I was experimenting with ways to cook mushrooms with green beans without using cream of mushroom soup and came up with this delicious Green Beans with Bacon and Mushrooms recipe.
My daughter isn’t especially fond of green beans and for some reason I feel an overwhelming need to create recipes that will make my kids fall in love with the vegetables that they think they don’t like. I hit a home run with the Garlic-Ginger Green Beans that are included in my book Prep-Ahead Meals from Scratch. My daughter liked those so much that I was excited to share my newest green bean recipe with her when she was home from college. She initially was a bit skeptical:
Me: “Try my new green bean recipe. It has bacon and sherry”.
My daughter: “I feel like you are over compensating. ‘I’m sorry you have to eat green beans, but here is bacon. And booze'”.
Me: “Just try it”.
My daughter: “mmmmmmm”
Me: “It’s good, isn’t it?”
My daughter: “It is! Move over Green Bean Casserole, there’s a new way for green beans to make you fat”.
This is just one example of why she is not in charge of my marketing. 😉
Even though this has a few slices of bacon, this is not as unhealthy as it sounds. I use fresh red onion instead of fried onions and fresh mushrooms instead of cream of mushroom soup.
It is every bit as delicious as it sounds because it has bacon. And booze. 🙂
Green Beans with Bacon and Mushrooms Recipe
Ingredients:
- 3 slices bacon
- ½ cup chopped red onions
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 cups sliced mushrooms
- ¼ cup sherry
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 pound frozen whole green beans
Directions:
- Place the frozen green beans in a colander and run them under hot water until they are thawed. Pat the green beans dry.
- Cook the bacon in a large frying pan.
- Remove the bacon once it is evenly browned.
- Add the onions to the bacon fat and saute for 5 minutes. Add garlic and mushrooms and saute for 2 minutes.
- In a small bowl, whisk the cornstarch into the sherry. Add the sherry mixture to the onions and mushrooms. Cook for 1 minute over a medium-low flame or until it thickens.
- Add the green beans and stir to coat. Cook over a medium flame for 5 minutes or until the green beans are heated through and fork tender.
Green Beans with Bacon and Mushrooms
Ingredients
- 3 slices bacon
- ½ cup chopped red onions
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 cups sliced mushrooms
- ¼ cup sherry
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 pound frozen whole green beans
Instructions
- Place the frozen green beans in a colander and run them under hot water until they are thawed. Pat the green beans dry.
- Cook the bacon in a large frying pan.
- Remove the bacon once it is evenly browned.
- Add the onions to the bacon fat and saute for 5 minutes. Add garlic and mushrooms and saute for 2 minutes.
- In a small bowl, whisk the cornstarch into the sherry. Add the sherry mixture to the onions and mushrooms. Cook for 1 minute over a medium-low flame or until it thickens.
- Add the green beans and stir to coat. Cook over a medium flame for 5 minutes or until the green beans are heated through and fork tender.
More Green Bean Recipes
Parmesan Crusted Fried Green Beans
Pesto Green Beans with Sliced Almonds
Garlic-Ginger Green Beans (page 159 Prep-Ahead Meals from Scratch)
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Fun size wife says
These are so delicious! I think they’ll be making an appearance at holiday tables in the future. Thank you for the recipe!