Country Style Green Beans
Recipe: #4676
February 19, 2012
Categories: Side Dishes, Beans, Bacon, Onions, Southern, 5-Minute Prep, Low Carbohydrate, Low Sodium, Green Beans, more
"This was a recipe I picked up while visiting the Gulf Coast, and the flavour combination is nothing short of amazing. Certainly not something you'd eat every day, but they're definitely worth the fat and calories for a treat every now and then."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (146.9 g)
- Calories 167
- Total Fat - 7.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.7 g
- Cholesterol - 19 mg
- Sodium - 506.1 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 14.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 2 g
- Sugars - 2.5 g
- Protein - 9.4 g
- Calcium - 62 mg
- Iron - 0.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.5 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Combine vinegar and sugar in a small bowl; stir to dissolve sugar.
Step 2
In a cast iron skillet, cook bacon and onions until bacon is crispy.
Step 3
Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels; reserve 1/4 cup of pan drippings, then wipe out pan.
Step 4
Pour vinegar mixture into skillet and bring to a boil; reduce heat, add green beans, and simmer 5 minutes.
Step 5
Add bacon mixture and reserved drippings to pan and heat through, stirring occasionally (about 5 more minutes).
Tips
No special items needed.