Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Green Beans with Bacon and Mushrooms

Yum

I love green beans because you can eat a bunch of them without feeling guilty.  They are healthy, low-carb and definitely get a thumbs up from my hubby and daughter. My son is a non-green bean eater... but I even got him to try one or two because they look so good.

I actually created this dish because I simply wanted a side dish to go with a meatloaf that I had made for dinner.  I took out a bag of frozen green beans and thought I would just heat them up and add some salt and pepper and a little butter and call it a day.

That's when I saw the few slices of bacon in the fridge and the portobello mushrooms. Inspiration struck.   So I decided to forgo the sad and boring green bean dish I originally planned on making and switch it up to something fun and exciting instead. 

These beans turned out as yummy as they look.   They would also go great next to a big pile of mashed potatoes.  Tune in this Friday for the meatloaf that helped inspire this delicious side dish.



Ingredients:
1lb blanched fresh green beans or defrosted frozen green beans
8oz sliced portobello or button mushrooms
1 medium onion sliced
4 slices bacon cut into small pieces and fried until crispy
1 tsp cumin seeds
1-2 jalapeno peppers (or any spicy chili) finely diced
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
red chili flakes (to taste)
1/2 tsp garlic powder
salt and black pepper to taste

Directions:
Cut bacon slices into little pieces and fry until crispy.  Place bacon on a paper towel to drain.  Reserve 2-3 Tbs of bacon grease to fry other ingredients.  Blanche fresh green beans until tender crisp or defrost frozen green beans.

 Place 1 Tbs of bacon grease into large saute pan and saute mushrooms until well browned.  Then add cumin seeds and saute for 20 seconds.

Next add sliced onions , jalapeno peppers and some salt and black pepper and saute for a few minutes.  Then season with turmeric, chili flakes and garlic powder.

Finally add another Tbs of bacon grease and the green beans.  Saute for 5 minutes and taste for seasoning.  Garnish with crispy bacon before serving.  Enjoy.







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10 comments:

  1. I could eat this as a main dish! So yummy!

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  2. I love every ingredient in this dish and they all complement each other so well! Awesome side dish recipe, Ramona! :D

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  3. I agree with Raven - I could eat this as my main mail too!

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  4. Ahhh Ramona! To think that I thought you outdid yourself when you redid the blah green bean casserole this past Thanksgiving! I should have known better! This is delicious, my taste buds are working overtime and it's only 9:30 in the morning! I'm making this today to go with a seafood dinner! Thank you this is definitely a keeper! Will let you know my husband's reaction to this. He too loves spicy so I know I have a winner with this one! Thanks for all of your delicious recipes!

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    1. Thank you so much for your kind words! I hope you and your husband enjoy the dish. :)

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  5. This is light years away from sad and boring!

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  6. We love green beans around here! Love that you added in bacon and mushrooms!

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  7. Oh, boy, I'd forgo dinner and eat a big bowl of these gorgeous beans with bacon and mushrooms!!!

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  8. This looks so marvellous. Superb!!! Feel like having some now.

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  9. I could make a meal out of this plate of vegetables! Looks SO good!

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