Dried lima beans

Large flat kidney-shaped beans of a cream-white colour, with a very tender buttery flesh and a mild creamy taste, for soups, stews, purees, sides and salads.

Dried lima beans (butter beans) are large flat kidney-shaped beans of a cream-white or greenish colour, hard, needing soaking and long cooking, with a very tender, buttery, slightly starchy flesh and a mild creamy taste. They are boiled for soups, stews, purees, sides, salads, braised with vegetables and meat (succotash), made into spreads and added to braised beans.

Calories, proteins, fats and carbohydrates per 100 g of product

By cooking method

Values below are per 100 g of the product in the selected preparation

Dried lima beans, Raw: Calories 338.0 kcal, Proteins 21.5 grams, Fats 0.7 grams, Carbohydrates 63.4 grams per 100 g of product.

Calories338.0 kcal

Proteins21.5 grams

Fats0.7 grams

Carbohydrates63.4 grams

Dried lima beans, Boiled: Calories 115.0 kcal, Proteins 7.8 grams, Fats 0.4 grams, Carbohydrates 20.9 grams per 100 g of product.

Calories115.0 kcal

Proteins7.8 grams

Fats0.4 grams

Carbohydrates20.9 grams

Yield: 100 g raw → 275 g cooked

Data: USDA FoodData Central

Recipes with this ingredient

Cod back with sauce and various vegetablesEuropean cuisine | Main courses

Chef of the Champ Bistro restaurant Arina Zhuravleva shared the recipe with us.