Bacon makes everything better or so it is said. I think you could say the same thing about Pinterest. My home projects have been better, my wedding was better and some of my dinners are better because of Pinterest. The other night when we had meatloaf I made some green beans that I found on Pinterest. I saw a picture of these cute little bundles of green beans wrapped in bacon and couldn’t resist adding it to one of my boards.
The caption said “Bacon-Wrapped Green Beans: 1 hour at 375, cover beans with soy sauce, brown sugar and butter” So it wasn’t hard to resist. When Tom saw the picture on Pinterest he quickly commented that he would eat that. I didn’t actually use the recipe that it linked to I kind of winged it after reading the general instructions. You can find the original post by Mo’ Betta here. Her recipe would feed quite a few and since I am not yet feeding a family of 4 so I only needed to make enough for two and maybe some leftovers. So I got to work creating my own recipe.
Here is my loose recipe for bacon wrapped green beans.
Approximately 60 green beans with ends trimmed
4 slices of bacon
1/2 cup of onion, chopped
2 cloves of garlic, chopped
2 Tablespoons of soy sauce
2 Tablespoons of brown sugar
2 Tablespoons of butter
Divide green beans into four bundles. Lay them out on the bacon and roll them up. Put them into a small casserole dish seam side down. Sprinkle soy sauce and brown sugar on top of bundles. Add garlic and onion to the dish. Cut butter into small cubes and put on top of bundles. Cover with aluminum foil. Bake in a 375 degree oven for 35 minutes. Remove foil and continue baking for 20 minutes.
