Chris Recipe | Firehouse Butter Beans and Sausage

When the climate turns cold, this is one of our go-to, favorite firehouse recipes. This wonderful dish sticks to your insides and is a comfort food. Enjoy!

Ingredients

• 3 (16 ounce) packages dried lima beans
• water to cover
• 2 ½ pounds fully-cooked pork sausage, cut into 2-inch pieces
• 2 tablespoons red pepper flakes

Cooking Directions

1. Place lima beans in a large pot with enough water to cover by 2 inches; bring to a boil. Remove pot from heat and let stand for 2 hours. Drain and rinse beans under cold water.
2. Transfer beans back to large pot and pour in enough water to cover; add sausage and red pepper flakes. Bring water to a boil, decrease heat, and simmer, adding water as needed to keep beans from sticking to the bottom, until beans are tender and liquid has thickened, 1 to 2 hours.

Nutrition Facts

• calories563.4
• carbohydrateContent55.4 g
• cholesterolContent48.2 mg
• fatContent23.3 g
• fiberContent16.3 g
• proteinContent33.9 g
• saturatedFatContent8.2 g
• sodiumContent1081.3 mg
• sugarContent8.7 g