Dutch Snap Beans

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1/2 lb bacon, cut into small pieces
• 2 onions, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, chopped
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 lbs fresh green beans, snapped or cut
• 4 medium tomatoes, blanched,peeled and chopped,saving the juice
• 1 cup dry white
• salt and pepper
• 1 teaspoon basil

Recipe

• 1 cook bacon until limp and curling, saving the grease.
• 2 in a large pan or dutch oven, saute onions and garlic in butter over low heat.
• 3 add green beans, tomatoes, juice from tomatoes, bacon, bacon grease and white .
• 4 season with salt, pepper and basil.
• 5 cover and let the mixture simmer for 30 minutes, or until beans are tender.
• 6 add small amounts of or water if the sauce reduces too much during the cooking.
• 7 there should be about 1/2 cup liquid remaining when the beans are cooked.