A 2-Ingredient Thanksgiving · Number 7

Green Beans with Bacon

  • Two ingredients
From the eater's chair, a modest serving of bright green beans flecked with crisp bacon on an ordinary dinner plate, one fork resting beside them
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You need

Good to know: For one or two; salt, pepper, oil, water and butter are free.

What to do

  1. Fry the bacon, cut small, until crisp; lift out, keep the fat.
  2. Add the beans from frozen and 2 tbsp water; cover and steam 5 min.
  3. Uncover and cook until the water is gone.
  4. Top with the bacon; taste before salting.

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