When friends come around for dinner, they usually ask for these dill carrots first. Carrots are complemented and their natural flavor is enhanced with melted butter, brown sugar, and dill.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 10 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 cups |
Ingredients
- ¼ pound peppered bacon, chopped
- 1 medium onion, sliced
- 4 cups fresh green beans, trimmed
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon seasoned salt
- water as needed
Instructions
- Place bacon in a large pot and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Add onion; cook until bacon just starts to brown a bit, 4 to 5 minutes. Add green beans and stir until coated in bacon grease. Add sugar, salt, seasoned salt, and just enough water to cover. Bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat, cover, and simmer until beans are soft, about 45 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 213 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 12 g |
| Cholesterol | 24 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 11 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5 g |
| Sodium | 1159 mg |
| Sugars | 4 g |
| Fat | 14 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This is a great recipe. I made it as written.
I don’t often write reviews and OMG, this is the best green beans! We lived in Atlanta for awhile and this BBQ place had the best homemade green beans and I had been trying to figure out how to make it and this is it! I followed the recipe exactly but used about 6 slices of peppered bacon! My husband and mother in-law loved it. I will be making this often. I could eat just this as a meal for myself!
Super easy to make yum yum reheats well and my husband loves it
Made as written but with non-peppered bacon, so I added some pepper because of that. These were SO good! I only simmered for 30 minutes, and they were perfect texture to me. I’ll just reduce the sugar a bit next time.
10.14.19 These taste just like the green beans I grew up on, and occasionally, corn would be added, as well. Homestyle, tasty comfort food, super simple to make, and always good! Checked for doneness at 20 minutes, and they were done. I did add some freshly-ground black pepper, and the only change I’d make would be to reduce the amount of salt. One thing’s for sure, Grandma Mac knows how to cook green beans!