Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Bacon Wrapped Garlic Glazed Green Beans


We enjoy bacon.
It's true. Not even trying to hide it. 
Sue would probably eat it every day for every meal if it were just a touch healthier. We've made a LOT of bacon-y things on our blog. Go ahead... search "bacon" on our site. You'll be a while.
Anyways.... We've never made bacon with green beans or asparagus. Our local grocery store was having a sale on green beans so I thought I'd give it a go. 
Turns out this was a brilliant idea. 
Ooooooooooooh  my goodness. The deliciousness exploded my brain. Not even lying. 
You need to try these. NEED TO. Right now. 
Hurry...
Go...


Bacon Wrapped Garlic Glazed Green Beans

Ingredients
1 lb fresh green beans, ends trimmed
10 - 12 slices of thick cut bacon

Glaze
2 Tbsp butter
1 Tbsp brown sugar
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/8 tsp chili powder

Directions
Preheat oven to 400. Lightly spray a 9 X 13 baking dish with cooking spray. Set aside.
Bundle together about 5 to 8 green beans (depending on how thick the beans are). Wrap a slice of bacon around the bundle of beans and place, seam side down, in the prepared pan. Continue until you have used all the beans/bacon.


Prepare glaze - In a saucepan over medium heat, place the butter, brown sugar, garlic, salt and pepper, and chili powder. 


Cook and stir until bubbly.


Remove from heat and, using a basting or pastry brush, brush the glaze over each of the green bean bundles.


Cover the pan with tin foil and bake at 400 for 35 minutes. Remove the cover.


Continue to bake, uncovered, for 10 to 15 more minutes - until bacon has crisped up.


Serve hot!


So super easy. Am I right?
It takes like 2 seconds to put together and looks all fancy schmancy. 
Like we needed another reason to eat more bacon.....


10 comments:

  1. What a great little dish!! I love it so much I am featuring it tomorrow!! Thanks for sharing on My 2 favorite Things on Thursday - Link Party! Hope to see you again tomorrow!! Pinned!!

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  2. You can't go wrong with bacon wrapped anything! But green beans, that sounds so good! Must try soon. Thanks for sharing!

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  3. Bacon is good with almost anything, isn't it! I think these bacon wrapped beans would be great for entertaining.

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  4. OMG ! They are SO good. Used soysauce instead of salt. My husband and kids loved them too. Made them for new years eve tonight. Yummi ��

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    1. Yay! So glad you enjoyed them. The soy sauce is a brilliant idea :)

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  5. Can I bake it on a cookie sheet instead of a glass baking dish? Do I need to adjust temp or times?

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    1. Yes, you can cook it on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. And, no, you shouldn't have to adjust the temp/time.

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