This is like...THE ONLY...way to eat green beans. Just sayin'. As I tried to write out this recipe I realized I had to add a disclaimer: this recipe is totally made up off the books. I don't even know how much I actually use of each ingredients. It's my best guess. So if you're just throwing things in..you're probably doing it JUST RIGHT.
Ingredients:
1 1/2 lb green beans (or bag of frozen)
3-6 slices bacon (ish..i really have no idea how much bacon it uses...)
1 T bacon grease or about 2 T margarine
1/3-1/2 cup onions, chopped
1-2 T sesame seeds
2 T apple cidar vinegar
salt and pepper to taste
Cover green beans in a shallow pan and boil until crisp tender. (Obviously the frozen beans don't take as long as the fresh.) Drain and set aside. In same shallow pan (I use a 10in round by about 2-3 inch high pan) fry bacon and crumble. Use 1T bacon grease OR melt 1T butter in pan and saute onion until tender. Stir in sesame seeds until they are slightly toasted. Add vinegar and crumbled bacon; mix well; then toss with green beans until well coated. If they are too dry melt another tablespoon of butter (or bacon grease) and toss to coat. Salt and pepper to taste.
*I often use crumbled bacon (you can get it cheap at SAMS) and butter if i don't have bacon. Or sometimes I even just fry up some ham in bacon grease and use it as the bacon.
I've definitely entertained the idea of using sesame oil in this recipe. I'll let you know if I ever do!
These are definitely not low fat, but they are stinkin' good!
