These Glazed Bacon Green Beans are one of my family’s favorite side dishes!
One of the most popular side dishes on my website are my Bacon Glazed Carrots. This post gets thousands of views – especially around the holidays.
It’s sweet and salty and loaded with bacon. What’s not to love?!
My neighbor brought over a bunch of green beans from his garden so I thought I would try the recipe with green beans.
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These turned out so incredibly good! I had to make a double batch because I know my guys would devour them…which they did.
This recipe is definitely a keeper! I’l be making it again and again!
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And, for all of you bacon addicts out there, as part of Bacon Month we are sharing bacon recipes every Tuesday and Saturday in August. So stay tuned – there’s lots more bacon-liciousness to come! Here are some of the other bacon recipes being shared today:
Chocolate Peanut Butter Bacon Cake
Bacon-Wrapped Chicken Skewers
Bacon Banana Split
Smoky Pancetta Quiche
Maple Bacon Scones
Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Bacon and Almonds
Bacon Glazed Green Beans
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- Easy Skillet Parmesan Green Beans
- Parmesan Roasted Green Beans
- Italian Marinated Green Beans
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Green Beans with Bacon and Onions
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 pound of fresh green beans
- 3 slices bacon
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon All Purpose Seasoning
Instructions
- Blanch green beans in boiling water for 3 minutes or until crisp-tender.
- Drain and set aside.
- Meanwhile, In a large skillet, cook bacon until crisp.
- Remove bacon and drain on paper towels. Crumble and set aside.
- Reserve 1 tablespoon of bacon drippings in skillet.
- Saute onion in bacon drippings over medium-high heat for 3 minutes or until tender.
- Stir in brown sugar, pepper and blanched green beans.
- Cook for 5 minutes or until beans are glazed and heated through.
- Serve with crumbled bacon on top.
Expert Tips
- Easy Side Dish: Cook green beans in advance and to save time later. Use a slotted spoon to remove from the water then store in an airtight container until ready to serve.
- Add Pancetta: Replace the bacon with pancetta. It makes a wonderful substitution.
- Short cut tip: Cook bacon in advance and crumble and store in an airtight container.
- Cheese: Top with some fresh shaved parmesan cheese after putting in a serving bowl.
Such an easy way to elevate our green beans – love the bit of sweet with salty.
Fabulous! A simple upgrade to a traditional side thatmakey it next-level delicious. Love these green beans!