Green Beans for Any Meal
I promised you a green recipe didn’t I? Well here it is!
I have a confession…I used to HATE green beans! I would refuse to eat them when I was younger, and when I say refuse…I mean RE-FUSE! The only time I started eating green beans was in college because I was too poor to eat anything but the cafeteria food when I was a Freshman and Sophomore. So needless to say, I learned to eat them in college real fast haha.
Now? I love green beans! I swear as I get older my taste buds change. Oh well..
This green bean recipe is awesome for any side dish to any meal. My family loves to have it for big dinners. It is a staple on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Really though, I love to make it anytime. It is such a great and flavorful side dish and I promise if you like green beans you will like this too.
Ingredients for Green Beans:
- Green beans
- Bacon
- Red bell Pepper
- Butter
- Salt
- Pepper
First what you want to do is cook your bacon, and then chop it up. Also take your red bell pepper and chop that up as well. Easy enough right?
Cook your green beans in a pot of boiling water for about 3-4 minutes just so they cook slightly. If you prefer a more cooked green bean, by all means leave them in the boiling water a little longer. I love the crunch of green beans so I tend not to cook them for as long. Place them in ice cold water so that the cooking stops completely.
In a large pan place your butter on medium heat and let melt just a tad. Throw in your bacon and red bell pepper into the pan and cook until the red bell pepper starts to change color just slightly. Hard to explain the color change, it is still red but it is almost like it gets an orange glow around the edges from cooking. If you aren’t sure, just pick one out and taste it to see if it is how you want it to be.
What’s next you say? Toss them yummy green beans into the pan with the butter, bacon, and red pepper. Stir them around and add a pinch of salt and pepper and let the mixture cook for maybe 5 minutes.
And there you go! I perfect side dish to any meal that you want. OR you can just make a meal out of this! I had this with my huge steak on New Years and ending up eating more of this than I did the actual steak! 🙂
18 Comments
Ang
My mom would always make me try at least one bite of everything and that’s how I grew to love green beans. I’m putting this recipe aside so I can use my fresh green beans from my garden this summer:)
RavieNomNoms
Definitely do, with the summer green beans I am sure it is fantastic!
Roxan
I think taste buds totally change as you get older. I didn’t really like green beans either, but now I do! This dish look great.
RavieNomNoms
Thanks Roxan! Yea it has to be with age your taste buds change…or maybe you just learn to eat more things that are green haha
Dionne Baldwin
Now this sounds like an excellent side, or heck even a light meal! Tomorrow’s dinner…
RavieNomNoms
Let me know how it goes!
Kita
These look great – but I am a die hard green bean fan (which is a tragedy because I live with someone who hates them, so I never get them). I could munch on these as a snack morning noon and night 🙂
RavieNomNoms
Thanks so much Kita! You just have to try and introduce them in ways that they don’t know they are getting them and then slowwwwly tell them they are there haha 😉
Angie's Recipes
I had some green bean stir-fry too yesterday! Green is good, healthy and delicious as well.
RavieNomNoms
Green is very good!
the constant hunger
I used to not eat anything so I get where you’re coming from. And yes, taste buds change over the years. Great recipe. My husband LOVES green beans and with the addition of bacon… Whoooo!
RavieNomNoms
haha that is how my mom first got me to eat green beans was put other things in it that are delicious and I just grew to love them!
Kim - Liv Life
I was going to make Green Beans for Christmas and purchase 2 packages. But my neighbor brought other vegies, so I didn’t make it. I’m so bummed, I found them stuffed in the back of the drawer yesterday looking very sad and limp. Hate it when i do that! Now I will have to replenish with fresh. Love your ingredients!
RavieNomNoms
Oh no! I hate it when that happens, not fun at all. I tend to find that I do that around the holidays too…you can always get more though! 🙂
Emily @Cleanliness
Yum! These green beans look sooo good!
RavieNomNoms
Thanks Emily!
Magic of Spice
Very nice! Funny that you hated green beans as a kid, I think I still hate most of the same things I used to hate. My big one was Lima beans 🙁
Hope you are having a great weekend 🙂
RavieNomNoms
Yea I have really grown to like a lot of things that I never liked before. Strange, but I am glad I grew out of it.