Food and Recipes Recipes Home-Style Butterbeans Be the first to rate & review! These Southern-style butterbeans are flavored wtih bacon, brown sugar, and onion and offer the convenience of frozen butterbeans. By Southern Living Editors Updated on September 4, 2018 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: William Dickey Prep Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 10 mins Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Yield: 6 to 8 servings Ingredients 5 bacon slices, diced 1 small onion, minced 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1 (16-oz.) package frozen butterbeans 1/4 cup butter 2 teaspoons salt 1 teaspoon cracked pepper Directions Cook bacon and onion in a large Dutch oven over medium heat 5 to 7 minutes. Add brown sugar, and cook, stirring occasionally, 1 to 2 minutes or until sugar is dissolved. Stir in butterbeans and butter until butter is melted and beans are thoroughly coated. Stir in 12 cups water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; reduce heat to low, and simmer, stirring occasionally, 2 hours or until beans are very tender and liquid is thickened and just below top of beans. Stir in salt and pepper. Home-Style Lima Beans: Substitute 1 (16-oz.) package frozen baby lima beans for butterbeans. Proceed with recipe as directed. Rate it Print