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Simple Canned Green Beans with Bacon, Mushrooms, and Onion is a quick recipe full of smoky bacon and mushroom and onion flavors. Made with pantry ingredients, this is a perfect recipe for a busy weeknight.
Growing up I remember the big pressure cooker on my grandma's stove. She was always cooking up a big batch of green beans with bacon, mushrooms, and onions.
Green beans, especially in the summer, were a common side dish. Some batches would be made with snap beans fresh from the garden, but often in a pinch, canned green beans would work just fine.
Ingredients
This quick recipe can be made from simple ingredients from your pantry.
- green beans
- bacon
- mushrooms
- onions
- broth
- olive oil or butter
- salt and pepper
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Instructions
Step 1. Open cans of green beans and mushrooms and rinse with water. Drain well and set aside.
Step 2. Fry bacon over medium-high heat until crisp. Cool on paper towels and crumble. Set aside.
Step 3. Finely chop the onion. Add olive oil to the frying pan. Saute onion in the frying pan for 3-5 minutes over medium heat until they start to soften and brown.
Step 5. Add green beans, cooked onion, mushrooms, and broth to a large pan. Bring to a boil and then lower heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
Step 6. Sprinkle crumbled bacon over beans. Season with salt and pepper. Simmer for 5 minutes.
What to Serve with Green Beans with Bacon
This simple canned green beans with bacon and onion side dish recipe is ready and on the table in less than 30 minutes. Save leftovers in the fridge and the flavors are even better at lunch the next day.
You might enjoy this side with the following recipes:
One-Dish Oven Baked Chicken and Potatoes - a tasty dish with creamy golden potatoes, moist and juicy chicken, bell pepper, and briny black olives.
Slow Cooker Pot Roast - slow cooker meal of simple ingredients and colorful vegetables.
Balsamic Chicken - a delicious Italian twist to traditional weeknight chicken.
Other Vegetable Side Dish Recipes for You
Easy Green Beans with Bacon, Mushrooms and Onions
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 Cans green Beans cut
- 1 Can mushrooms sliced
- 1 Cup broth chicken or vegetable
- 3 Slices bacon
- 1 tsp onion minced
- 1 tbsp olive oil extra virgin
- 1/4 tsp salt to taste
- 1/4 tsp pepper
Instructions
- Rinse canned beans and mushrooms with water. Drain well and set aside.
- Fry bacon in a frying pan until crisp. Drain bacon on paper towel. Crumble. Set aside.
- Add olive oil to frying pan and saute for 5 minutes.
- Add green beans. mushrooms, onions, and broth to a large pan.
- Bring to a boil and then lower temperature to low and simmer for 10 minutes. Add crumbled bacon. salt and pepper. Continue to simmer for 5 minutes..
Notes
Recipe Tips
- This recipe is a quick vegetable dish for a busy weeknight. You can also use fresh green beans and cook to tender prior to making this recipe.
- Minced onion has a lot of flavors. Experiment on how much you like in your recipe.
Nutrition
July 2022 Update. Minor post and image updates.
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