My Grandmother always serves two vegetables with every meal, with one normally being some sort of legume (peas or beans). So whenever I start to feel home sick, I whip up a mess of country style beans to take me right back to Grandma's kitchen!
To make these ordinary baby lima beans in to a low country meal, you'll need: 3 cups frozen baby lima beans, 2 tablespoons of butter, 1/2 cup of chopped yellow or white onion, and about 2 or 3 strips of raw bacon as well as salt and pepper.
Start by melting the butter in a soup pot along with the onions. While the onions sweat, cut the bacon strips into spoon-sized chunks and add to the pot. Allow bacon to cook through, then add the butter beans. Next, add just enough water to the pot to cover the beans (for extra flavor trying substituting veggie stock, ham stock, or chicken stock for 1/2 of the water). Bring this to a boil, then reduce the heat and allow to simmer for 20 minutes or until beans are tender. You may have to add in more water during the cooking period to keep the beans covered. I like to make a large amount and freeze the leftovers in small-sized containers for quick meal options later in the week. Enjoy!
-Brooke
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