Candy Bacon Green Bean Stir Fry - SPECTACULAR and EASY


Long time readers may think this recipe sounds familiar.  In fact it is a version of the dish shown in the photo to the right,
This recipe has almost the exact same ingredients.  But the cooking method is different.  The bundles are more labor intensive (but in the stir fry you lose the "Fun LOOK" of the bundles).  The bundles are baked, freeing up the cook for the dinner presentation.  The stir fry is what the French call "A la Minute" Style, when a dish is prepared to order, rather than being prepped in advance and held for service.

BUT, the dish is so simple to do, it is also a dish that you can easily pass off to anyone who happens to come early and asks if there is anything they can do.  Have the bacon pre-cut, have the green beans pre-trimmed and the garlic pre minced.  The rest is simply stirring and frying. Perfect for keeping a guest busy (or allowing a guest to help).

This recipe also calls for less sugar, less oil than the Green bean Bundles call for.  Now, by no means is this dish healthy.  It is still vegetables, fried in fat and caramelized in sugar... Just less sugar and less fat.

Easy, Lower in sugar and fat... YET delicious

And easy... BTW, I served this with my Christmas meal.  Prepared by the daughter of one of my guests with just a little supervision as I was slicing a ham.  She was thrilled to help, got terrific bragging rights as the "cooks" were thanked and enjoyed the experience.  She even wanted the recipe so she could make this again.  Now that's the ultimate compliment!

Enjoy!


OK... Here's what I did...


Candy Bacon
Green Bean Stir Fry


Ingredients
  • 1 Pound Thick Cut Bacon, each piece cut into 4 pieces
  • 3 Cloves Minced Garlic
  • 1 Pound Green Beans, ends trimmed
  • 1/4 Cup Brown Sugar
Cooking Directions
  1. In a large saute pan (I used a Wok), Fry the cut bacon pieces until just turning crispy.  About 10 minutes
  2. With a slotted spoon, set aside the bacon, leaving the drippings in the saute pan.
  3. Add the Green Beans, Minced Garlic and sprinkle the brown sugar over the whole thing.
  4. Stir Fry the beans in the HOT Bacon drippings, stirring to mix the brown sugar with the oil... Adding a caramel taste to the beans.  About 5 minutes
  5. Add the bacon again and continue to saute until the beans are still crisp but heated and cooked through, crisp yet tender.  About another minute.
  6. Again, remove from the saute pan with a slotted spoon to a serving dish, serve while still HOT... and ENJOY!



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