Sunday, March 6, 2011

Eat your greens is what I heard

...is best! These are the greens I can't get enough of!

Southern Green Beans

Ingredients

  • 2 slices bacon, chopped
  • olive oil/spray
  • 1/2 onion, chopped
  • 1 pounds fresh green beans, trimmed and snapped (Can just use a bag of frozen)
  • 4 small new potatoes, diced*
  • 1 large clove garlic, minced
  • 1/4 cup chicken broth
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons white balsamic vinegar**
  • salt and pepper to taste

Directions

  1. Place the chopped bacon in a skillet, and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until evenly browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain the bacon pieces on a paper towel-lined plate.
  2. Heat the olive oil in a skillet with a lid over medium-low heat, and cook and stir the onion until translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the cooked bacon, green beans, potatoes, garlic, and chicken broth. Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer over low heat until the green beans are tender, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle with vinegar, salt, and pepper, and serve.
*I leave out the potatoes sometimes. Today I left the potatoes out and added mushrooms. It was okay but not my favorite.

**The vinegar is the secret to making these greens good!

1 comment:

Rachel Rae said...

Funny you should post this...we just had dinner at a friend's house where they served green beans that definitely had vinegar in them...so yummy! Will be making these soon.