Lima beans
What are lima beans? About the ingredient lima beans. Including 132 recipes with lima beans, nutrition data, and photos.
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About
Fresh Lima Beans
Availability
Baby Limas or Fordhook Limas are available all year round with a peak crop from June to September. Source in the US are New Jersey, New York, Virginia, Ohio and California.
Purchasing Guide
Choose clean, well filled, fresh dark-green pods. Usually shipped unshelled. Some markets shell and sell by weight as a service feature.
2 pounds in pods = about 2 ½ cups shelled
Storage
Shell when ready to cook. Store in the refrigerator unshelled, in a moisture proof container.
Refrigerator shelf, in pod, raw: 3 to 5 days
Refrigerator shelf, cooked and covered: 1 to 4 days
Refrigerator freezer, prepare for freezing: 1 month
Deep freezer, prepared for freezing: 10 months
Nutritive Food Values
Higher in protein than most vegetables, fair amounts of Vitamin C and A.
3 ½ ounces raw = 123 calories
1 cup, cook and drained = 190 calories
Basic Preparation
Cut thing strips from the inner edge of the pods with scissors or snap the pods open with your fingers. Remove beans.
Cook in a small amount of salted boiling water for 20 to 25 minutes, or until tender. Drain, add seasonings and butter, and serve.
Nutrition
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 cup (170g)Food group
Lima beans are a member of the Vegetables and Vegetable Products USDA nutritional food group.
How much do lima beans weigh?
| measure | grams |
| 1 cup | 170 |
| In Chinese: | 利马豆 | |
| British (UK) term: | Lima beans | |
| en français: | haricot de Lima | |
| en español: | la haba |
Recipes using lima beans
There are 129 recipes that contain this ingredient.
- 3 Bean Casserole
- Almost-A-Meal Casserole
- Another Bean Salad
- Aunt Em's Hearty Soup
- Baby Lima Beans or Broad Beans with Italian Sausage
- Baked Vegetable Gumbo Creole
- Barbecued Lima Beans
- Basic Cream Soup and Variations
- Basic Vegetable Soup
- Bean and Cashew Nut Salad
- Bean Soup Ii
- Bean Vegetable Medley
References
| Usda nutrition data | over 8 years ago |
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