Recipes

Stir-fried Broccoli

Stir-fried Broccoli

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Ingredients

Makes 6 servings / Prep: 10 min., Cook: 7 min.

Instructions

  • Sauté ginger in hot oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat 1 minute.
  • Add broccoli florets; stir-fry 2 minutes.
  • Sprinkle with salt and sugar.
  • Stir together ½ cup water and ½ teaspoon bouillon granules until dissolved.
  • Pour over broccoli mixture.
  • Cover, reduce heat to medium, and cook 2 to 3 minutes.
  • Drizzle with sesame oil; sprinkle with sesame seeds.
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Course; Side Dish

Caramelized Onion-and-Pecan Brussels Sprouts

Caramelized Onion-and-Pecan Brussels Sprouts

These Brussels sprouts are sliced into thin shreds so they cook quickly once the onions are caramelized.
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Ingredients

Makes 8 servings / Prep: 15 min., Cook: 25 min.

Instructions

  • Cut onion in half, and thinly slice.
  • Cut Brussels sprouts in half, and cut each half crosswise into thin slices.
  • Melt butter in a large heavy skillet over medium-high heat; add pecan pieces, and sauté 5 minutes or until pecans are toasted.
  • Remove pecans from skillet with a slotted spoon.
  • Add onion slices, and cook, stirring often, 15 minutes or until caramel colored.
  • Add pecans and Brussels sprouts, and cook about 3 minutes or until heated.
  • Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
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Course; Nuts / Side Dish

Lima Beans

Lima Beans

Crisp bits of bacon and melted Monterey Jack liven up these limas.
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Ingredients

Makes 6 servings / Prep: 8 min., Cook: 25 min., Bake: 25 min.

Instructions

  • Combine water and salt in a large saucepan; bring to a boil.
  • Add lima beans; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 8 to 10 minutes or until tender.
  • Drain beans, reserving ½ cup liquid; set aside.
  • Cook bacon in a large skillet until crisp; remove bacon, reserving 3 tablespoons drippings in skillet.
  • Set bacon aside.
  • Sauté onion and celery in drippings in skillet until tender.
  • Combine reserved lima beans, reserved liquid, onion mixture, cheese, pepper, and Worcestershire sauce.
  • Spoon into a lightly greased 2-quart baking dish.
  • Sprinkle with bacon.
  • Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25 minutes or until heated.
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Course; Bacon / Side Dish

Black-eyed Pea Cakes

Black-eyed Pea Cakes

Canned black-eyed peas and packaged hush puppy mix make this recipe a snap to prepare.
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Ingredients

Makes 8 to 10 servings (30 cakes) / Prep: 20 min., Chill: 1 hr., Cook: 30 min.

  • 1 small onion chopped
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 15.5-ounce cans black-eyed peas, rinsed, drained, and divided
  • 1 8-ounce container chive-and-onion cream cheese, softened
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon hot sauce
  • 1 8-ounce package hush puppy mix with onion
  • Olive oil
  • Toppings: sour cream
  • green tomato relish

Instructions

  • Sauté onion in 1 tablespoon hot oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat until tender.
  • Process onion, 1 can of peas, and next 4 ingredients in a blender or food processor until mixture is smooth, stopping to scrape down sides.
  • Stir in hush puppy mix, and gently fold in remaining can of peas.
  • Shape mixture by 2 tablespoonfuls into 3-inch patties, and place on a wax paper-lined baking sheet.
  • Cover and chill 1 hour.
  • Cook patties, in batches, in 3 tablespoons hot oil, adding oil as needed, in a large skillet over medium heat for 1½ minutes on each side or until patties are golden brown.
  • Drain patties on paper towels, and keep them warm.
  • Serve with desired toppings.
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Course; Cake / Side Dish

Southwestern Black Bean-and-Rice Cakes

Southwestern Black Bean-and-Rice Cakes

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Ingredients

Makes 5 servings (10 cakes) / Prep: 10 min., Cook: 12 min.

Toppings:

Instructions

  • Stir together first 6 ingredients.
  • Add egg to rice mixture, stirring just until moistened.
  • Drop mixture by â…“ cupfuls, in 2 batches, into a hot nonstick skillet coated with cooking spray, and cook over medium heat 3 minutes on each side or until golden.
  • (Coat skillet with cooking spray again before cooking second batch.
  • ) Serve with desired toppings.

Notes & Wine Advice

If you don’t have leftover rice on hand, cook ½ (7-ounce) package quick-cooking rice according to package directions to yield about 2 cups cooked rice.
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Course; Rice / Side Dish

John’s Famous Beans

John’s Famous Beans

What makes these beans famous is perhaps the memorable blend of garlic, cilantro, cumin, and chili powder that simmers long and slow with the beans.
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Ingredients

Makes 7 servings / Prep: 10 min.; Cook: 3 hrs., 15 min.; Other: 8 hrs.

Instructions

  • Sort and wash beans; place in a large Dutch oven.
  • Cover with water 2 inches above beans; let soak at least 8 hours.
  • Drain.
  • Add 10 cups water and vegetable oil to beans; bring to a boil.
  • Reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, 1½ hours.
  • Add onion and next 8 ingredients; bring to a boil.
  • Reduce heat, and simmer, uncovered, 1½ hours.
  • To serve, ladle beans into individual serving bowls.
  • Top evenly with cheese.
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Course; Side Dish

Root Beer Baked Beans

Root Beer Baked Beans

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Ingredients

Makes 4 servings / Prep: 5 min., Cook: 12 min., Bake: 55 min.

  • 3 bacon slices
  • 1 small onion diced
  • 2 16-ounce cans pork and beans
  • ½ cup root beer not diet
  • ¼ cup hickory-smoked barbecue sauce
  • ½ teaspoon dry mustard
  • â…› teaspoon hot sauce

Instructions

  • Cook bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crisp; remove and drain on paper towels, reserving drippings in skillet.
  • Crumble bacon.
  • Sauté diced onion in hot bacon drippings in skillet over medium-high heat 5 minutes or until tender.
  • Stir together onion, crumbled bacon, beans, and remaining ingredients in a lightly greased 2-quart baking dish.
  • Bake beans, uncovered, at 400° for 55 minutes or until sauce thickens.
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Course; Bacon / Side Dish

Homestyle Baked Beans

Homestyle Baked Beans

This quick-and-easy dish makes the perfect side for a cookout.
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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Stir together first 5 ingredients; pour into a lightly greased 11- x 7-inch baking dish.
  • Top with bacon.
  • Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 45 minutes.
  • Broil 5 inches from heat 1 minute or until bacon is browned.

Notes & Wine Advice

For testing purposes only, we used Bush’s Original Baked Beans.
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Course; Bacon / Side Dish

Baked Beans from Best of Southern Living

Baked Beans from Best of Southern Living

Go for the full cup of brown sugar if you like sweet baked beans.
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Ingredients

Instructions

  • Brown meat and onion in a large skillet for about 8 minutes, stirring until meat crumbles and onion is tender; drain.
  • Combine meat mixture, pork and beans, and remaining ingredients in a 4-quart electric slow cooker, stirring well.
  • Cover and cook on HIGH setting 3½ hours.
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Course; Side Dish

Tangy Green Beans With Pimiento

Tangy Green Beans With Pimiento

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Ingredients

Makes 6 servings / Prep: 10 min., Cook: 20 min.

Instructions

  • Cook green beans in boiling water to cover 4 to 5 minutes.
  • Drain and plunge beans into ice water to stop the cooking process; drain and set aside.
  • Cook bacon in a large skillet until crisp; remove bacon, and drain on paper towels, reserving 2 tablespoons drippings in skillet.
  • Crumble bacon.
  • Sauté onion and garlic in hot bacon drippings over medium-high heat until tender.
  • Stir in pimiento and next 5 ingredients.
  • Stir in green beans; reduce heat, cover, and simmer 5 minutes.
  • Sprinkle with bacon.
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Course; Side Dish
Diets; Vegetarian