Fresh & crispy green beans flavored with garlic and onion, topped with savory bacon & creamy soft-boiled eggs.
Garlic Green Beans with Bacon & Eggs
Fresh & crispy green beans flavored with garlic and onion, topped with savory bacon & creamy soft-boiled eggs.
Ingredients
- 2 cups Fresh green beans rinsed & trimmed
- 1/4 cup Sweet yellow onion finely diced
- 1 Tbsp Fresh minced garlic
- 4 slices Bacon chopped
- 2 Soft boiled eggs sliced into quarters
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Pepper
- 1/2 tsp Lemon juice
Instructions
- Cover the base of a large nonstick pot with water. Place a steamer basket on top of the water and heat over high heat. Note: If you do not have a steamer basket, then you can simply steam the green beans in the water at the base of the pot. Bring water to a boil.
- Once the water begins to boil, add the green beans to the steamer basket or pot and cover. Continue to steam green beans over high heat for 4-5 minutes, until beans begin to soften and turn bright green. Remove from heat.
- If cooking in a steamer basket, remove the basket from the pot and dump out any water that remains. Either way, strain the green beans and set aside.
- Return pot to stove and add the diced bacon. Cook over medium-low heat, until crisp. If desired, you may drain some of the bacon grease from the pot at this point, but be sure to leave at least a tablespoon of bacon grease for frying.
- Add the diced onion to the bacon and cook 2-3 minutes. Then, add the minced garlic and cook 1-2 minutes more, until fragrant. Remove from heat.
- Return green beans to the pot with the bacon, onion, and garlic; sprinkle with lemon juice, and toss to coat. Season with salt and pepper, according to your taste.
- Top with the chopped soft-boiled eggs and serve immediately. I like to remove the green beans from the pot and serve on a large tray (as pictured), adding the eggs on top as the last step. However, you can serve in the pot you cooked everything in, making this a one-pot side dish.
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