Main dish - Butter Beans Southern-Style recipes

Author: Ronni Hatton

A recipe for Butter Beans cooked southern-style with salt pork. The beans are slow-simmered and create a creamy-like sauce without adding any cream or milk.

Cajun Butter Beans with Shrimp and Sausage
Butter Beans Southern-Style
Creole Lima Beans
Southern Butter Beans
What is the difference between butter beans and lima beans?
How do you make butter beans?
Do butter beans need to be soaked before cooking?
Why do they call it butter beans?

Cajun Butter Beans with Shrimp and Sausage

The only thing better than the oh sooo creamy texture of these Cajun Butter Beans with Shrimp and Sausage is the zesty, ultra-flavorful taste.
Provided by: Lyn Corinne Liner | A Sprinkling of Cayenne
Total time: 570 minutes
Cook time: 90 minutes
Prep time: 480 minutes
Yields: 4 servings
Cuisine: Cajun
Number of ingredients: 21

Ingredients:

1 pound Camellia Brand Large Lima Beans (Butter Beans)
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1/2 pound raw shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 teaspoon parsley flakes
1/2 teaspoon hot sauce
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon garlic powder
12 ounces gluten free chicken sausage
1 tablespoon butter or oil
3 to 5 tablespoons butter or oil
1 onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, chopped
2 celery ribs, chopped
3 garlic cloves, minced
3 cups gluten free chicken broth
1 teaspoon parsley flakes
1/2 teaspoon paprika
3 cups water
salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper to taste
hot sauce to taste

How to cook:

Rinse and soak butter beans. Pour beans, water and apple cider vinegar into a medium-sized bowl with a fitted lid. Refrigerate overnight.
Season the shrimp with the garlic powder, paprika, hot sauce and parsley flakes. Cover and refrigerate until ready to use.
Slice sausage, and brown in an enameled cast iron Dutch oven.
Remove each piece of sausage when browned, transferring to a plate covered with paper towels.
Add more butter or oil to the Dutch oven, and brown the Cajun trinity of onion, bell pepper and celery, adding more butter if necessary throughout the browning process.
Stir the minced garlic cloves into the pot, and cook for 1 additional minute, or until slightly browned and fragrant.
Drain the butter beans in a colander.
Pour the browned sausage, drained butter beans, chicken broth, water, parsley flakes, paprika, and salt, pepper, cayenne and hot sauce to taste into the pot.
Simmer the pot over a medium-low fire for 1 1/2 hours, or until the beans are very tender.
Add the seasoned shrimp. Cook for an additional 10 minutes, or until shrimp are opaque.

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Butter Beans Southern-Style

A recipe for Butter Beans cooked southern-style with salt pork. The beans are slow-simmered and create a creamy-like sauce without adding any cream or milk.
Provided by: Renee
Total time: 180 minutes
Cook time: 180 minutes
Yields: 0 servings
Cuisine: American Southern
Number of ingredients: 4

Ingredients:

6 ounces salt pork (6 thick slices)
1 pound large lima beans
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper

How to cook:

Rinse and drain beans.
Put salt pork slices in the bottom of a large 7 to 8 quart pot. Pour the beans on top.
Cover the beans with about a half-inch of water.
Bring to a slow boil and reduce the heat to simmer. Do not let get to a full rolling boil.
Cover the pot loosely. Check every 20 to 25 minutes and add more water just to cover the beans.
After 1 to 1 1/2 hours, add 1 teaspoon of salt.
Continue to simmer, adding more water as needed, until beans are soft, about 2 1/2 to 3 hours.
Remove and discard salt pork slices.
Add pepper and gently stir. Taste and adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.

Notes: Southern Speckled Butter Beans Recipe, Ingredients · 1 tsp Bacon Grease · 1 Small Onion, diced · 1/2 c Celery, chopped · 2 Small Hot Pepper, seeded and diced (optional) or a sweet bell

Creole Lima Beans

A wonderful way to serve lima beans, either as a main or side dish. Great served over mashed potatoes, rice or just by itself (how I like it). Also great with cornbread. Recipe calls for one pound of kielbasa but if you like it meaty, add 2 pounds.
Provided by: Chef Petunia
Total time: 135 minutes
Cook time: 135 minutes
Yields: 6 servings
Number of ingredients: 9

Ingredients:

1 lb dried large lima beans
1/4 cup butter
1 large onion, finely chopped
1 tablespoon fresh garlic, minced
1 fresh tomato
1 tablespoon sugar
1 (10 ounce) can Rotel Tomatoes
1 lb smoked sausage or 1 lb kielbasa, sliced
salt and pepper

Nutrition:

How to cook:

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.

Notes: Butter Beans - The Farm at Spring Creek, Here is a butter bean recipe that is sure to please. It is my mama's New Orleans recipe and it is melt in your mouth good.

Southern Butter Beans

Southern Butter Beans cooked in the slow cooker. Serve with fried chicken, fried okra, and cornbread for a very traditional southern dinner.
Provided by: Lana Stuart
Total time: 275 minutes
Cook time: 270 minutes
Prep time: 5 minutes
Yields: 4 servings
Cuisine: Southern, Vintage
Number of ingredients: 5

Ingredients:

4 cups fresh or frozen green butter beans (or substitute baby lima beans - also called "petite" lima beans)
2 tablespoons rendered bacon fat
1 ½ tablespoons granulated chicken bouillon (such as Maggi brand, or 1 cube of Knorr chicken bouillon)
1 ½ teaspoons salt
Water (to cover butter beans by one-inch)

Nutrition:

How to cook:

Place butter beans, butter substitute, chicken bouillon and enough water to cover the butter beans by one inch in a small slow cooker.
Cook on high for 1 ½ hours.
Turn cooker to low and cook for another 2-3 hours or until butter beans are tender.
Add a small amount of additional water during cooking only if needed.

Notes: Southern Butter Bean Recipe (Best Lima Beans), Ingredients You Need · Dried butter beans – aka dried lima beans · Thick-cut bacon – uncooked and diced · Onions – diced · Carrots – sliced · Celery Missing: orleans | Must include: