Virginia's Butter Beans - VeryVera

Virginia’s Butter Beans

  • Prep Time: 30m
  • Cook Time: 20m

Ingredients

  • 6 slices bacon, fried and crumbled
  • 2 (10 oz) boxes frozen butter beans, cooked and drained
  • 2 tbsp. brown sugar
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • 2 c drained canned tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp. flour
  • 2 large cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/3 c bell pepper, minced
  • 1/3 c celery, minced
  • 1/4 c yellow onion, minced
  • 1/2 c green onion, minced
  • 1/2 c chicken broth

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Fry the bacon, remove from pan and crumble. In the same pan, sauce the minced vegetables in the bacon grease. Add the flour, tomatoes, salt, pepper, and brown sugar.
  3. Add the cooked butter beans.
  4. Adjust seasonings, pour into a casserole dish and top with crumbled bacon.
  5. Pour chicken broth over top of the casserole and bake until bubbly, approximately 20 minutes.