Green Beans With Tomato, Onion And Bacon

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb green beans, cut into 2 inch pieces
• 4 slices bacon, chopped (uncooked, reserve 1 tbsp. of fat after cooking)
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 1 medium tomato, seeded and chopped (roma is great)
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano (or 1 teaspoon fresh oregano, chopped)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice (or omit juice and pepper and use 1/4-1/2 tsp. lemon- pepper) or 2 tablespoons lime juice (or omit juice and pepper and use 1/4-1/2 tsp. lemon- pepper)
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a 2 quart saucepan, add green beans in enough water just to cover them, and bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer, uncovered about 15 minutes or until crisp tender.
• 2 drain and immediately rinse with cool water to stop cooking. drain and set aside.
• 3 in a large skillet, cook bacon over medium-high heat until crisp. stirring frequently.
• 4 reserve 1 tablespoons of bacon fat and drain off the rest and place bacon on plate covered with paper towels.
• 5 in the same skillet add onion and 1 tablespoons bacon fat and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until tender.
• 6 stir in tomato, garlic, oregano, salt and pepper into onions and simmer about 5 minutes.
• 7 stir in green beans and heat through.
• 8 add bacon and stir to blend.
• 9 transfer mixture to serving dish and drizzle with lemon or lime juice.