{"id":9886,"date":"2026-02-15T19:00:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T19:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipe4thecook.com\/\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T19:00:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T19:00:48","slug":"lima-bean-bake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/side\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/lima-bean-bake\/","title":{"rendered":"Lima Bean Bake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Ingredients<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>2 C. dried lima beans<br \/>\n1 1\/2 tsp. salt<br \/>\n1\/4 C. unsulphured molasses<br \/>\n1\/4 C. chili sauce<br \/>\n1 Tbsp. cider vinegar<br \/>\ncayenne pepper to taste<br \/>\n1\/2 tsp. dry mustard<br \/>\n1 onion, chopped<br \/>\n1 C. diced cooked smoked ham<br \/>\n6 slices bacon<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b><font face=\"comic sans ms\" size=\"5\">Cooking Instructions<\/font><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Day before, wash and pick over the beans. Cover with water and let soak overnight.     Next day, add the salt and simmer until beans are almost tender, about 45 minutes. Preheat oven to 325\u00c2\u00ba. Drain beans, reserving liquid. Combine the molasses, chili sauce, vinegar, cayenne and mustard. Mix with 1 C. of reserved liquid. Layer the beans with the onion and ham in a deep casserole. Pour the molasses mixture over all. Top with the bacon. Bake, uncovered, for 1 1\/2 hours, adding more liquid during baking if necessary. Serves 6.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&quot;Eat anything that is sold in the meat market without asking questions for conscience&#039; sake;&quot; (1Corinthians 10:25)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sides<\/p>\n <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/side\/blog\/2026\/02\/15\/lima-bean-bake\/\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sides"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/side\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/side\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/side\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/side\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/side\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/side\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/side\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/side\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes4thecook.com\/side\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}