cook for about 4 minutes.
• Stir in the mayonnaise, 1/4 cup of the cheese, Worcestershire and finally add the lima beans.
• Transfer to an oven proof dish.
• Combine remaining cheese, butter and bread crumbs.
• Sprinkle over the beans.
• Broil 2-3 minutes until cheese has melted and the top is golden.