Lima beans
About the ingredient lima beans. Including 129 recipes with lima beans, nutrition data, and photos.
Contents
What are lima beans?
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 US Department of Agriculture nutritional food group.
How much do lima beans weigh?
| Amount | Weight |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | 170 grams |
Related
Vegetables and Vegetable Products
| In Chinese: | 利马豆 | |
| British (UK) term: | ||
| en français: | haricot de Lima | |
| en español: | la haba |
Recipes using lima beans
There are 129 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Ham And Chicken Chowder (Crock Pot)
Chow down on this savory dish that is so easy to make, you can use your crockpot!
Brunswick Stew with Corn Dumplings
An absolutely tasty dumpling stew is perfect in a cold winter day to warm up your entire family.
