Fresh green beans right out of the garden are the best! My father-in-law gave some to the kids and me along with some tomatoes…which the kids won’t eat! I love fresh tomatoes too! I won’t buy them from the store because they are just too disappointing. Anyway, back to the green beans!
Green Beans and Bacon Recipe
My mom told me about a yummy recipe she tried using green beans from their garden. She’s been going through her old recipe books and cards and getting rid of what she doesn’t use. She came across this recipe which called for bacon and brown sugar. I told her that we had the beans but no bacon. Of course, I had to go get bacon to make the recipe! I mean….bacon!
This green beans and bacon recipe is delicious! The original recipe didn’t call for onions, but as onions are always good with green beans and bacon, she added them when she made them as did I. In a skillet, cook six slices of bacon (cut into 1″ pieces) and one sliced onion until the onion is translucent and the bacon is crisp tender.
Pour 1 T. of vinegar into a half cup measuring cup. Fill the measuring cup the rest of the way with water. Add this and 3 packed T. of brown sugar in with the bacon and onions. I made up the vinegar part because I love vinegar in my beans. You could add a little more or leave it out altogether if you don’t like it. My mom didn’t make hers with vinegar.
Add your green beans. I’m not sure how many we used, but you can just use as many as you want! Bring this to a boil and simmer, covered.
Cook them to the desired consistency. I cooked mine for about 30 minutes and they were exactly how I like them. Some people like them to be crispy though, so you wouldn’t want to cook them quite so long.
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Delicious Green Beans and Bacon Recipe
This delicious green beans and bacon recipe is best when you use fresh green beans straight out of the garden. We all know that bacon makes everything better, and they make these green beans taste great!
Ingredients
- 6 slices of bacon chopped in 1 inch pieces
- 1 medium onion sliced
- 1 T. vinegar
- ~1/2 c. water
- 3 T. packed brown sugar
- fresh green beans
Instructions
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Saute bacon and onion until onion is translucent and bacon is almost cooked
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Add 1 T. vinegar to a half cup measuring cup
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Fill that 1/2 c. the rest of the way with water
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Add brown sugar
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Add fresh green beans (enough to fill your skillet)
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Cook on low heat for approximately 30 minutes
This green beans and bacon recipe is so good! I ate way too much of it, but I probably could have had more!
What is your favorite way to cook green beans? I’m always up for new recipes!
Oh yeah! Green beans and bacon are super huge down here in the south. Although we make it by boiling the green beans and just dropping in hunks of bacon. Either way, it’s delicious!
I’ve had it that way too with potatoes in with them!
This looks like such a great dish to bring to a bbq, especially for a labor day bbq. Green beans and bacon are hearty and the perfect way to welcome fall.
That would be great for a picnic!
I am so craving this dish now! I can practically smell the aroma from here. Delicious recipe!
It really is!
I like my green beans (from my garden) al dente or not cooked at all. I’ve never tried mine with bacon but everything is better with bacon!
Do you eat this hot or cold?
Thanks for sharing.
Besos Sarah.
Everything is definitely better with bacon! I can eat them al dente, but I prefer them like this!
Now this is some good ole southern food right here! lol I haven’t eaten this in years since my great grandmother use to make it.
It’s a sign that you should make it!
YUMMM! That looks so good. We like making green beans but have never thought to put bacon in it. Definitely going to have to try this next time.
Definitely!
I can not remember the last time I could green beans but my mother in law made some lithuania dish with green beans last week and it was awesome
That sounds good! You’ll have to share!
That Green Beans and Bacon Recipe looks super yummy! Bacon really does make everything better <3
It sure does 🙂
This sounds delicious. If green beans weren’t good enough before, they are even better with bacon! Yum!
I know it! They’re so good!
I’ve done this and it was yummy! My kids are not so fond of green beans, but whenever I add bacon, they ask for more.
LOL we have to be tricky as moms!
MMM this looks delicious. I’m not a big bacon eater but i do know one that i cook for this would be something easy for him to eat. and green beans are really healthy
It really would make it super easy!
This looks like an easy, family friendly recipe. I’ll definitely have to try it sometime.
It really makes kids want to eat their veggies!
I love the thought of bacon in the green beans. Looks amazingly delicious.
They are!
I love bacon and never though it could combine well with green beans. This proves it can and it looks really tasty.
Yes, it really is!
My grandma used to make a recipe just like this one. You took me way back (and thanks for it). 🙂
Now you can make it too 🙂
We don’t cook with bacon very often but when we do, we LOVE to use the leftovers for other dishes. This looks like it’s right up our alley! Thank you for sharing this great recipe! 🙂
I agree! I don’t make it for breakfasts often, but this would be great for when you have leftovers.
I’m definitely going to try out this recipe. I love fresh green beans. Lately I’ve just been using Trisha Yearwood’s recipe, which she calls, “Tom Cruise Green Beans,” because the cook who shared the recipe with her resembled Tom Cruise! (I’m pretty sure that makes them taste better!) They are the crisp version, where you just boil them for six minutes, add butter, salt and pepper and voila, done!
That sound yummy too! But bacon makes everything better:) Well…so does butter!
This brings back memories of my grandma. She always put bacon or bacon fat in her green beans when we came to eat.
My grandma used bacon fat for everything and lived to be 96! She did something right lol.
This looks a lot like a dish my Grandmother would make! You’re right, fresh green beans are sooo good! Adding bacon? Doesn’t get much better!
I agree!
I love green beans but I think I’m gonna love it more with this recipe. Thanks!
It’s delicious!
We love ham and green beans which is what I usually make. Never made this with bacon but sure am going to make them this way too. Looks so good. Thanks for the recipe.