Green Beans with Bacon, Onion and Garlic Recipe

Dress up the staple side dish of Green Beans and turn it into something amazing like this Green Beans with Bacon, Onions, and Garlic.

The crispy bits of bacon and onion and dress up the beans for an out of this world delicious easy to prepare side dish.

These Green beans with bacon, onions, and garlic make a great side dish but have enough flair to put on the holiday table.

I will share the recipe so your meal can be a little tastier and you may like the side dish better than the entree!

As part of my continued harvest from the garden

Green Beans w/Bacon, Onion, and Garlic:

(My beans were grown in my garden and harvested fresh.)  

I snapped off the ends and washed them thoroughly in cold water.

 

Green Beans with Bacon, Onion, and Garlic Recipe Ingredients

1 pound of green beans

Water for boiling

1/4 tsp salt

6-10 pieces of bacon (depending on size and thickness- but truly, isn’t it always the more, the merrier with bacon.?? ;-))

1/2c chopped yellow onion

2T minced garlic

Green Beans with Bacon, Onion, and Garlic Recipe Directions:

Add salt to the water and set green beans to boiling until tender.

Chop bacon and cook in a large frying pan until fats are rendered, and bacon is cooked through.

Add onion to bacon and stir regularly until translucent.

Mix in garlic and beans and saute for an additional 3-5 minutes.

Serve while hot.