Slow Cooker Country Style Green Beans With Bacon Onions And Balsamic Vinegar Food

COUNTRY-STYLE GREEN BEANS W/BACON, ONIONS AND BALSAMIC VINEGAR

Steps:

• Fry bacon in pan til done sprinkling both sides as it cooks with coarse ground pepper.
• Drain on paper towels, set aside.
• Add half a stick of butter to bacon grease, (4 Tbl.).
• Add chopped onion and 1 Tbl. balsamic vinegar and cook slowly over low heat for about 20 minutes til soft and sweet.
• Remove from heat.
• In crockpot, put 2 cans (drained) green beans.
• Sprinkle with a little salt and pepper.
• Sprinkle with half the bacon, broken into small pieces.
• Sprinkle with half the cooked onions.
• Sprinkle with half, (1/2 tsp.), dark brown sugar.
• Drizzle with 1-2 Tbl. bacon/butter grease from pan. (Yes, do this.)LOL.
• Drizzle with 1/2 Tbl. balsamic vinegar.
• Repeat everything (*just draining one can, and add the fourth (last) can of green beans with the water from can pouring over evenly.).
• Give all this a VERY gentle fold, folding only 2-3 times. Any more, and your green beans will begin to break up.
• Cut up your 2 Tbl. butter into 8 pieces and dot top.
• Cover and heat over high til hot throughout.
• About 45 minutes.
• You can also do this on the stove, or even in the oven in a casserole dish (covered.).

GREEN BEANS SLOW-COOKED WITH BACON AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Heat a heavy bottomed pot over medium high heat. Add the olive oil, bacon, and onions and cook until the onion is soft, about 5 to 10 minutes. Stir in the green beans and chicken stock; season with salt and pepper. Reduce the heat to low, and cook the green beans until they are soft but not mushy, about 30 to 45 minutes. Taste and adjust seasoning.

SLOW COOKER COUNTRY-STYLE GREEN BEANS WITH BACON, ONIONS AND BALSAMIC VINEGAR

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add the bacon and cook until done. Remove the bacon from the pan and let drain on paper towels. Sprinkle both sides of the bacon with black pepper. Reduce the heat under the skillet to low. Add the first measure of butter to the bacon grease in the skillet and stir until it melts. Add the chopped onion and cook, stirring, until soft and slightly caramelized, about 15-20 minutes. Remove the pan from heat and set aside. Place the drained beans in the bottom of a crock pot. Season as desired with salt and pepper. Crumble the bacon and add half of it to the crock pot. Place half of the cooked onions on top of the beans. Sprinkle with half to the brown sugar. Drizzle some of the bacon/butter mixture from the skillet over the top. Evenly spread the undrained beans over the top. Top with remaining bacon, onions, and brown sugar. Drizzle the balsamic vinegar over all and then gently stir until just barely combined. Dot the top of the beans with the cut up butter. Cover the crock pot and cook on high heat for 1-2 hours or until heated through. If you don't want to cook this in the crock pot you can cook it in a baking dish in the oven or in a dutch oven on the stove.

OMA'S COUNTRY GREEN BEANS WITH BACON & ONION (GRUENE BOHNEN)

Steps:

• In a large heavy skillet (I use my large cast iron pan or Le Creuset) over medium heat, cook the bacon and onion,stirring often, until bacon is lightly browned and the onion is softened (about 15 to 20 minutes).
• In a large measuring cup, stir the flour into the reserved liquid (or 1 1/2 cups water), whisking briskly with a fork until smooth.
• Pour the flour mixture all at once into the bacon and onion mixture; use a wire whisk and whisk briskly to combine. Use a wooden spoon to gently scrape browned bits from bottom of pan and incorporate them into the sauce.
• Cook and stir constantly (I use a wire whisk or wooden spoon) over medium-high heat until mixture comes to a boil. When mixture comes to a boil, continue to cook and stir on medium-high heat for 3 minutes more (at this stage you may want to add a touch more of water or flour, depending on how thick you want the sauce to be).
• Add the green beans, lemon zest, salt and pepper, and the fresh parsley (except one tablespoon snipped parsley, for garnish); stir to combine. Reduce heat to medium, stir occasionally until beans are hot (8 to 10 minutes).
• Remove from heat. Finish with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice and garnish with snipped parsley. Serve immediately.
• If making beans ahead, to serve later:.
• At this point, spoon hot bean mixture into a 1 1/2 to 2-quart size casserole dish; let cool slightly then cover and refrigerate. About 1 hour prior to serving, remove from fridge and let sit at room temp for 15 to 30 minutes. Place the covered casserole into a preheated 350 degree F oven for 30 to 40 minutes, until hot. Garnish with snipped parsley and serve hot.

COUNTRY GREEN BEANS WITH BACON

Steps:

• Grab a good sized pot.
• Set the heat on the stove to medium high.
• Cook the bacon in the pot until brown, but not crunchy (include onion in this step cooked until translucent if desired).
• Add canned beans with juice to pot, making sure to stir the bacon and its juices into liquid.
• Add pepper sauce, salt, and pepper to pot.
• Leave on medium-high heat, uncovered, until beans and liquid come to a slight boil.
• When a boil is achieved, stir, turn the heat down to medium-low and cover (adjust the heat so the beans are just about boiling with the cover on but not boiling out of the pot).
• Cook for 1 hour, stirring every 10-20 minutes.
• Add more spices if desired (take a taste test every now and then).
• For fresh beans, before cooking as directed above, boil beans in enough water to cover + 1 teaspoon salt for 5 minutes (I feel this helps get rid of the strange taste some fresh green beans have).
• Drain.
• Add fresh green beans to recipe as indicated, but add enough water to cover once more.