French Green Beans With Bacon

This recipe is good hot or cold. I prefer them leftover the next day or two as the salty and vinegar flavors really blend into the beans.

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Cook Time 25

Total Time 25

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Servings

Calories 147 kcal

Equipment

1 frying pan
1 Colander
1 Set of Tongs

Ingredients

1 Lb Green Beans Fresh French
1/4 Lb Bacon
2-3 Tablespoon Bacon Grease From Frying the Bacon
1 Teaspoon Garlic minced
1/2 Teaspoon Garlic Powder
1/2 Teaspoon Onion Powder
1/2 Teaspoon Black Pepper Fresh Ground
1 Teaspoon Balsamic Vinegar
Salt to Taste

Instructions

Cook the bacon until crisp. Create bite-sized pieces and set aside on a paper towel to drain.
Gather your ingredients
Put the green beans in the microwave for 2-3 minutes (depending on the size of your beans)
Plunge them into a bowl of ice water and dry them off (this is important since if your beans are wet when the hit the oil you can splatter grease and get burned.
In the same pan that you cooked the bacon use the remaining grease, Bring the oil back up to temperature before dropping the beans.
Test by dropping one bean, when it sizzles drop the rest.
Add in the garlic
Add the garlic powder
Add the onion powder
Add the black pepper
Move around in the pan and saute until you can hold a bean upright and it bends slightly.
Move to a bowl and mix in the bacon
Mix in the vinegar
Taste and add salt and additional spice amounts as needed.

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Nutrition

Calories: 147kcalCarbohydrates: 6gProtein: 4gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.02gCholesterol: 17mgSodium: 331mgPotassium: 205mgFiber: 2gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 529IUVitamin C: 9mgCalcium: 31mgIron: 1mg

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