#3076 - Garlic Bacon Beans

(by Shirley McNevich)

6-8 slices of bacon (cut into 1" pieces)
1/2 cup chopped onions
1 tsp. minced garlic
1lb. fresh or frozen green beans (thawed and drained if frozen)
1 cup water
good pinch of salt
ground black pepper to your taste

If using fresh green beans wash them, cut off the ends and cut them into small pieces. Place bacon pieces in a skillet--cook/stir until bacon is crispy. Remove the bacon pieces and set them inside. To the hot fat still in the skillet add the chopped onions and garlic--cook/stir in the bacon fat until onions are tender. Slowly add the water and the green beans--cook/stir until water is gone and beans are tender (if beans are not yet tender, add a few more TBSP of water and keep cooking/stirring). Remove from heat--sprinkle salt and pepper over the top of the green bean mixture. Crumble the cripsy bacon and sprinkle the crumbled bacon all over the top of the bean mixture.