Appetizers / Soups / Salads

Homemade Butter Beans takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Homemade Butter Beans takes 240 minutes to cook.

Homemade Butter Beans makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for Homemade Butter Beans are:

16 0z large dry lima beans
1 ham shank
1 large onion
water to cover
butter salt and pepper to taste, not included in nutritional content

Here is how you make Homemade Butter Beans:

rinse and pick lima beans for bad beans,stones etc.Place in dutch over about half full of wateradd ham shanklet simmer on stove about 2 or 3 hours on medium heatadd chopped onionsalt pepper and butter to taste, I usually add a stick of light unsalted butter to the whole potlet simmer another hour or two,you may have to add water as some will evaporateUse your own judgement as to how thick you want your brothMakes about 6 1/2 cup servings, depending on your soup contentNumber of Servings: 6Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user JARHEADSBABY.

The nutritional information for Homemade Butter Beans is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 55.6

• Total Fat: 1.9 g
• Cholesterol: 11.1 mg
• Sodium: 108.7 mg
• Total Carbs: 5.9 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.6 g
• Protein: 2.3 g