Baked Butter Beans With Mustard

Ingredients

• 8 slices bacon
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 4 (16 ounce) cans butter beans, and rinsed and drained or great northern beans, rinsed and drained
• 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons chopped Italian parsley
• 2 teaspoons finely shredded lemon peel

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 325. In skillet cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove; drain on paper towels. Crumble, set aside. Drain skillet of all but 1 T of drippings. Cook onion in drippings over medium heat until tender. Transfer to large bowl. Add beans and all but 2 T of bacon; set aside.

2. 2

   In another bowl, whisk together sour cream, broth, flour, rosemary, mustard and pepper. Stir into bean mix. Transfer to 2-qt casserole. Bake, covered, 45 minutes, stirring once halfway through.

3. 3

   In bowl, combine remaining bacon, parsley, and lemon peel; sprinkle on beans just before serving.