Fresh green beans cooked in bacon grease reserves. A main dish or a side dish that you’ll find yourself making on repeat.
Brown the bacon until crispy. Remove bacon and set aside on a paper towel lined plate. Reserve about 3 tablespoons of bacon grease to use for the remainder of the salad.
Add red onions to the bacon grease. Cook for a minute or two then add the green beans.
I didn’t blanch the green beans, but you definitely can. Just make sure they are nice and dry before you add them to avoid grease splatters.
I cooked them for roughly 15 minutes, but cook to your liking of crispness.
Add garlic during the last minute. Remove from grease and toss in bacon.
Serve immediately. I hope you enjoy this salad as much as we do! Its the best way to eat green beans.
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Bacon & Green Bean Salad
Ingredients
- 1 pound green beans trimmed, cut and cleaned
- 2 - 3 tablespoons bacon grease reserves
- 1 pound bacon cut into 1" pieces
- 1/2 red onion chopped fine
- 2 cloves garlic
Instructions
- Bring a 12" cast iron pan to medium heat and add bacon.
- Once bacon is crispy, strain and place on a paper towel lined plate.
- Drain grease, reserving 2-3 tablespoons.
- In to hot bacon grease, add red onion. Cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Add green beans. Cook until desired softness is achieved.
- Add garlic during the last minute of cooking time.
- Remove from cast iron pan and add in bacon.
- Stir together and enjoy immediately.
