Southern Lima Beans Over White Rice
Created by dienia b on March 14, 2025
- Servings: 8
- Prep Time: 1d
- Cook Time: 3h
- Recipe #44320
Ingredients
- 16 ounces lima beans, dry (1 bag)
- 1 cup onion, chopped
- 1 stalk celery, sliced
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 pound ham hocks
- 6 cups water
- 2 garlic cloves, smashed
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 16 ounces white rice, cooked
How to Make
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Step 1: Soak beans overnight.
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Step 2: Drain.
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Step 3: Meanwhile, add the oil to the pot and saute celery and onions together, until onion is clear and tender, add garlic and sauté about 2 minutes more.
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Step 4: Add the beans and cover with water.
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Step 5: Add ham hock, pepper and salt to taste.
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Step 6: Bring to a boil; stir, reduce heat and cover and simmer for about 2 hours.
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Step 7: Keep checking the water level and stirring every once in a while.
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Step 8: Add more water if needed, but not too much.
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Step 9: Just enough to keep about 1 inch of water above the beans as they cook.
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Step 10: Cook until beans are tender, adding more salt if needed.
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Step 11: Deboned ham hock.
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Step 12: Add to beans.
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Step 13: Serve over rice.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (341 g)
- Calories 188.7
- Total Fat - 8.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 2 g
- Cholesterol - 60.1 mg
- Sodium - 916.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 4.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1 g
- Sugars - 1.3 g
- Protein - 23.1 g
- Calcium - 75 mg
- Iron - 1.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 2.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0.5 mg