Ingredient
Butter bean
Large, flat and floury lima beans that turn creamy rather than holding their shape. Cooked gently they are almost custardy; boiled hard they collapse into the liquid entirely.
- Sourcing
- Jarred Spanish judión beans are enormous and far better than tinned if you can find them.
- Varieties
- Tinned, Jarred judión, Dried
- Quality cues
- Whole, pale ivory beans with skins intact and clear liquid in the tin.
- Substitutions
- Cannellini bean, Borlotti bean, Chickpea
- Storage
- Out of the tin into a sealed container once open.
- Shelf life
- Tinned years unopened; 3-4 days refrigerated once opened
Nutrition
Per 100 g
- Calories
- 79 kcal
- Protein
- 4.9 g
- Fat
- 0.2 g
- Carbs
- 14.9 g
- Fibre
- 4.8 g
- Sugars
- — g
- Sodium
- 336 mg
From USDA FoodData Central (#174254). Raw, edible portion.