Three years ago I proclaimed everything is better with Pinterest. I made this proclamation after trying bacon wrapped green bean recipe that was all the rage in 2012. I made the recipe for 3 years but always had the same complaint. The beans never cooked evenly. The ends wilted and the inside was crunchy, the bacon never really got crispy and they weren’t that easy to eat. They tasted so good, though.
I was thinking about making them a few weeks ago when a trick from culinary school and another recipe popped in my head and gave me a solution to my wilted green beans. Stop cooking them in the oven. Cook them in a pan and make a sauce. After a few tries and some adjustments, I came up with a great recipe. If you are tired of green bean casserole these beans will make an excellent substitution this year.
They cook quickly and the sauce is easy to make. One tip, use cold butter at the end to make the sauce. The cold butter melts slower and will give your sauce a nicer thickness as well as a glossy finish that you might have noticed on restaurant sauces.
Now you have one recipe picked for Thanksgiving. If you need more and some handy checklists to make your Thanksgiving holiday less stressful you can sign up for my mailing list and get my 27-page guide to help with all your Thanksgiving prep.
We will be having these for our Thanksgiving dinner and if I could meet up with my blog friends for Thanksgiving this is certainly the dish I would bring. Check out the other great recipes this week from the 60 bloggers participating in this years Blogsgiving Dinner.
Thanksgiving is all about family, friends and delicious food. Luckily, the food blogging community is all about these things as well. To celebrate the holiday, Meghan from Cake ‘n Knife and Susannah from Feast + West are hosting Blogsgiving Dinner. There are more than 60 blogs sharing recipes this week!
The idea is based on an old-fashioned potluck dinner party. Each blogger is bringing one or more dishes to the party, so be sure to stop by each one and get some ideas for your own Thanksgiving meal. We’ll be posting to social media with the hashtag #blogsgivingdinner, but you can see all the whole menu in Part 1 and Part 2 of the recipe round-up.
- 1 pound fresh green beans, trimmed
- 1 small onion, diced
- 4 slices bacon, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 Tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 cup chicken broth
- 2 Tablespoons cold butter, cut into pieces
- salt & pepper
- Cook bacon in pan, over medium-high heat until fat starts to release from bacon.
- Saute onion and garlic with bacon until aromatic
- Add beans and cook for 5 minutes. Pour in chicken broth, season with salt and pepper and cover. Cook for 10 minutes.
- Uncover and add sugar, Worcestershire sauce and cook until sauce reduces by half.
- Add butter pieces slowly and stir until combined.
- Serve immediately
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