Recipe - Baked Steak And Lima Beans

1 pound Dry Lima Beans
4 Slices Bacon
18 ounce (1 cn) Tomato Juice
One half teaspoon Salt, Or To Taste
One half teaspoon Black Pepper
6 cup Water
2 pound Round Steak (cutin 1"strips)
1 tablespoon Packed Brown Sugar
1 teaspoon Dry Mustard

Rinse beans; add 6 cups of water. Bring to a boil; simmer 5 minutes.
Remove from heat; let stand, covered, 1 hour. Do not drain. After 1 hour
cover, simmer 30 minutes. In Dutch oven, cook bacon til crisp. Drain,
reserve drippings. Crumble bacon; set aside. Coat beef with flour. Brown
beef in hot drippings, pour off excess fat. Stir in beans and onion.
Combine toamto juice, brown sugar, salt, peper and mustard. Pour over beans
and beef mizture. Bake covered in 325 degree F. oven til tender, about 1
One half to 2 hours. Serve hot topped with crunbled bacon and grated cheese to
taste.

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