Wax Beans Bacon And Celery Recipes

SUMMER BEANS WITH BACON DRESSING

Steps:

• Boil 1 pound wax beans and/or green beans(trimmed and halved) until tender, 4 minutes; drain. Cook 3 slices chopped bacon( in a skillet over medium heat until crisp, 7 minutes. Add 1 chopped shallot; (cook 2 minutes. Stir in 2 tablespoons cider vinegar. Toss in the beans, some chopped parsley, and salt and pepper.

BEAN WITH BACON

Steps:

• Boil the beans in 9 cups of the water and then let sit for one hour. Drain and set aside.
• Cook the bacon to your desired texture (it can be soft or crisp, whatever you prefer) and drain except for 1/4 cup grease. Coarsely chop the bacon.
• Add the onions and celery to the reserved grease and bacon and saute until soft, do not drain. Add the chicken base or cubes, 4 cups water, beans, bay leaf, salt, pepper, and cloves, and simmer for 2 hours.
• Stir in the tomatoes with their juice. Serve.

BBQ BACON BEANS

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large pan. Finely chop the celery sticks, onion and red pepper and gently fry until soft, about 10 mins. Set the softened veg aside and fry the bacon in the same pan until golden and crisp. Tip in the garlic clove and chilli powder and cook for 1 min.
• Pour in passata, maple syrup, Worcestershire sauce and the softened veg and stir well.
• Rinse and drain the borlotti beans and cannellini beans. Tip into the pan, bring to the boil and simmer for 10 mins. Season to taste and serve with jacket potatoes.

WAX BEANS , BACON AND CELERY

Steps:

• Boil wax beans and celery in salted water for about 25 minutes.
• Drain off water.
• Put butter and bacon in a frying pan and let cook until bacon starts to become crisp.
• Mix in with a fork the beans, celery and pepper.
• Let cook for about 2 minutes.
• Then serve.

WAX BEANS AND CELERY WITH ANCHOVY VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Purée anchovies, garlic, lemon juice, vinegar, salt, and pepper in a blender until smooth. With motor running, add oil in a stream.
• Peel outer strings from celery ribs with a vegetable peeler, then halve ribs crosswise. Thinly shave ribs along a thin edge with peeler into narrow ribbons and transfer to a large bowl of ice and cold water to crisp.
• Cook beans in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water , uncovered, until just tender, 5 to 6 minutes, then drain.
• Toss warm beans, celery ribbons, and celery leaves with vinaigrette in a large bowl. Serve immediately.

RED BEAN AND BACON SOUP

Steps:

• In a heavy kettle cook the bacon over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until it is crisp, transfer it to paper towels to drain, and reserve it. Pour off all but 1/4 cup of the fat and in the remaining fat cook the onion, the garlic, the bay leaf, the chili powder, the cuminseed, and the cayenne, stirring, until the onion is softened. Add the celery, the carrot, the beans, 4 cups of the broth, and 2 cups water and simmer the soup, covered, for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until the beans are tender. Add the tomatoes with the reserved juice and simmer the soup, covered, for 20 minutes. Discard the bay leaf and force the soup in batches through a food mill into a large saucepan. Stir in the Sherry, salt and pepper to taste, and the additional broth or water to thin the soup to the desired consistency, simmer the soup for 5 minutes, and serve it with the reserved bacon, the scallion greens, and the sour cream.
• To quick-soak dried beans:
• In a colander rinse the beans under cold water and discard any discolored ones. In a kettle combine the beans with enough cold water to cover them by 2 inches, bring the water to a boil, and boil the beans for 2 minutes. Remove the kettle from the heat and let the beans soak, covered, for 1 hour.