Categories: Casseroles- One Dish Meals- Stir Fry- Pot Pies

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb. fresh baby butter (lima) beans
• 3 medium ears corn
• 3 slices bacon, cooked and chopped, reserving drippings
• 1/2 cup chopped andouille smoked sausage
• 1 cup sliced fresh okra
• 1 cup chopped Vidalia onion
• 1/2 cup chopped sweet bell pepper (green, red, yellow, orange, or combination)
• 1/2 Tbsp. minced garlic
• 1/2 Tbsp. brown sugar
• 1 tsp. kosher salt, or to taste
• 1/4 tsp. freshly cracked black pepper, or to taste
• 1/4 tsp. Creole or Cajun seasoning, or to taste, optional
• 1 cup halved grape tomatoes
• 2 tsp. fresh, chopped parsley
• 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter or 1/8 cup heavy cream

Directions

1. Shell beans and rinse well. Add to a small saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil, boil 3 minutes, reduce to simmer and cook for about 20 minutes, or until mostly tender. Drain, setting aside 1/2 cup of the cooking water.

2. Meanwhile, cook corn using your favorite method. Use a sharp serrated knife to cut corn off the cob. Use dull edge of knife to scrape down the milk from the cobs; set aside.

3. Cook the bacon to crisp in a large skillet, remove and set aside to chop, but leave drippings in the skillet. Add sausage to drippings and cook over medium high until browned. remove with a slotted spoon and transfer to the beans. Add the okra to the drippings and cook for about 3 minutes or until lightly browned. Add onion and bell pepper and cook another 4 minutes until softened; ass the garlic and cook another minute.

4. Add the corn and its juices, sugar, butter beans, meat and seasonings to the skillet. Add some of the reserved cooking water, a little at a time, only if mixture is too dry. Reduce heat to medium low, cook and stir until everything is heated through, add tomatoes, bacon and parsley. Stir in butter or cream until warmed through, taste and adjust seasonings as needed. Serve immediately.

5. Cook’s Notes: Place whole, unhusked corn in the microwave and cook on high for 12 minutes; use oven mitt to remove and set aside to cool slightly. Cut off root end of corn and carefully shake corn out of the husk.

6. May substitute thawed, frozen lima beans, corn and okra and drained stewed or diced canned tomatoes.

7. If using refrigerated bacon drippings, use about 1 1/2 Tbsp.

8. For basic succotash, use only cooked baby lima beans and corn, add butter, salt and pepper.

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