Tiffany's Green Beans with Bacon

This recipe turns frozen green beans into one fabulous side dish that your family will ask for again and again.

Recipe Ingredients:

8 strips bacon, diced
1/2 medium onion, chopped
1 teaspoon granulated sugar
1 (1-pound) package frozen cut green beans, thawed
1 teaspoon kosher or sea salt, or to taste
Freshly ground black pepper to taste

Cooking Directions:

1. Over medium heat, fry the diced bacon in a large skillet until nicely crisp.
2. Add the onion and continue cooking, stirring frequently, until onion is softened.
3. Stir in the sugar; continue cooking for 1 minute or until sugar is dissolved.
4. Stir in the thawed green beans, season with salt and pepper, and cook until green beans are hot and cooked through.

Makes 8 servings.

Tip: This recipe can be doubled for holiday meals.

Nutritional Facts Per Serving (1/8 of recipe): Calories 196.86; Calories From Fat (79%) 155.82; Total Fat 17.19g 26%; Saturated Fat 5.71g 29%; Cholesterol 25.84mg 9%; Sodium 555.17mg 23%; Potassium 208.56mg 6%; Total Carbohydrates 5.6g 2%; Fiber 2.03g 8%; Sugar 1.65g; Protein 5.51g 11%. (Percent daily values based on the Reference Daily Intake (RDI) for a 2000 calorie diet.)

Recipe by Tiffany Hodges; photograph by Hope Cantil; copyright © 2019; property of CooksRecipes.com. See Terms of Use.