Add to: Recipe Box | Grocery List | Meal PlannerRecipe submitted by Sarah J Liebert
sajl@doc.ic.ac.ukLeek and Butter Bean SoupIngredients (use vegan versions): 3 large leeks
125g/5oz dried butter beans
dash of white wine vinegar
vegetable stock
lemon juice
fresh chopped parsley
black pepper
Directions:Soak beans in water overnight, boil until fairly tender (about 1.5 hours depending on age of beans). Cut leeks into slices and saute in a little water and vinegar. Add beans, a mixture of bean water and vegetable stock about twice volume of solids, and simmer for about 30-40 minutes. Reserve a few beans and leek pieces for texture and puree the rest. Return pieces to soup and stir in seasonings to taste.
What are butter-beans?
Archived comment by: bunny
I can't find anything about butter beans. Please describe.
Archived comment by: bunny
I think butter beans are very close or the same as dutch beans which look like biege-browny-golden pinto beans. Pinto beans make an okay substitute.
Archived comment by: nancy
Butter beans are like lima beans in taste and shape - they are just a different color.
Archived comment by: kim
The US probably knows butter beans as Lima Beans -the terms are interchangeable. They are grown in the US in eg the middle Georgia area where you get the soil temperature of 65 deg required to germinate the seeds.
Archived comment by: centricman
I've never seen butter beans dried, only canned. My mom used to make them a lot when I was growing up. I hadn't thought of them in years....now I've a big craving for them again....they're really good.
Archived comment by: sunnyelaine
REALLY NICE TASTE - MY HUSBAND AND I LOVED IT - THANKS FOR A GREAT RECIPE
Archived comment by: m1chelle
I can't find dry butter beans, not even my health food store
Archived comment by: seasalt
