Ingredients
The following ingredients have 5 Servings
- 1 pound bag dried large lima beans (Camellia brand recommended) {affil link|
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 small rib celery, chopped
- 1 small carrot, scraped and chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
- 4 cups chicken stock or broth
- 2 cups water
- 2 tablespoons chicken base (like Better than Bouillon) {affil link}
- 2 cups baked, smoked ham, roughly chopped
- 1 tablespoon butter or bacon fat
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 teaspoons dried parsley
- Kosher salt, cayenne and/or Cajun seasoning (like Slap Ya Mama), {affil link} only as needed, to taste
Instruction
- Rinse and sort beans, place into pot.
- Add the onion, celery, carrots and garlic, thyme, basil and pepper and stir.
- Add the stock or broth, water, chicken base, ham (and ham bone, ham hocks or smoked turkey wings, if using), butter or bacon fat and bay leaves.
- Seal and set for high 25 minutes. Let pressure release naturally for 10 minutes, then carefully release any remaining pressure.
- Open, remove bay leaves and discard, add parsley, taste, adding salt and/or Cajun seasoning or cayenne, only as needed, to taste.
- Thicken, if desired as noted below.
- Serve over hot cooked rice with a side of cast iron skillet cornbread.
