Holiday Green Beans Recipe

Holiday Green Beans sauté crisp-tender beans in rendered bacon fat with diced onion garlic till smoky sweet perfection. American festive side cooks 12 minutes fast, bacon crunch meets green snap. Serves 6, table showstopper.

Holiday Green Beans Recipe

Sautéed green beans with bacon onion. Smoky crisp American holiday side.

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Prep Time 7 minutes mins

Cook Time 12 minutes mins

Servings: 6

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Calories: 160

Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients

  

• 1½ lb fresh green beans trimmed
• 6 slices thick-cut bacon chopped
• 1 small onion diced
• 2 garlic cloves minced
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp black pepper

Equipment

• Large skillet
• Tongs
• Measuring spoons
• Knife

Method

 

1. Chop bacon into ½-inch pieces using knife.
2. Heat large skillet over medium. Add bacon pieces. Cook 5 minutes till crispy rendered using wooden spoon.
3. Stir diced onion into bacon fat. Cook 3 minutes soft golden. Add minced garlic, stir 30 seconds fragrant.
4. Add trimmed green beans with tongs. Sprinkle salt, pepper from measuring spoons. Sauté 4 minutes tossing till bright green tender-crisp.
5. Pull heat. Toss final even coat. Serve hot.

Notes

• Thick bacon holds crunch; turkey bacon leaner less fat. Blanch thick beans 2 minutes first.
• Bacon fat flavors all; save extra drippings.
• Fridge 3 days, reheat skillet dry 3 minutes.