Green Beans With Roasted Peppers And Bacon Recipe

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Green Beans With Roasted Peppers And Bacon
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Ingredients
4
Count
Nutrition
107
Calories
Total time
20
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 lb green beans
  • to taste --- salt

Directions:

  1. Trim the stem ends from the green beans.
  2. Wash and drain the beans.
  3. Boil the beans in a large pot of salted water until just tender.
  4. Drain.
  5. Rinse under cold water to cool the beans and stop the cooking, or drop them into ice water.
  6. Drain again.
  7. Refrigerate until needed.
  8. Roast and peel the peppers.
  9. Trim and discard the stem, seed core, and inner membranes.
  10. Cut into batonnet. (thin stick-like strips)
  11. Cut the bacon into batonnet about 1 inch long.
  12. In a heavy sauté pan, cook the bacon over moderate heat until it is crisp.
  13. Remove the bacon from the pan with a slotted spoon and reserve.
  14. Reserve about 2 oz of the fat in the pan, discarding the rest.
  15. Add the beans and the red peppers to the pan with the bacon fat and toss over heat until hot.
  16. Taste and add salt if necessary.
  17. The salt from the bacon may be enough.
  18. Add the crisp bacon and toss to mix.
  19. Serve immediately.
  20. ==================================
  21. Variations:
  22. Green Beans with Pecans and Browned Shallots
  23. -
  24. Omit the bacon and peppers.
  25. Brown 12 oz thinly sliced shallots in butter.
  26. Add 12 oz broken pecans and continue to cook until the pecans are hot.
  27. Reheat the beans in butter instead of bacon fat, and toss with the shallots and pecans.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 107.25 Kcal (449 kJ)
Calories from fat 54 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6g 9%
Cholesterol 15.5mg 5%
Sodium 329.45mg 14%
Potassium 204.36mg 4%
Total Carbs 7.09g 2%
Sugars 3.4g 14%
Dietary Fiber 2.83g 11%
Protein 6.7g 13%
Vitamin C 32.9mg 55%
Vitamin A 0.6mg 19%
Iron 10.5mg 58%
Calcium 32.6mg 3%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 84.2 Kcal (353 kJ)
Calories from fat 42.39 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 4.71g 9%
Cholesterol 12.17mg 5%
Sodium 258.65mg 14%
Potassium 160.44mg 4%
Total Carbs 5.56g 2%
Sugars 2.67g 14%
Dietary Fiber 2.23g 11%
Protein 5.26g 13%
Vitamin C 25.8mg 55%
Vitamin A 0.4mg 19%
Iron 8.2mg 58%
Calcium 25.6mg 3%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 2.1
    Points
  • 3
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low cholesterol

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