Lima Beans with Ham over Rice
Lima Beans also known as Butter Beans are so easy to make and wonderful comfort food. This hearty dish can be made in the crock pot too. We love it over rice!
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 1 1 pound bag of large dried lima beans
- 1 large ham hock with some meat still on the bone or 1 cup chopped ham of your choice
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 - 4 cups rice cooked according to package directions depending on how many people you are serving
Instructions
- Rinse and sort beans, soak overnight in a large pot of water. Next morning, drain the water and rinse beans. Add six cups of fresh water, the chopped onion, garlic, pepper, and ham or ham hock.
- Simmer beans with lid tilted on pot for about 3 hours until tender, then add salt. (I always salt dried beans after they are done. They take longer to cook if you salt them during the cooking process.)
- If using a ham hock, remove it from pot and take the ham from the bone and add back to the beans. Serve over rice. These beans can be cooked in the crock pot as well. Cook on high for 4 hours or low about seven hours until tender.