Sweet Sour Green Beans
Delight your taste buds with Sweet Sour Green Beans, a vibrant side dish that perfectly balances savory, sweet, and tangy flavors. Featuring tender fresh green beans, crispy bacon, and a luscious vinegar-sugar glaze, this recipe transforms simple ingredients into a crowd-pleasing masterpiece. The dish comes together with a quick 15-minute prep time, where green beans are blanched to retain their crispness, and onions are sautéed in bacon grease for an irresistible depth of flavor. Tossed in a warm, sweet-and-tangy sauce, each bite bursts with freshness and richness, accented by the crunch of crumbled bacon. It's the ultimate easy-to-make side for weeknight dinners or holiday spreads, guaranteed to elevate any meal with its dynamic flavor profile.
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Recipe Information
Ingredients
- 450 grams fresh green beans
- 4 slices bacon
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 60 ml white vinegar
- 50 grams white sugar
- 60 ml water
- 0.5 teaspoons salt
- 0.25 teaspoons black pepper
Instructions
Wash the green beans and trim the ends. Cut them in half if they are too long.
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the green beans and blanch them for 3-4 minutes. Drain and set aside.
In a large skillet or frying pan, cook the bacon over medium heat until crispy. Remove the bacon from the pan and place it on paper towels to drain. Once cooled, crumble the bacon into small pieces.
In the same skillet, leaving about 1-2 tablespoons of the bacon grease, add the chopped onion. Sauté over medium heat until softened and translucent, about 3-4 minutes.
In a small bowl, whisk together the white vinegar, white sugar, water, salt, and black pepper until the sugar is dissolved.
Pour the vinegar mixture into the skillet with the onions. Stir well and bring to a simmer.
Add the blanched green beans to the skillet. Mix well to coat the beans with the sauce. Let the beans cook in the sauce for about 5-7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until heated through and fully coated.
Stir in the crumbled bacon just before serving.
Serve warm as a side dish and enjoy the sweet and tangy flavors!
Nutrition Facts
Calories |
539 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
% Daily Value* |
|||
| Total Fat | 12.3 g | 16% | |
| Saturated Fat | 4.3 g | 22% | |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2.0 g | ||
| Cholesterol | 32 mg | 11% | |
| Sodium | 1753 mg | 76% | |
| Total Carbohydrate | 93.2 g | 34% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 17.3 g | 62% | |
| Total Sugars | 69.5 g | ||
| Protein | 20.2 g | 40% | |
| Vitamin D | 0.1 mcg | 1% | |
| Calcium | 206 mg | 16% | |
| Iron | 5.3 mg | 29% | |
| Potassium | 1322 mg | 28% | |
*The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
