Looking for seasonings for simmering dried large lima beans. I plan to soak the beans, and separately brown onion and garlic with bacon or diced salt pork, then add this to the beans along with some chicken stock and water to cover and simmer for several hours until the beans are tender. I'm not sure what seasonings to add other than pepper (the salt pork or bacon will take care of most of the salt). Anyone got a nice recipe for this? NOTE: I don't want to add tomatoes or tomato paste. Just looking for seasoning ideas.
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Looking for seasonings for simmering dried large lima beans. I plan to soak the beans, and separately brown onion and garlic with bacon or diced salt pork, then add this to the beans along with some chicken stock and water to cover and simmer for several hours until the beans are tender. I'm not sure what seasonings to add other than pepper (the salt pork or bacon will take care of most of the salt). Anyone got a nice recipe for this? NOTE: I don't want to add tomatoes or tomato paste. Just looking for seasoning ideas.
I know you asked for seasonings, not vegetables, but winter squash (acorn, butternut, pumpkin), and corn off the cob are classic additions that make for a lovely and tasty dish.
--Lia
jmcquown said:
Looking for seasonings for simmering dried large lima beans. I plan to soak the beans, and separately brown onion and garlic with bacon or diced salt pork, then add this to the beans along with some chicken stock and water to cover and simmer for several hours until the beans are tender. I'm not sure what seasonings to add other than pepper (the salt pork or bacon will take care of most of the salt). Anyone got a nice recipe for this? NOTE: I don't want to add tomatoes or tomato paste. Just looking for seasoning ideas.
I have lots of experience with cooking dried beans. Adding salt or stock at the beginning of the cooking generally made them take much longer to cook to the tender point. There are exceptions, and lima beans might be one of them since they generally cook to tender pretty easily, but I thought I'd mention this. In my post of a few minutes ago, I mentioned adding squash and corn. I always added them towards the END of the cooking time since the vegetables amounted to vegetable stock.
--Lia
jmcquown said:
Looking for seasonings for simmering dried large lima beans. I plan to soak the beans, and separately brown onion and garlic with bacon or diced salt pork, then add this to the beans along with some chicken stock and water to cover and simmer for several hours until the beans are tender. I'm not sure what seasonings to add other than pepper (the salt pork or bacon will take care of most of the salt). Anyone got a nice recipe for this? NOTE: I don't want to add tomatoes or tomato paste. Just looking for seasoning ideas.
Looking for seasonings for simmering dried large lima beans. I plan to soak the beans, and separately brown onion and garlic with bacon or diced salt pork...
The classic soul food dish, butter beans 'n hocks, is just as you've described, only using a smoked ham hock instead of bacon/salt pork. The classic dish has no garlic, but that's your call. For just a tad more flavor, you might try a bay leaf. Salt 'n pepper are all I use. Don't forget to serve with a bottle of hot sauce.
Looking for seasonings for simmering dried large lima beans. I plan to soak the beans, and separately brown onion and garlic with bacon or diced salt pork...
The classic soul food dish, butter beans 'n hocks, is just as you've described, only using a smoked ham hock instead of bacon/salt pork. The classic dish has no garlic, but that's your call. For just a tad more flavor, you might try a bay leaf. Salt 'n pepper are all I use. Don't forget to serve with a bottle of hot sauce.
Sounds so good I think I'll some, too. 🙂
nb
Yeah, it's gotten COLD outside. I'm craving 'soul food'. I'm doing the quick soak method - 1 lb. lima beans in hot water, covered, for an hour, then drain.
I'm browning the salt pork in the cooking pot with onion and garlic. Will add a bay leaf when I add the beans, fresh water and stock. Yum!
