Quick Sweet And Sour Green Beans Recipes

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:

• 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 SOUR GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• In a skillet, cook bacon until crisp; drain, reserving 2 tablespoons of drippings. Crumble the bacon and set aside. Saute the onion in drippings until tender. Stir in flour until thoroughly combined. Add water, vinegar and sugar. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly; cook and stir 2 minutes more. Gently stir in beans and heat through. Sprinkle with bacon. Serve immediately.

LAUREL'S SPICY SWEET AND SOUR GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• In a large pot of salted water, bring beans to a boil and simmer for 12-15 minutes. Drain.
• While beans are cooking, fry bacon in a large non-stick pan until crisp. Remove and drain on paper towels. Cool and break into bite-sized pieces. (Alternatively, you can cut the bacon into bite sized pieces and fry them until crisp, remove with slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.).
• Add onions to bacon grease in the pan and cook until soft. (If you feel you have too much grease, remove some first and save for another recipe. I like to leave at least 1/4 cup of grease in the pan.).
• In a bowl mix remaining ingredients and add to pan, simmering and stirring until the sauce thickens and has a nice thick syrupy consistency.
• Add beans to the pan and stir to coat the beans with sauce. Add the bacon and stir till combined. Serve.

SWEET AND SOUR GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• In large saucepan, bring red wine vinegar and sugar to boil over medium-high heat. Boil until reduced to 1/2 cup, about 10 minutes, watching carefully. Whisk in olive oil. Meanwhile, cook beans in a large pot of boiling salted water until just tender, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Drain. Pour vinegar mixture into same pot and return to simmer, whisking constantly. Return beans to pot and toss to coat. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer beans to bowl and sprinkle with almonds.;

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 WITH BACON

Steps:

• Place green beans in a microwave-safe bowl and add enough water to make a layer in the bottom; heat in microwave until green beans are tender yet firm to the bite, 1 to 3 minutes. Drain.
• Heat peanut oil in a large wok or skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion until tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer onion to a bowl and discard any remaining oil.
• Place the bacon in the wok or skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels and cut into bite-size pieces. Reserve 4 to 5 tablespoons bacon drippings in the wok.
• Mix onion, brown sugar, vinegar, and liquid smoke in the reserved bacon drippings; cook and stir until sauce is bubbling and brown sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Add green beans to sauce and stir to coat; cook until green beans are heated through, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Transfer green bean mixture to a microwave-safe casserole dish; season with black pepper. Serve immediately or warm in the microwave, if needed.