Tangy Tomato-Glazed Green Beans
Recipe: #25101
October 25, 2016
Categories: Side Dishes, Beans, Beans (String), Christmas, Sunday Dinner, Thanksgiving, Gluten-Free, No Eggs, Non-Dairy, Fresh Tomatoes, more
"These beans, covered with a balsamic-brown sugar glaze, are well-matched with ham, turkey, steak, roast beef or any other meat to be served for a special occasion or to accompany a weeknight meal."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (222.7 g)
- Calories 258.1
- Total Fat - 16.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 5.4 g
- Cholesterol - 44.4 mg
- Sodium - 1100.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 11.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.3 g
- Sugars - 6.6 g
- Protein - 15.3 g
- Calcium - 53.4 mg
- Iron - 1.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 8.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Wash beans, trim ends, and remove strings.
Step 2
Cook beans in boiling water to cover 10 minutes or until crisp-tender. Drain and set aside.
Step 3
Bring vinegar to a boil in a saucepan; remove from heat. Add tomatoes; let stand 10 minutes. Drain tomatoes, reserving vinegar. Coarsely chop tomatoes.
Step 4
Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp; remove bacon, reserving 2 tablespoon drippings in skillet. Crumble bacon, and set aside.
Step 5
Cook shallots in reserved bacon drippings over medium heat, stirring constantly, until tender.
Step 6
Add reserved vinegar, chopped tomato, brown sugar, salt, and pepper. Cook over low heat until sugar melts, stirring occasionally.
Step 7
Add beans to skillet, and toss gently. cook just until thoroughly heated. Spoon bean mixture into a serving bowl; sprinkle with bacon.
Tips
No special items needed.