| Total: | 25 min |
| Prep: | 5 min |
| Cook: | 20 min |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- Kosher salt
- 1 1/4 pounds haricots verts or green beans, trimmed
- 4 ounces pancetta, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup panko breadcrumbs
- Freshly ground pepper
- Lemon wedges, for serving
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the haricots verts and cook until crisp-tender, about 4 minutes. Drain, then plunge into an ice bath to stop the cooking. Drain again, then transfer to paper towels and pat dry.
- Cook the pancetta in a large skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until crisp, about 8 minutes. Remove to paper towels using a slotted spoon. Add the garlic to the drippings in the skillet and cook, stirring, until golden, about 1 minute. Add the panko and cook, stirring, until toasted, about 1 minute.
- Add the haricots verts to the skillet and cook, stirring, until evenly coated, about 2 minutes. Stir in the pancetta and season with salt and pepper. Serve with lemon wedges.
- Photo by Con Poulos
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 6 servings |
| Calories | 120 |
| Total Fat | 8 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Carbohydrates | 9 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Sugar | 3 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Cholesterol | 12 mg |
| Sodium | 275 mg |
Reviews
Fixed these for Christmas Eve dinner along with beef tenderloin and Hasselback potatoes. Easy and very good!!
Highly recommend. Made these to go along with prime rib on Christmas Eve. Fantastic. I also blanched ahead of time, following another reviewer’s recommendation. Used a garlic press for the garlic to better distribute and skipped the lemon. Don’t think I’ll be able to make green beans any other way now!
This is such a great way to jazz up beans! Served alongside a roast at a dinner party, and got lots of compliments (which happens so rarely with this vegetable!). I blanched beans day before, wrapped in paper towels, and put in plastic baggie to save the extra step at dinner. Keeper!
Roasted the beans (instead of skillet) and tossed with pancetta and panko crumb mix – delicious!
I have a pound of green beans and 4 slices of hickory smoked bacon at home so I used those instead. It’s a great way to get anyone to eat more greens because the panko bread crumbs were so crispy and bacon flavored. Will certainly make this dish again! 🙂