Creole Green Beans
Created by TwisSis on January 20, 2015
- Servings: 4
- Prep Time: 5m
- Cook Time: 40m
- Recipe #16843
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon oil (vegetable oil)
- 6 ounces sliced bacon (6 slices streaky bacon cut into bite-sized pieces)
- 3 garlic cloves (crushed)
- 1 pound green string beans (fresh, left whole)
- 1 yellow onion (large onion, chopped)
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon Creole seasoning
- Salt (to taste)
How to Make
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Step 1: Heat oil in a frying pan. Add the bacon, onion, garlic plus parsley & sauté until onion is soft & golden brown.
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Step 2: Add the beans, salt to taste preference & Creole seasoning. Reduce heat to low & cook gently for about 30 min or until beans are soft (Add a sml amt of water if needed to keep the beans from sticking to the bottom of the pan.
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NOTE: We all know that green beans cannot always be in season when we want them to be. So in that case, you may use a good quality canned variety, but will of course need to reduce the cooking time to a point they are well-flavored by the other ingredients
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (173.1 g)
- Calories 155.5
- Total Fat - 8.9 g
- Saturated Fat - 2.2 g
- Cholesterol - 13.2 mg
- Sodium - 233.3 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 13.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.9 g
- Sugars - 5.5 g
- Protein - 8.1 g
- Calcium - 62.4 mg
- Iron - 2.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 17.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg