Green Beans with Mushrooms and Bacon

Course: Side Dish

Keyword: bacon, green beans, mushrooms

Servings:

Author: Southern Living, NOVEMBER 2006

Ingredients

2 pounds fresh green beans trimmed
8 bacon slices
3 cups sliced shiitake mushrooms about 7 oz.
1/4 cup chopped shallots
1/8 to 1/4 tsp. dried crushed red pepper
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt

Instructions

Cook beans in boiling salted water to cover in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat 4 minutes or until crisp-tender; drain. Plunge into ice water to stop the cooking process; drain and set aside.
Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium-low heat until crisp; remove bacon, and drain on paper towels, reserving 1 1/2 Tbsp. drippings in skillet. Discard remaining drippings. Crumble bacon.
Sauté mushrooms and shallots in hot drippings over medium-high heat 5 minutes or until shallots are tender. Add green beans and crushed red pepper; sauté 1 to 2 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Stir in crumbled bacon, 1/2 tsp. black pepper, and 1/4 tsp. salt.

Notes

Haricots verts are perfect for this recipe.

Asparagus With Mushrooms and Bacon: Substitute 2 lb. fresh asparagus for green beans. Snap off and discard tough ends of asparagus. Cut asparagus into 1 1/2- inch pieces. Proceed with recipe as directed, cooking asparagus pieces for 2 to 4 minutes.

Sugar Snaps With Mushrooms and Bacon: Substitute 1 1/2 lb. sugar snap peas, trimmed, for green beans. Proceed with recipe as directed.

Green Beans with Mushrooms and Bacon