Green Bean Side Dish

Here is a delicious side dish using green beans, tomatoes, onions and bacon! Mmmm.. bacon.

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1/2 pound bacon
1/2 onion, diced
2 15 oz. cans green beans, drained
1 15 oz. can diced tomatoes
black pepper, to taste

Cut the half pound bacon into strip and then crisp in a frying pan. After the bacon has become crispy, drain on a paper towel. Leaving a small amount of grease in the pan, saute the diced onion. Then add back the cooked bacon, drained green beans, and the can of diced tomatoes. Heat through and season with some black pepper, to your tastes. Serve on the side of your main dish.




Here is a fantastic way to get nicely diced up bacon. I store my bacon in the freezer since we don't use it that often, plus you can use some of it and return it to the freezer without having to cook the whole pack of bacon.

Place the frozen bacon on a cutting board. Using a sharp chef's knife, slice the bacon into 1/4-1/2 inch strips, depending on how big you want the bacon pieces to be. Place the knife on the bacon and firmly press down using the base of your palm You have to apply steady and firm pressure to get through the frozen bacon.

The recipe only calls for a 1/2 pound of bacon, so I chopped off half of it and the other half can go back into the freezer. To make it easier to cut through, you can let it sit out for a few minutes, but you don't want the bacon to thaw completely because it doesn't cut as easily.

Place the cut strips of bacon directly into the frying pan and cook over medium heat.
As the bacon cooks, it will separate and you will have the small pieces of bacon. Fry it up crispy...And then drain the bacon on a paper towel until ready to use.

Open the cans, while the onion is sauteing in the frying pan. Drain the green beans but not the tomatoes.

Dump the bacon, beans and tomatoes back into the frying pan with the sauteed onions. Season with some black pepper, stir everything together and heat through.
Serve on the side with your lunch or dinner entree. Delicious!

Tips for nicely and neatly dicing an onion... click here.

Other convenient ways to cook bacon... click here.