Mama's Butter beans. Southern-style Old Fashioned Dried Large Lima Butter Beans! This is my very favorite dried bean! Speckled Butter Beans are a great side dish.
You can cook Mama's Butter beans using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Mama's Butter beans
- Prepare 1 lb of Dry Butter Beans (large lima beans).
- You need 1 1/2 lb of Smoked Neckbones ( I use pork but turkey will taste just as amazing).
- Prepare 1 of Medium onion SLICED.
- It’s 1 tsp of garlic powder.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of savory.
- Prepare 1/2 tsp of marjoram.
- Prepare of salt and pepper.
Sit yourself down and get ready for a "Ta-Da" moment. I am about to introduce you to a food that will knock your socks off. It is one of the healthiest foods you can. It was a typical family dinner at my in-law's house.
Mama's Butter beans step by step
Place butter beans in a large bowl cover the beans with 1 inch of water. Soak the beans overnight in the fridge..
<Next morning > place your smoked neckbones in your slow cooker cover with water and cook for 1 hr..
Add onion and Butter beans to the slow cooker..
Add enough water to just cover the beans. We did not add seasoning yet because it will make the beans tough..
Cook for 4 hours. Covered..
Add your seasonings and stir. Cook for 30 minutes..
Serve with rice or eat it like a soup. Enjoy.
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