Green beans new southern style

12 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
3 pounds Green beans,fresh
Salt
Water
6 Bacon slices

Directions

1. Wash beans, snip off ends. Drop into salted boiling water, reduce heat and cook until barely tender. Turn out into a colander and immediately rinse under cold water to stop cooking process. 2. Cook the bacon over low heat in a deep heavy pot until crisp.

Remove bacon, drain on paper toweling, and crumble. 3. Pour off and discard all but 2 tablespoons bacon fat from pot. Wehn ready to serve, heat bacon fat, add beans, and fork-stir until heated. Stir in crumbled bacon and serve at once.

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