great grandma's skillet green beans

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 slices smoked bacon, or more to taste
• 1/2 cup chopped yellow onion
• 2 pinches ground black pepper
• 2 cloves garlic, diced
• 3 1/2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley, divided
• 4 (15 ounce) cans green beans, drained
• 2 (14.5 ounce) cans yellow wax beans, drained
• salt and ground black pepper to taste

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Ready Time: 40 mins


• place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. transfer bacon slices to paper towels to drain.
• cook and stir onion and 2 pinches black pepper in hot bacon drippings until translucent, 4 to 6 minutes.
• stir garlic into onion mixture; cook and stir until onion begins to brown along the edges, 4 to 6 minutes. add 1 tablespoon parsley to garlic and onion; cook and stir until parsley begins to wilt, 1 minute.
• pour green beans, yellow beans, and 1 1/2 tablespoons parsley into onion mixture; gently turn beans to coat with bacon drippings. reduce heat to low, partially cover skillet, and simmer until beans are heated through, 5 to 10 minutes.
• season beans with salt and black pepper to taste, partially cover the skillet and continue simmering, turning occasionally, until beans are hot, 20 minutes. garnish with bacon and remaining 1 tablespoon parsley.