Bacon Wrapped Green Bean Bundles
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Bacon Wrapped Green Bean Bundles
Description
This recipe uses thin, young green beans that are briefly steamed before being bundled into groups of five to six and wrapped with bacon halves. The bacon is partially cooked by sautéing, so it finishes crisping evenly in the oven. A butter-based sauce infused with brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, and a hint of cayenne pepper is drizzled over each bundle before baking in a 9 x 13-inch dish.
Baking for about 10 to 15 minutes crisps the bacon and coats the beans in a sweet and savory glaze. Once out of the oven, the remaining sauce is drizzled over the bundles to enhance their flavor. These bundles serve well as a savory side dish combining green vegetable freshness with smoky, sweet bacon.
Ingredients
- 1 pound green beans you can use regular, but get the thinnest and youngest green beans you can find, thin French-style
- 1/2 pound Bacon sliced in half
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Wash green beans and carefully lay them on a paper towel and place them in the microwave to steam for about 90 seconds. In a large skillet, saute bacon until it is almost done, undercook the bacon, you will finish cooking the bacon in the oven.
- Meanwhile in a small saucepan combine butter, brown sugar, Worcestershire sauce, garlic powder, and cayenne pepper. Cook and stir until the butter and brown sugar have melted and blended.
- Take about 5 to 6 green beans and bundle them together by wrapping one piece of bacon around the green beans. Secure bacon with a toothpick, and place into a 9 x 13-inch baking dish. Repeat until you run out of green beans or bacon.
- Drizzle a couple of teaspoons of the seasoned butter sauce over each green bean bundle. Bake green bean bundles until the bacon is crisp. Browning of the bacon should take about 10 - 15 minutes. Before serving, drizzle the remaining sauce over the bacon bundles.
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 10Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 219 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 219kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 11g | 4% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 18g | 28% |
| Saturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Cholesterol | 39mg | 13% |
| Sodium | 252mg | 11% |
| Potassium | 163mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 8g | 16% |
| Vitamin A | 625IU | 13% |
| Vitamin C | 5.8mg | 6% |
| Calcium | 29mg | 3% |
| Iron | 0.7mg | 4% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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