Western Hospitality

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 lb lima beans, dried
• 3 cups water
• 1 lb ground beef
• 3 slices bacon, minced
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1 bell pepper, minced
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 4 tablespoons oil, it said fat
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 (16 ounce) can tomato sauce

Recipe

• 1 soak the beans in 3 cups water for at least 4 hours.
• 2 simmer for 45 minutes.
• 3 until beans are firm but not mushy.
• 4 keep beans whole.
• 5 fry meat in the fat with onion pepper ( i added garlic).
• 6 drain the juice from the beans (keep)and put beans in large baking dish ( or smaller ones if freezing).
• 7 add juice to meat mixture with tomato sauce.
• 8 add brown sugar.
• 9 over the top then add bacon pieces.
• 10 bake 1 hour in moderate 375 degree oven this dish can be prepared day before and then baked when needed.