Butter Beans With Smoked Turkey

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Butter Beans With Smoked Turkey

The turkey breast helps to cut the fat out of this soul food favorite. Get the full recipe here.

Number of Servings: 8
Serving Size: 1 cup

Ingredients:

smoked turkey breast - 8 oz
chopped onion - 1/4 cup
dried butter beans (mature lima beans), soaked - 1 lb
clove garlic, minced - 1
bay leaf - 1
pepper - 1/8 tsp
thyme - 1 tsp
salt - 1/4 tsp

1. Boil the turkey and onion in 1 quart of water for 45 minutes.

2. Place the beans, garlic, pepper, bay leaf, and thyme in the water and cook for 1 hour or until the beans are tender. Add the salt in the final 15 minutes of cooking to prevent the beans from becoming tough.

Exchanges Per Serving

2-1/2 Starch
1 Very Lean Meat

Nutrition Information

Amount per serving
Calories 216
Calories from Fat 6
Total Fat 1 g
Saturated Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 13 mg
Sodium 423 mg
Total Carbohydrate 36 g
Dietary Fiber 11 g
Sugars 5 g
Protein 18 g

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