Green Beans with Bacon and Shallots
Total time: 30 minutes
Using bacon and onion or shallots to flavor green beans goes back to my childhood. My mother would 'cook up a mess of beans', with lots of bacon and onion to flavor them, then finish the whole lot off with heavy cream. It was wonderful.... I try for the flavor without quite so much artery clogging fat!
Ingredients:
- 2 slices bacon, 16gr, .56oz, cooked, drained
- 1 - 2 shallots, 45gr, 1.6oz
- 6oz green beans, 170gr, 6oz
Instructions:
- Top and tail beans - cut off the ends. Cut into 1 1/2 inch lengths (4cm).
- Chop shallots.
- Sauté bacon in small frying pan. When bacon is crisp remove and crumble.
- Drain all but 1 tbs fat from pan. Add shallots and sauté until transparent.
- Add beans, 1/4 cup of water, turn heat to low, cover and simmer until done - about 15 minutes. If beans dry out add a little more water.
- When done transfer to serving bowl (there should be little or no liquid left - if there is just pour it off). Add crumbled bacon and serve.
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Nutrition Information |
General Technical Details and Disclaimer:
Measurements are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.
I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it. I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.
My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/