Fancy Green Beans

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 tablespoons teriyaki sauce
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 tablespoon butter (melted)
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 1/2 lbs fresh green beans, preferably thin ones, trimmed
• 2 slices bacon
• 1/4 cup yellow pepper, cut into strips (about 1/4 of a pepper)
• 1/4 cup red pepper, cut into strips (about 1/4 of a pepper)
• 1/2 cup thin sliced onion
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1/2 cup whole cashews
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 teriyaki-honey sauce:.
• 2 in a small bowl, stir together the teriyaki suace, honey and melted butter.
• 3 bring a large pot of water to a boil.
• 4 drop in the beans and cook for 4-5 minutes, or until the beans are bright green.
• 5 drain the beans in a colander, then plunge them into ice water.
• 6 drain again and set aside.
• 7 in a skillet, cook the bacon until very crisp.
• 8 crumble and set aside.
• 9 saute the peppers, onion and garlic in the hot bacon fat for 2-3 minutes.
• 10 add the beans, cashews and bacon to the skillet and heat through.
• 11 add the teriyaki-honey sauce and toss gently.
• 12 add the lemon juice and toss again.
• 13 enjoy.