Southern Style Baby Lima Beans

Small green lima beans in decorative blue bowl garnished with bits of bacon.

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Green baby lima beans seasoned to perfection Southern style!

Prep Time5

Cook Time40

Total Time45

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: Southern

Servings: servings

Calories: 94kcal

Author: Anecia Hero

Ingredients

16 ounces frozen baby lima beans
3 slices bacon
½ cup finely diced sweet yellow onion
2 cups chicken broth See recipe notes below
½ teaspoon minced garlic
½ teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon granulated sugar See recipe notes below
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Cut bacon into small pieces and place in a large stockpot on medium high heat; cook until crisp
3 slices bacon
Add diced onion to stockpot and cook 5-7 minutes or until tender; add garlic and cook 1 minute
½ cup finely diced sweet yellow onion, ½ teaspoon minced garlic
Add chicken broth to stockpot and scrape up any bacon residue in the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon
2 cups chicken broth
Add lima beans, onion powder and sugar; bring to boil for 5 minutes
16 ounces frozen baby lima beans, ½ teaspoon onion powder, 1 teaspoon granulated sugar
Reduce heat to medium, cover and cook 30-40 minutes until beans are tender
Add salt and pepper to taste; serve using slotted spoon
salt and pepper to taste

Notes

It is not necessary to pre-soak frozen baby lima beans

After you cook the bacon, you can remove the crisp bacon pieces from the stockpot and use as a garnish, or just leave the bacon pieces in the stockpot.

Chicken broth - 1 ½ - 2 cups: you want the broth to cover the beans by about 1"inch; so, the amount of broth will be determined by the diameter of the stockpot you use.

Sugar - why? Just a little bit of sugar brings out the flavor of these delicious beans; you can omit it if you want

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