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Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Sauteed Green Bean Recipe


Sauteed Green Bean with Bacon

I was with my family at Outer Banks vacation 2 weeks ago. The vacation is AWESOME!! being with my family, make things together and hang out on the beach is priceless. We had so much fun..:)
One thing we do as family was to have dinner together every night. The idea is, one family member choose to cooked for everybody on certain day, then other family member do the cooking the next day and so on and so fort.. until everybody got their turn. I got too excited that  I want to cooked first, hahah:)
I made some Rice, Beef Caldereta minus peas, and Sauteed Green Bean, and chocolate peanut butter brownies for dessert. The food are good and more fun especially when it shared with family. My mother in-law brought some wine and yeah... it was delicious!!. I love how the green beans add some special taste to the whole meal. I'm a big green bean fan and so my family. So, here I am, more excited to share this recipe here on my blog. C'mon let's hang out in my kitchen and start cooking..:)
Below is the recipe and hopefully you would love to try for your next family gathering. Enjoy cooking..:)

Blanching is a cooking process wherein the food substance, usually a vegetable or fruit, is plunged into boiling water, removed after a brief, timed interval, and finally plunged into iced water or placed under cold running water (shocked) to halt the cooking process.( source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanching_%28cooking%29)

Ingredients:
1 lbs. Green Beans- (Trim both end)
3 pieces bacon- slice into small pieces
1 small onion- thinly slice
Salt and Pepper - to taste


1.)   In large pan, bring water to boil, add the green beans. Let it boil for 5 minutes or until half way cooked and crisp in texture.
2.) Placed the green beans into ice water to stop the cooking process and to retain the color and texture.
3.) Meanwhile, In large pan, cooked the bacon until golden brown and crisp, add the onion and sauteed for couple minutes.
4.) Drain the water from the green beans. Then, add the green beans into the pan and sauteed for 4-5 minutes until everything cooked but still have that texture from the beans.
5.)  Salt and Pepper if needed. Share and Enjoy!

Note:
- Taste according to your preference
- Bacon is optional
- blanching method is important to obtained great texture of the green beans.
(beans are on the right side of the plate)

48 comments:

  1. Everything is better with bacon! This sounds delicious. Thanks. ☺

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  2. Never tried it with Bacon! :D My mom loves green/string beans a LOT! LoL! I bet she'll love this recipe!

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  3. I have never tried green beans believe it or not but this actually makes me want to try them :)

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  4. I didn't knew about the ice thing. Hmmm... that's why some steamed vegetables served in the restaurants are still green and looking fresh.

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    1. It works, Sis.. I've seen lot of celebrity chef doing this process at Food Network and Cooking channels on steamed vegetable. :)

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  5. I definitely could do away with the bacon :-)

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    1. Yup! green beans and some spices itself is delish already.:)

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    2. I would try this with bacon lol. I used to love those asparagus with bacon wrapped around them at teriyaki boy. so love them (I wonder if the wrapped bacon negates the healthy beans :) )

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  6. I haven't really cooked green beans for the kids.. normally if I will be cooking it with mince pork.

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    1. That's great idea also, I love everything with green beans. I might try that next time..:)

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  7. Blanching is a process making the vegetable crispy and not overcooked..hehehe may alam din pala ako kahit papaano.. I love green beans too!

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  8. I have never done blanching before. Thanks for sharing a very useful tip.

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  9. I want some veggies tuloy this midnight. I had chicken kasi earlier.

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  10. this is my first time to heard about blanching..the veggie looks yummy

    Rosemarie/Gven-Rose

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  11. i think puwede siguro giniling instead of bacon noh? yummy. i like the veggie crispy, too and blanching is the way to go! :-)

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    1. Oo naman, I think that would be delicious sis:)

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  12. Like Mommy Van, giniling din nilalagay namin. We just had adobong sitaw naman but it should be sauteed string beans and meat lang :)

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    1. Adobong sitaw sound so yummy right now, Mommy Maye:)

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  13. I like this dish, too. I like it especially when the veggies are left crispy. :) Kakagutom! LOL

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  14. sauteed sitaw, sarap! i also use giniling for this viand

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    1. giniling sound so perfect for beans as well,, SARAP!

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  15. wow. there's a bacon on it. okey, now this will be one of my fave food :)

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  16. I love green beans but as a carnivore, I'm drooling at the caldereta!

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  17. MMmmmm, I love green beans! I always have ever since I was a child too.
    -Jamie
    ChatterBlossom

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  18. i could eat this! i hope our youngest son learns to eat his veggies...

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    1. My eldest don't like green beans too, So let see how things unfold... kahit may bacon ayaw pa din:)

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  19. Beans loved it! But of course for the older ones with high uric acid should lessen their consumption.

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  20. I <3 beans and this is an alt way to have one's greens :) a bit of meat wont hurt, too :)

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  21. Now I learned something again. Blanching. =)

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  22. another way to cook sitaw...will try this one too.

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  23. I like the green beans, so fresh! gusto din ni boyfriend yung ganyan na simple lang. :)

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  24. now, I know what to do with my green beans here!

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