Sweet and Sour Green Beans with Bacon Recipe - These Old Cookbooks (2024)

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How to make Paula Deen green beans? ›

Add green beans to pan and sauté over medium heat for 2 minutes, stirring frequently. Add boiling water to pan and cover. Cook for about 15 minutes, just until beans are tender. Add vinegar, butter and salt and pepper and stir.

Like to steam my green beans to tenderness and toss them in a hot saute pan with olive oil, lots of chopped garlic, chili flakes, salt and pepper. Get the pan really hot, add the oil, garlic and chilis, cook them for seconds to release their flavor and then add the beans, tossing to combine.

Unless the recipe tells you to keep the canned beans in their liquid, you should drain your can and give the beans a good rinse before using. This will improve the flavor and texture of your finished dish. Open your cans of beans using a can opener. There may be sharp edges from opening the can.

Put a pan of salted water on to boil. Meanwhile, trim the the beans. Once the water is boiling, steam or boil the beans until tender. Drain well, then tip the cooked beans into the bowl with your dressing and toss everything together, making sure all the beans get coated.

The ingredients listed in order are: "sea salt, granulated garlic, black pepper, granulated onion, ground cumin, and other spices". I have used the recipe listed on this site and included equal amounts of garlic powder and onion powder.

Your Beans Will Cook Faster

Well, creating an alkaline (or basic) environment by adding a small amount (about 1 teaspoon per cup of dry beans) of baking soda to your soaking/cooking water can actually help your beans cook faster.

In doing a little research, America's Test Kitchen recommends adding some baking soda to the boiling liquid to help the beans tenderize faster, as well as absorb more flavor.

French green beans (also called Haricots Verts) are slightly longer and skinnier than regular green beans and may be a little bit more expensive. They are harvested earlier then regular green beans, so they are thought to be more tender and more flavorful.

For their first meal in France, Paul ordered oysters, sole meunière and a green salad. Child devoured the meal, calling it “perfection.” Alex Prud'homme, Child's grandnephew and cowriter of her memoir, “My Life in France,” opened the book with this now famous scene.

Julia Child worked in advertising, media, and secret intelligence before writing her first cookbook when she was 50, launching her career as a celebrity chef in 1961.

How many people will 2lbs of green beans feed? ›

Assuming one pound of green beans contains 35 to 40 pieces and yields about 3 cups of chopped beans, you'll need about one pound for a party of three, assuming you're making roasted, steamed, or sauteed green beans.

Pour the green beans and the reserved half of the canning liquid into a skillet. Add butter, onion powder, salt and pepper. Simmer, uncovered and stirring occasionally, until almost all of the cooking liquid has evaporated. Taste and adjust seasonings if necessary.

Place butter in the bottom of a serving bowl and add DRAINED green beans, stirring gently until butter is melted. Sprinkle with parmesan (and thyme if using)and serve. NOTE: This would work equally well on fresh or frozen green beans.

If you really want to taste like canned, add a lot more salt than you think you need. Also calcium chloride in many canned beans.