These super easy Bacon Green Beans are made with bacon, onions, garlic, and butter combined with canned green beans.
Dietary Swaps:
- Gluten-Free: This recipe is naturally gluten-free, but check your bacon and canned green beans if needed.
- Dairy-Free: Replace the butter with an additional small amount of bacon grease or your favorite dairy-free butter.
Tips & Notes:
- Don't fully cook the bacon at first. You want it mostly cooked before adding the onion and garlic so everything can finish cooking together.
- Stir often: The onions and garlic can brown quickly in the bacon fat, so keep things moving.
- Don't add salt right away. Bacon can be quite salty, so taste the finished green beans before deciding whether they need any.
- Storage: Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3-4 days. Reheat in a skillet or microwave until warmed through.
Recipe
Bacon Green Beans
These super easy Bacon Green Beans are made with bacon, onions, garlic, and butter combined with canned green beans.
Ingredients
- 4 strips thick-cut bacon sliced into 1-inch pieces
- ½ tablespoon butter
- 1-2 cloves garlic minced
- ½ yellow or white onion diced
- 1 30-ounce can green beans, drained
- Black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Heat a large frying pan over medium heat. Add the bacon pieces and cook for 4-6 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the bacon is mostly cooked.
- Add the butter, diced onion, and minced garlic. Cook for about 4 minutes, stirring often, until the onion is translucent and the garlic is fragrant.
- Add the drained green beans to the pan and stir to combine.
- Continue cooking until the green beans are warmed through and coated in the bacon, butter, and onion mixture.
- Season with black pepper to taste and serve warm.
Notes
- Find ingredients notes, dietary swaps, recipe variations, and more tips in the notes above.
- Nutrition information is an estimate only.
Nutrition
Calories: 130kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 5gFat: 9gSodium: 430mgFiber: 3gSugar: 3g
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Must Love Garlic says
A super easy & delicious old fashioned southern style side dish!