Bacon Green Beans

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These bacon green beans are an easy and delicious side dish. In this recipe, onions, and garlic are gently sautéed in butter, then fresh green beans and crispy bacon are added and cooked with a little beef broth until tender.

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword bacon, green beans

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 12

cooking bacon 20

Total Time 42

Servings

Calories 142kcal

Author Elizabeth Rodriguez

Ingredients

6 Bacon Strips Cooked Crispy crumbled or chopped
12 ounces Fresh Green Beans washed, ends trimmed and cut into 1 - 1½ inch pieces
½ Small Onion finely diced
1 Garlic Clove minced
2 tablespoons Butter
½ cup Beef Broth
¼ teaspoon Salt
¼ teaspoon Black Pepper

Instructions

Cook the bacon until crispy (see post for instructions using the oven, microwave, or skillet if needed).
When the bacon is cool enough to handle, crumble or chop it and reserve for later.
Melt the butter in a large, non-stick skillet over medium heat. When the butter is melted and foamy, add the onions. Cook them gently for 3 minutes, stirring frequently.
Add the garlic, cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
Add the green beans, cooked bacon, salt, pepper, and beef broth. Raise the heat to high and bring the broth to a boil. Immediately lower the heat to medium-low and cover. Keep the broth at a simmer, raise or lower the heat as needed.
Cook for 5-8 minutes until the green beans are tender. The cooking time will depend on how tender you like your green beans. Keep in mind that the residual heat in the pan will continue cooking the green beans even after you remove them from the burner.
Taste the bacon green beans and add salt, if needed. As a reference we did not add any extra to ours.

Notes

Use low sodium bacon, low sodium beef broth and unsalted butter if you are sensitive to salt. Adjust the salt at the end, if needed.

It’s best to use fresh green beans in this recipe. In a pinch, use frozen green beans. Thaw them, drain well, and pat dry with a paper or kitchen towel.

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