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Caramelized Green Beans****

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A little involved, but well worth the results! This is another recipe off "ourbestbites.com", I love this blog.

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Ingredients

  • 1 lb. fresh green beans
  • 1/2 lb. bacon
  • 1/2 red onion, sliced
  • 3-4 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
  • olive oil
  • 2 Tbsp. sugar
  • 2 Tbsp. soy sauce
  • 1/2 tsp. Kosher salt
  • Lots of freshly-ground pepper

Details

Adapted from ourbestbites.com

Preparation

Step 1

Begin frying the bacon in a large skillet. Start boiling a large pot of water. Place beans in a colander and rinse them well. Then snap the ends off and snap them in half.

Prepare the sauce by mixing sugar, soy sauce, and salt in a small bowl.

Make sure your onions are sliced, garlic is pressed
Remove bacon from pan and drain on a paper towel. Pour all but 2 TB bacon drippings out of pan, or use some olive oil and heat pan to medium-high heat. When the pan is hot...

--Add onions and garlic. Give them a quick stir and then...

--Add beans to boiling water. Place colander in a clean sink. Boil for one minute; Meanwhile, stir the onions and garlic so they don't scorch. After one minute, drain beans in the colander in the sink.

--Once beans have been drained, add them to the onions and garlic. Stir fry 2-3 more minutes.

--Give your sauce a quick stir and then pour on top of the beans. Keep stir-frying until the beans get coated. Continue to stir fry for another 2 minutes.

--Add crumbled bacon and lots of freshly-ground pepper to the beans. Keep stir frying until the sauce sticks to the beans and the bacon. Transfer to a serving dish and allow to stand a few minutes so the beans cool down a bit and the glaze thickens up a little.


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