This is one of the recipes my family adores, and my hometown hosts a pumpkin festival every year.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Total Time: | 35 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
Ingredients
- 3 pounds fresh green beans, trimmed
- 4 slices bacon
- 1 cup butter
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ teaspoon lemon zest
Instructions
- Place green beans in a pot and cover with water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until beans start to soften, about 10 minutes. Drain water, leaving beans in the pot.
- Place bacon strips on a microwave-safe plate and cook in the microwave until crisp, about 2 minutes. Cool and crumble bacon.
- Stir butter and bacon into beans in the pot and return to medium heat; cook and stir until butter melts, 2 to 3 minutes. Add garlic; cook and stir until fragrant, 3 to 4 minutes. Top with lemon zest and stir.
- Remove the bacon for a healthier dish. However, adding the bacon is a great option that adds flavor to the beans.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 189 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 9 g |
| Cholesterol | 44 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 3 g |
| Saturated Fat | 10 g |
| Sodium | 185 mg |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Fat | 17 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Made it for Easter dinner no deviations. Did not add salt or pepper, due to a limited salt diet, everyone loved them, some added salt & pepper, some did not. Cooked bacon the night before.
Loved It! Made for Christmas dinner everyone loved it! It was easy. I did put in extra garlic but we love garlic!!
Everyone loved it, it was delicious! The only things I changed is that I steamed the beans instead of boiling them (healthier) and I sautéed the garlic in the butter before adding the beans. I will definitely make these again.
Really easy to make and so delicious! One of my teenage sons who despises green beans absolutely loved them! He even asked me to write down the recipe so that when he moves out he can make them himself!
Made this with haricot verts, as they are the only green beans my husband likes. Otherwise, I kept to the recipe (scaled down for two servings). The lemon zest really elevates the dish.
I used 2 pounds of beans, 3 slices of bacon, 3 cloves of garlic and some fresh lime juice and zest. Compliments at Thanksgiving dinner. I will make it again.
I added more butter and twice the bacon.
Way too much butter in this recipe and we love butter, very disappointed this is the first recipe on this app that was not something I would ever make again!
Yumm!
Easy to make & pretty tasty. After reading the reviews, I decided to use one stick of butter instead of two and it was plenty.
Make it! Make it! Make it! Delish. My husband adds his thanks to mine.
My family loved this recipe but I will cut down on the butter next time I make it.
My family loved this recipe but I will cut down on the butter next time I make it.
A bit too much butter for our taste; but, I will certainly serve it again, just with less butter. Other than that, we loved it!!
We made this for Christmas, and it was fantastic! As one reviewer mentioned, it was indeed swimming in butter. Next time, I’ll try just one stick, instead of two.
Great flavor. As others have indicated, kind of an absurd amount of butter. We also added more garlic and baked the bacon. Yum! Great Thanksgiving side dish!
Great recipe! Easy to make and delicious. Next time I will use less butter.
Very good. I cut the recipe in half and used only 2 Tbsp of butter.
excellent recipe …bacon and hubby work well together!
Fairly easy and tasty. I only had 2.5 lbs of beans and used 1/4 cup of butter and that was PLENTY! I forgot to add the lemon zest and I am sure that would have been great to top it off. I also added a few shakes of salt as my butter was unsalted.
Great flavor. I used 4 pieces of bacon I cooked on the stove and only 1/4 cup of butter. Quick, simple, and delicious.