https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGUHegLe4y8

A New Orleans Style Recipe.

A Frank Davis original. It's called Frank's Baby Butter beans and Shrimp.

Which ever way you call it, it's delicious.

A simple recipe that tastes great.

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Ingredients:

3 pounds fresh Louisiana shrimp

8 strips bacon

3 Tbsp. Olive Oil

2 Cups diced yellow onions

1 cup diced celery

¾ cup finely sliced green onions (scallions)

1 pound baby lima beans (butter beans)

2 Tbsp. minced garlic

2 Tsp. ground thyme

2 Tbsp. sweet basil

4 Whole bay leaves

8 cups shrimp stock (made from heads and shells)

1-2 Tbsp. Frank Davis BBQ shrimp seasoning or any seafood seasoning you have on hand.

6 cups cooked, steamed white rice

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INSTRUCTIONS:

BABY BUTTER BEANS PREP

3-5 hours before cooking, pick through and soak the baby butter beans.

Then drain and rinse once. Reserve for cooking.

SHRIMP AND SHRIMP STOCK PREP

Peel and devein the shrimp.

Add shrimp heads and shells and two tablespoons of Liquid Crab Boil to 10 cups of water to a stock pot and bring to a boil. Simmer for 1 hour with lid on.

See our video on making a shrimp stock.    • SHRIMP STOCK / SEAFOOD...  

In this stock, we used more crab boil.

Strain and reserve 8 cups of shrimp stock.

BUTTER BEANS FINALE

Begin cooking in a 6-8 quart pot. Fry down the bacon and reserve bacon bits.

In the bacon fat, add onions, celery, green onions and garlic. Sauté' until veggies are soft.

No need to brown onions. Add some olive oil if you don't have enough bacon fat.

Add in the thyme, basil and bay leaves along with the baby butter beans.

Now add your 8 cups of shrimp stock and bring that to a boil.

Reduce heat to a simmer and cook with lid on for 90 minutes. Stir Often!

When butter beans are almost done, add shrimp and simmer for anther 15 minutes

or until the shrimp and pink and tender.

It's really that easy. Seems like there's more prep than cooking.

But it's worth it!

A Word From Mike:

Frank Davis was the resident Chef and WWL TV for 30+ years. I had the pleasure of cooking at his side for 2 years and I can tell you, I learned a lot!

This recipe was not one he cooked while we were on the air together but it probably was one he cooked many times before.

Frank had a way of making everyone his friend. He was brilliant, hard working, kind and loving. I am proud to share some of his recipes on my channel. I miss him every day, he was one of my best friends!

Mike Sanders

Chef's Note: I honestly did change only a couple of things from his original recipe.

I don't roast my shrimp heads and shells. I used only crab boil in the water.

But that's it. the rest is all Frank Davis!