Southern Home Cooked Pole Beans

By brandymarshall

This is a true southern dish. It goes well with any main course.

Ingredients

• 2 lbs of fresh pole beans
• 3 slices bacon
• 1 cup water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Preparation

Step 1

1 Wash the beans,trim stems and ends and snap beans in half and set aside. 2 Cook the bacon in large saucepan until crisp remove the bacon reserve the drippings in pan crumble the bacon and set aside. 3 Add water and remaining 3 ingredients to the pan bring to boil over high heat add beans and cover. 4 Reduce heat to medium cover and cook for 15 minutes. 5 Sprinkle with bacon and serve with a slotted spoon.