Hi Gardenia, are you using fresh butter beans from your local farmers market? I don’t know if you used fresh, canned or frozen…to be able to help with that. All butter beans are different, even the dried ones will need to be cooked longer than fresh. So yes, you may have to simmer the beans longer to get them tender. I hope this helps.

Hello Daisy,
We have family members that are allergic to one thing or another, so we can understand. I would avoid that spice completely and omit them from our recipes. Our dishes will still be delicious and very flavorful even without the cayenne or red pepper flakes. In the meantime, we hope you will continue to cook and enjoy our recipes! Have a great weekend!

Anything chilli would kill me :-/

Thank you in advance
Daisy

You are so welcomed! Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment! Have a great weekend!

Of course! We try to get back to everyone as soon as we can, and you are so welcome! So happy to hear you will try this recipe. If you use frozen beans, please let me know how they turn out.
Thanks Debbie!

Thanks for getting back to me so quickly. I will be making this recipe this weekend. Can’t wait to try it!

Hi Debbie! I believe you can use frozen butter beans with this recipe. And yes, I chop up the bacon before adding it to the onions. I will go in and edit that – thanks for bringing it to my attention. Also, you can certainly use chicken broth in place of vegetable broth, and you can use water as well, but you will need to adjust the salt for more flavor. Hope that helps! 🙂