Chef John's Succotash

I just want to say that this is not my mothers succotash which was disgusting and the reason I haven't eaten lima beans in 30 years. But my local farmers market had them so I decided to give them a try in this recipe. I'm on my third helping and can't wait for lunch tomorrow. I actually had doubled the recipe and added a little celery salt. The whole family loved it, even my meat eating guy. will make again and again!!

This is a great alternative for those evenings when you are tired of eating meat. For those of you that don't have good tolerance to spicy foods, you might want to do 3/4ths or even half of a jalapeno pepper, I liked it fine just the way it was but I am a bit of a spicy food fan.

I skipped the jalapeno and cayenne because we're not into spicy food. Add liberal amounts of cumin and pepper. Delish!

As always a great recipe from Chef John. A nice way to use up bits n pieces of frozen veg. Thanks for sharing!

I made this as written except I omitted the cayenne and added cilantro. It was yummy!

Made this as a side dish to some grilled steaks, and loved it. So fresh and flavorful, with good snap to the veggies. We decided it's the new potatoes to our steaks.

I love this one just the way it is. I use all fresh veggies when I can get my hands on them. My kids all enjoy it also. Great recipe!

I used pimentos instead of a red pepper. Dish was wonderful!

This was a great way to use up little bits of everything! I didn't have a jalapeno or lima beans (and I omitted the cayenne) and it was DELISH!

It's snowing outside in the middle of May, so fresh vegies were not an option. I do however freeze everything we grow and what I find at the farmers market. I used canned drained stewed tomatoes, and frozen everything else so omitted the water addition since it wasn't needed. Served this with sliced smoked dinner sausage that I added to the mix for a complete 1 pot dinner and it was delicious. So easy to make and such a forgiving recipe - a little more this and less of that for personal choice. I used a whole and large jalapeno with the cayenne and we didn't think it was that spicy - it was the perfect amount of heat. Thank you Chef John, this one replaces my own standby.

This was a great mix of veggies and flavors! The only thing I will change next time is to cut down on the amount of cumin (and don't get me wrong, I love cumin!) The flavor of cumin overwhelmed the flavor of the veggies, but overall a great recipe. I also love how flexible this recipe is--it lends itself to many different veggies. YUM!

Quite spicy but very good

Super easy recipe. Loved the "fresh" flavor of it all!

Excellent---added extra water and next time will use chicken stock .Left out cumin but added parsley. Will make again.

Great

Ah man my husband love it, I’ll be making this great dish more often. He’s a big fan of tomatoes and veggie mix.

I could only get canned lima beans here in my small Swedish town and did't have any tomatoes but it was very nice and even better the day after. My husband said it tasted better than the main dish. (I thought so too!)

We haven't had succotash like this since our childhood! Great job! March 8, 2022.

Now a regular side dish. Thanks!

Did not turn out at all.

Very good recipe. A great summer veggie saute. I did not add the " heat" peppers. Family enjoyed. Will add to rotation for summer treats.

We liked this pretty well. I had to sub for what I had, but it didn't effect the outcome too much. Whole cherry tomatoes for the diced, peas for the lima beans and serrano for the jalapeno. It turned out pretty spicy to me but the BF likes things hot so it worked out. Great summer side!

I didn't care for the cumin and cayenne - next time I will omit and try to add parsley and rosemary or thyme...

This is more complete in some ways (zucchini for one) than the succotash I grew up with the Blue Ridge Mountains of home. I like the fullness of the recipe, though I must cook some ingredients (zucchini for sure) softer than called for as I have no teeth. It is a well seasoned and well put together (color, texture, taste, etc.) recipe that I highly recommend.

i have been looking for a good succotash recipe for a long time. the only thing i do different is use red bell pepper and add paprika instead of the jalapeños .

I’ve got to find frozen baby Lima beans somewhere, because big canned ones, aren’t the same!

This was very good, but mine turned out a little bland. I had dry beans that I cooked, and so I think I did not adjust the seasonings well enough. I did not use the cayenne or the jalapeno, but other than that I tried to follow the recipe. I will definitely make it again.

I followed the recipe exactly, and Chef John was right, it needs lots of salt. I needed a side dish to take to a fish fry dinner party and it was perfect. It is colorful and festive looking and went well with the fried fish.

I left out the jalapeño, and otherwise followed the recipe word-for-word. It was delicious! Everyone really liked it and the subtle heat from the cayenne was nice.

My wife and I loved it. Wouldn’t change a thing!

Really liked this!

I made this for a family gathering. I doubled the recipe but pretty much stuck to the recipe. I like succotash and this is definitely one of the best I've tried. Everyone enjoyed it.

Soooooooo delicious exactly as is. I planned to make this as a side but ended up putting it over brown rice and eating it as a meal. I can’t give it enough stars.

This recipe is delicious! I started it off with bacon in the pan for a few minutes before everything else, then added the butter and the onion (no oil) and followed the rest of the recipe. It turned out to be so tasty. Will definitely make again.