Laurels Spicy Sweet And Sour Green Beans Recipes

SWEET AND SOUR GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Cook bacon until crisp and remove from pan.
• Drain on paper towels.
• Saute onion in drippings.
• Add brown sugar, vinegar and green beans.
• Crumble bacon into mixture.
• Simmer 20-30 minutes.
• Garnish with almonds and pimento, if desired.

SWEET AND SPICY GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Arrange a steamer basket in a pot over boiling water, and steam the green beans 3 to 4 minutes.
• In a bowl, mix the soy sauce, garlic, garlic chili sauce, and honey.
• Heat the canola oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add the green beans, and fry for 3 to 5 minutes. Pour in the soy sauce mixture. Continue cooking and stirring 2 minutes, or until the liquid is nearly evaporated. Serve immediately.

SWEET AND SOUR GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Place green beans in a large pot of salted water. Bring to a boil. Simmer 12 to 15 minutes. Drain.
• Chop bacon into bite-sized pieces and cook until crisp in a large nonstick pan. Remove bacon with a slotted spoon and set aside.
• Add onion to bacon drippings and cook until softened.
• Add remaining ingredients to pan and stir to mix.
• Add green beans to pan and toss to coat in the sauce. Continue to cook 1-2 minutes, stirring often so that the green beans pick up as much flavor as possible.
• Sprinkle bacon on top and serve.

SWEET AND SOUR GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine the water, beans, salt, pepper, bay leaf and cloves.
• Cover and cook over low heat for 3 minutes less than package directions.
• Drain and add the sugar, vinegar and butter or fat.
• Cook 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Remove bay leaf and serve.

SWEET AND SOUR GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a medium skillet over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until well-browned. Add onion and cook until translucent. Stir in flour and cook 2 minutes more.
• Pour vinegar and 3/4 cup of the reserved green bean liquid into the pan. Add sugar, salt, and pepper, and stir to combine. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and stir in the green beans. Continue cooking at a low simmer until beans are hot.

SPICY AND SWEET GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Place the bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Remove bacon with a slotted spoon to a plate lined with paper towel.
• Drain and discard liquid from 1 can of green beans; empty both cans into a saucepan over low heat. Bring to a simmer; add bacon and sweet onion.
• Increase heat to medium-low. Stir cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg into the green beans. Cook the mixture until the onions are transparent but not yet soft, about 10 minutes.

SWEET & SOUR GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Fry BACON and remove from fat.
• Mix SUGAR, VINEGAR and GARLIC; add to hot BACON FAT.
• Cook mixture for about 5 minutes over medium high heat.
• Place BEANS in a shallow baking dish.
• Sprinkle ALMONDS over BEANS.
• Place ONION rings on top of ALMONDS.
• Crumble BACON over the top of the ONIONS.
• Pour SUGAR/VINEGAR/GARLIC/BACON FAT mixture over the top of the BACON.
• Bake at 250 degrees for 4 hours.
• For a better presentation, I would drain the liquid off of the beans before serving, or serve the beans in soup bowls. But, keep the liquid, just in case you do reheat the beans.

SOUR GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Boil green beans until done.
• Drain off water.
• Brown bacon until crisp and crumble it.
• Place it in grease.
• add 1/2 cup of flour into the bacon and grease.
• mix together until moist.
• add 1 1/2 cup vinegar.
• add 1/2 cup water.
• add 1/3 cup sugar.
• Taste to make sure it is seasoned right. You may have.
• to add more vinegar or sugar.
• Pour over the cooked green beans and enjoy.