Country Green Beans

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans green beans (with juice, or 1 lb fresh green beans with enough water to just cover)
• 2 -4 slices bacon, ripped into natural pieces
• 1/2 tablespoon pepper sauce (texas pete, tabasco vinegar)
• 1/2-1 tablespoon salt (or to desired taste)
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 1/4 cup onion (optional)

Recipe

• 1 grab a good sized pot.
• 2 set the heat on the stove to medium high.
• 3 cook the bacon in the pot until brown, but not crunchy (include onion in this step cooked until translucent if desired).
• 4 add canned beans with juice to pot, making sure to stir the bacon and its juices into liquid.
• 5 add pepper sauce, salt, and pepper to pot.
• 6 leave on medium-high heat, uncovered, until beans and liquid come to a slight boil.
• 7 when a boil is achieved, stir, turn the heat down to medium-low and cover (adjust the heat so the beans are just about boiling with the cover on but not boiling out of the pot).
• 8 cook for 1 hour, stirring every 10-20 minutes.
• 9 add more spices if desired (take a taste test every now and then).
• 10 for fresh beans, before cooking as directed above, boil beans in enough water to cover + 1 teaspoon salt for 5 minutes (i feel this helps get rid of the strange taste some fresh green beans have).
• 11 drain.
• 12 add fresh green beans to recipe as indicated, but add enough water to cover once more.