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Other Cooking Equipment => Other cooking Eqipment => Other cookers => Topic started by: Smokin Don on March 06, 2014, 02:30:56 PM
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Mar 05 2014
This recipe was from Mary at Deep South Dish, that lady knows how to cook southern! I followed her recipe almost to the letter but I did it in a Crockpot instead of stove top. I had a nice hunk of double smoked ham in the freezer to use.
I soaked the beans overnight and wanted to get them on about 10:00 AM in the Crockpot on high for two hours and then simmer on low all afternoon. My dog was sick so had to get him to the vet for some medicine and didn’t get the beans on until about 12:30. I checked them after 2 ½ hours and the beans were not done so I left them on high. I was using the old style Rival pot and they don’t get quite as hot as the newer ones do.
While the beans were cooking I made some skillet cornbread using a Krusteaze honey mix. My favorite box mix is Miracle Maize Sweet but the grocery was out of it. I also cooked some rice to have with the beans. I caramelized a med. onion to add to the beans and stirred in some flour to help thicken the beans. I added them at 4:00 and checked the beans, still not done. I checked them again just after 5:15 and they were not done, time to change strategy.
I put the beans in a pot and got them to a slow boil with the lid off and let them cook until 6:45, they were not as soft as I wanted but they were eatable. Also if you do beans in a Crockpot and want the broth to thicken just barely cover them with liquid since you don’t get the evaporation like doing them on the stove top. If they get too thick you can add liquid.
My wife had some leftover pizza for supper, she don’t know beans are great! I served my beans over some rice with buttered cornbread. One thing that helped was I was finally able to get some Fat Tire Belgium ale to try. I loved it but at over $1 a bottle it will be a Sunday beer for me.
I always thought dried beans lasted a long time but looked it up and one place said a year. It said that some beans over a year old will never get tender no matter how long they are soaked or cooked. Evidently that must include Lima beans. I have never had this problem before and know I have used beans that were over a year old. Most places will say beans can last 10 to 30 years. I have enough on hand I think I will get them all vacuum packed as it helps preserve them. Then you have no idea how long the shelf life is at the grocery. I google it for info but could find no info on the shelf life. I guess you are never too old to know your beans!
Link to Mary's recipe http://www.deepsouthdish.com/2008/11/southern-creamy-butter-beans-large-lima.html#axzz2vDEt9O8e
Butter, onions, celery and carrots in the pot
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Ham, chicken stock and seasonings added
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Cornbread
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Onions
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A little flour added
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Ham shredded and added back in
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Finally done and creamy sauce
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My Supper
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Smokin Don
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Don, that looks amazing.
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Big fan of beans, many thanks and bookmarked ;D
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Oh my gawd you had to show them beans with a Fat Tire and corn bread too, now you got my attention. :D
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Great looking meal buddy! The way our Winter has been, that tasty, warming meal would've been nice quite a number of times! Thanks for sharing Don!
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Even though they weren't as tender as you'd have liked, I don't think I've ever seen tastier looking butter beans.
Did you add salt (besides the ham) while cooking them?
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Looks good SD. I like most beans.....Lima beans rank up there with peas for me. But I would try your dish!
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That looks delicious Don and your photos are outstanding!
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Again a over the top meal Don. :)
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Don, I've been using her site for a long time and it's one of the best out there particularly if you're looking for Southern cookin'. She's down in LA---Lower Alabama city of Mobile. Dee
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Looks good SD. I like most beans.....Lima beans rank up there with peas for me. But I would try your dish!
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Like granma use to make......I sure could use a bowl of that with a piece of that cornbread.
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Looks good SD. I like most beans.....Lima beans rank up there with peas for me. But I would try your dish!
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Looks good SD. I like most beans.....Lima beans rank up there with peas for me. But I would try your dish!
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Looks great, Don - ham and bean dishes are among my favorite comfort foods. I don't make them nearly enough.
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Man that looks good!
For those old beans that wont cook,try the pressure cooker for those,have had good results doing that.
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What a combo...butterbeans and cornbread!!!
I like butterbeans that are a bit firm and not mushy...also I like putting the cornbread in the bowl and serving the beans on top with plenty of pot liquor for the bread to soak up.
This looked like a good meal to me.
just sayin'....
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this dish i can have any day of the week and twice on the weekend.
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I cooked those night before last and I still have a head ache. I put a cup full on the top of my head and my tongue tried to beat my brains out trying to get to the butterbeans. Dee