German-Style Green Beans
GRANDMOTHER often prepared her fresh green beans this way, and we much preferred them to plain buttered beans.
This recipe goes back to before the 1920s and was a favorite dish of our family when I was growing up.
-Lois Gelzer, Standish, Maine
Reviews
Not sure how I feel about these beans. I expected the flavor to be stronger. I am not sure they were worth all the time it took to prepare. They were good. Did not reheat well the next day. I wanted them to be better because the bacon mixture is similar to grebashins that I use to make stuffing for a turkey. I don't know if I will make them again.
I used Birds Eye Steamfresh whole green beans instead of fresh. I also omitted the onion. These were the most delicious green beans I have ever tasted. The bacon gave it the extra good flavoring. I served them at my Oktoberfest dinner, and they were a hit.
This is the way my mother, grandmother and great-grandmother fixed green beans. I don't think it can be improved upon.