Mireille Johnston

Févettes à l’Ail

Baby Lima Beans Sautéed with Garlic

Preparation info
  • For

    6

    people
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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top 1000The Cuisine of the Sun: Classical French Cooking from Nice and Provence
The Cuisine of the Sun

By Mireille Johnston

Published 1990

  • About

A delicious dish made with newly picked baby lima beans. Since fresh limas are hard to find here and the frozen ones are available all year round, this is a modified but still interesting version of the Niçois recipe.

Ingredients

  • 2 10-ounce boxes frozen lima beans*
  • 5 tablespoons oil (half olive, half peanut

Method

Blanch the beans according to package instructions and drain them.

* Fresh string beans, cut into 1-inch pieces, may be substituted.

Heat the oil in a large frying pan and sauté the ga