Lima Beans Sausage Recipes

PARTON FAMILY BAKED LIMA BEANS & SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Soak the beans in lots of water overnight, then drain, rinse, and pick out any bad ones.
• In a large pot, cover with cold water and add salt. Simmer covered over medium heat for 35 to 45 min until tender (make sure they don't get mushy). The amount of time it takes will depend on how large the beans are.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Drain and pour the cooked beans into a well-oiled baking dish.
• In a bowl, combine the remaining ingredients and stir to combine well. Add to the beans and fold it all together.
• Bake in a 350 degree F oven for 1 hour.
• Note: onions would also go well in this recipe.

BABY LIMA BEANS AND SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Place 2 lbs. Lima's in 12 cups water. Bring to a soft boil and maintain for approximately 1 hour or until beans are mostly done but still a little crunchy. Throughout the cooking, add hot tap water to keep the beans covered and strain off any foam that appears.
• Fry bacon chunks until crispy and add bacon and grease to beans with boullion cubes.
• Cook beans the rest of the way.
• Cook sausage in a large skillet and add Frank's hot sauce and ground sage.
• Combine all ingredients and enjoy!

ITALIAN SAUSAGE & LIMA BEAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• 1. Heat lima beans in salted water until partially cooked. Place drained lima beans in a 2-qt. casserole dish.
• 2. Separate sausage from casings and cut the sausage into bite-sized pieces. Brown the sausage in a skillet and then drain on paper towels.
• 3. Pour off most of the fat left from the sausage. In remaining fat, saute the onion, green bell pepper and celery.
• 4. Combine the onion mixture with the sausage and pour over the lima beans. Bake at 350 in a covered casserole for 45 minutes to 1 hr.

POLISH SAUSAGE-LIMA BEAN STEW (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Pour stock into crock pot, set on high.
• Add beans.
• Heat a heavy frying pan over medium-high heat.
• Add Oil.
• Add Onions, Garlic, Bell Peppers, Celery, Red Potatoes, and Baby Carrots.
• Saute (Stir fry)'til Onions are translucent.
• Add crushed Red Chiles and Tomato paste, mix well.
• Add vegetables to crock pot.
• Reduce heat to low, cook 3 hours.
• Add Sausage, cook 3/4 hour.
• Add enough Potato Flakes to thicken as desired.
• Cook 15 minutes more.
• Serve with a Peasant Loaf or maybe Cornbread or Cornsticks.

LIMA BEANS & SAUSAGE

Steps:

• 1. Soak the beans over night (or several hours). Pour off soaking water, discard, and add fresh water to cover. Simmer 1/2 hour. Drain, reserve cokking water.
• 2. Dissolve the salt, sugar, syrup and vinegar in some of the cooking water. Put it into roaster with the beans. Add enough reserved water to cover. Bake 1 hour at 350 degrees, covered. (Watch...if it begins to dry out add a bit more of the reserved bean liquid).
• 3. After 1 hour, add the cream and bake in oven 1 more hour. Add polish sausages about 1/2 hour after you add the cream.

BDUKES LIMA BEANS, CABBAGE AND SMOKED SAUSAGE

Steps:

• In a large pot, combine the lima beans, ham hocks, water, cabbage and butter. Season with salt, pepper and garlic powder. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and set a lid on top but leave a crack for steam. Simmer for 1 1/2 hours. Remove the lid, add the tomatoes and sausage; simmer with the lid on until beans are completely tender, 15 to 20 minutes.

LIMA BEAN AND KIELBASA SOUP

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients except tomatoes in 5- to 6-quart slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on high heat setting 10 to 12 hours or until beans are tender.
• Stir in tomatoes.
• Cover and cook on high heat setting about 15 minutes or until hot.

ITALIAN WHITE BEAN AND SAUSAGE STEW

Steps:

• Soak beans in cold water, 8 hours to overnight.
• Drain beans and set aside.
• Make a cut down the center of each sausage and peel off the casing. Transfer sausage into a dry soup pot over medium-high heat. Brown sausage, while breaking it up into small pieces with a wooden spoon, 5 to 7 minutes. Cook and stir until juices start to caramelize and stick to the bottom of the pan, creating a fond, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Add onion and stir to coat in the rendered sausage fat. Cook until onion starts to turn translucent, about 5 minutes. Add white wine to deglaze the pot. Add black pepper, red pepper flakes, bay leaf, and water.
• Add drained beans, increase heat to high, and bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 30 minutes. Add salt and continue to simmer until beans are tender, about 30 more minutes. Taste beans to be certain they are perfectly cooked.
• Smash about 1/4 of the beans with a potato masher to give the stew a creamy texture if desired. Stir in chopped kale, increase heat to medium, and cook until tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Taste and adjust salt.
• Ladle hot soup into bowls, drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese and a pinch of red pepper flakes.

CREOLE LIMA BEANS

Steps:

• 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.