How to Cook Fresh Green Beans

Green beans are popular side dish vegetables. Pair it with steaks, chops, poultry dishes, and so much more. It can be used in casseroles and stews. You can also mix it with carrots, corn, and peas for that popular side dish. Indeed, there are so many ways to cook green beans. Your green beans don’t have to be boring and bland. So let’s not keep you waiting. Here are a number of recipes to help you learn how to cook fresh green beans.

1. Southern Green Beans is an easy side dish to make. You only need to boil and fry a few minutes and you’re done. So let’s get started.

   1. Here are the ingredients you’ll need to make this dish.

      1. 3 cups of green beans

      2. 6 slices of bacon

      3. 1 medium chopped onion

      4. 3 teaspoons of salt

      5. Parmesan cheese

   2. Now, here’s how to cook your Southern green beans.

      1. Put your beans in a pot and cover it with water and boil.

      2. In a separate pan, fry your bacon until crisp.

      3. On a separate bowl, crumble the bacon and add the onion and salt.

      4. Next, add the bacon onion mixture to the beans in your pot.

      5. Let it simmer for about 20 minutes.

      6. Transfer to a dish and sprinkle with parmesan cheese. Enjoy!

2. Our next green beans recipe is the Creole Green Beans. Again, it combines bacon and green beans but without the cheese. Let’s start learning how to cook fresh green beans ala creole.

   1. The ingredients you’ll need for Creole green beans are as follows:

      1. 3 slices of bacon

      2. ¼ cup onion, chopped

      3. ¼ cup celery, chopped

      4. ¼ cup green pepper, chopped

      5. 1 can of tomatoes

      6. 1 teaspoons salt

      7. 1 teaspoon pepper

      8. 1 cup green beans, steamed for 3 minutes and drained

   2. Now, it’s time to make the Creole green beans. Here are the step by step instructions.

      1. First, fry your bacon until it is crisp.

      2. Drain the bacon and set aside.

      3. In the same skillet where you fried the bacon, add onion, celery, and green peppers.

      4. Next, add the tomatoes, and season with salt and pepper.

      5. Simmer it for five minutes.

      6. Now, add the green beans and simmer for another five minutes.

      7. Transfer to a serving dish and sprinkle with the crumbled bacon. Enjoy!