PrintThe Ultimate Crack Green Beans with Bacon
Welcome to My Kitchen! You need a side dish that disappears fast? Try these Crack Green Beans. They turn simple green beans into something absolutely addictive with buttery tenderness, crispy bacon, and a hint of sweet brown sugar. This is the easy side dish everyone asks for again.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 20 min
- Total Time: 30 min
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Stovetop Sauté
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound fresh green beans, trimmed
- 4 slices bacon, cut into small pieces
- 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
Instructions
- Cook the bacon pieces in a large skillet over medium heat until they are crisp. Remove the bacon pieces with a slotted spoon and set them aside on a paper towel-lined plate, leaving about 1 tablespoon of bacon grease in the skillet.
- Add the trimmed green beans to the skillet with the bacon grease. Sauté the green beans over medium heat for 5 to 7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until they start to become tender-crisp.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the brown sugar, soy sauce, water, and garlic powder until the sugar dissolves.
- Pour the sauce mixture over the green beans in the skillet. Bring the mixture to a simmer.
- Continue to cook, stirring frequently, for about 5 to 8 minutes, or until the sauce thickens and coats the green beans well.
- Remove the skillet from the heat. Stir in the reserved crispy bacon pieces.
- Serve your flavorful green beans immediately.
Notes
- For a holiday side dish that impresses, make sure your green beans are bright green and tender-crisp, not mushy.
- If you want a slightly sweeter flavor, you can increase the brown sugar by one extra tablespoon.
- This recipe works well with fresh or frozen green beans; if using frozen, thaw and pat them dry before sautéing.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/4 of recipe
- Calories: 185
- Sugar: 12
- Sodium: 450
- Fat: 10
- Saturated Fat: 4
- Unsaturated Fat: 6
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 18
- Fiber: 4
- Protein: 5
- Cholesterol: 15