Butter Beans
We may earn money or products from the companies mentioned in this post.Butter Beans are an amazingly…
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Butter Beans are an amazingly cheap and easy meal that is sure to please
I miss my mama and her New Orleans traditions. She made beans A LOT! Red beans and rice, butter beans, split pea soup, black-eyed peas, navy beans.
I still make those things even if not everybody up here eats creamy beans, they like “soup beans.” Like soupy.
Let me tell you ’bout the butter beans.
The beans are large limas also known as butter beans. I always thought it was because she put a stick of butter in them to cook, but it is actually a real nickname for that type of bean. I use one kind of bean and that is Camelia beans. I am a bean snob. Camelia beans are far superior to other beans. Every time I use a different bean something goes wrong.
Easy Peasy
The first time I tried to make them in an instapot it was no different. I couldn’t find Camelia beans here on the time crunch I was on. I was craving them you see. Next time I will be more prepared and get my Camelia butter beans. I have just learned I can get these at our local Publix and am super stoked. I also used the electric pressure cooker (instant pot) for the very first time on my last batch of butter beans. They were done in 20 minutes. Can you believe that? My inexperience with the instant pot may have contributed to why a handful of my beans were hard. I blame it on not being Camelia though.
Totally Affordable
Next time I will probably stick to the way I know and love, in a pot on a stove with Camelia butter beans. Either way it is a very inexpensive meal and feeds a large number of people. Eight people ate on those butter beans the first go round and I had nearly that same amount leftover. It came out to roughly $1.08 per person. Probably even less because I was being very generous with the (hearty) ham serving size.
These are a great addition to any frugal food meal plan.
Butter Beans
Ingredients
- 16 oz large lima beans - use Camelia
- 1 stick butter
- 1 medium onion
- 6 oz boneless ham
- 1 tbs sugar
- 1/8 tsp ground cloves
- 1 bay leaf to be removed before eating
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Soak beans overnight with enough water to cover them. Drain the water. Use one tbs of butter to saute onion and ham until onion is translucent. Add beans to pot and enough water to cover them. Bring to a boil and cook for an hour at a boil. Add remaining butter and ingredients and simmer for 1.5 hours or until beans are soft. Keep water level above beans. Remove bay leaf before serving and serve over rice.
I made red beans and sausage for brunch today ! I love beans and rice. I’m gonna have to r revisit Lima beans soon !
Yes girl! Love me some beans. Especially red beans.
This recipe looks delicious and is right up my street. I think this would be a great recipe to cook while camping.
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