Skip to main content

Lima Beans with Tomatoes and Dill

Serve this as a side dish in shallow bowls, or over rice as a main dish.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    6 servings

Ingredients

1 tablespoon light olive oil
1 large onion, quartered and sliced
One 16-ounce bag frozen baby lima beans, thawed
One 28-ounce can low-sodium stewed tomatoes, chopped, with liquid
1/4 cup chopped fresh dill, or to taste
Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Heat the oil in a large skillet. Add the onion and sauté over medium heat until golden. Add the lima beans and tomatoes and bring to a simmer. Cook gently until the lima beans are done to your liking.

    Step 2

    Stir in the dill, season with salt and pepper, and serve.

  2. lima beans

    Step 3

    Lima beans are an essential ingredient in succotash, a Native American dish that has several interesting regional variations. Green baby limas have a delicate flavor that I find more appealing than that of dry limas, which are bland and mealy. Green lima beans are particularly good in highly seasoned tomato-based soups or stews, in sweet-and-sour dishes, and served over rice. Two other varieties are butter beans and fordhooks.

  3. Menu

    Step 4

    Lima Beans with Tomatoes and Dill (this page)

    Step 5

    Lightly Embellished Brown Rice (page 91)

    Step 6

    Corn on the cob

    Step 7

    Bountiful tossed salad

  4. nutrition information

    Step 8

    Calories: 130

    Step 9

    Total Fat: 2g

    Step 10

    Protein: 6g

    Step 11

    Carbohydrate: 21g

    Step 12

    Cholesterol: 0mg

    Step 13

    Sodium: 34mg

The Vegetarian 5-Ingredient Gourmet
Read More
Like spicy carrot rigatoni and weeknight-fancy ravioli with peas.
Like lemony baked salmon and strawberry shortcake roll.
Turn humble onions into this thrifty yet luxe pasta dinner.
This one-pot dinner cooks chicken thighs directly on top of a bed of flavorful cilantro rice studded with black beans for a complete dinner.
Keep this easy frittata recipe on hand for quick breakfasts, impressive brunches, and fridge clean-out meals.
A warmly spiced Ashkenazi charoset, perfect for your Passover seder—or spooned over yogurt the next morning.
Crispy, Parmesan-crusted cutlets make this spring dish sing.
A feel-good dinner designed to cram a ton of veg in each serving.