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Ingredients
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/2 pound slab bacon, skin removed and cut into lardons
- 2 garlic cloves, smashed
- Pinch crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/2 pound button mushrooms, stemmed and sliced
- Kosher salt
- 1 pound string beans, stems removed
- 1 cup chicken stock
Directions
Coat a large straight sided skillet lightly with olive oil. Add the bacon, garlic and red pepper flakes and bring to a medium heat. Cook until the bacon has gotten brown and crispy and has let off most of the fat. When the garlic becomes golden brown and very aromatic, remove and discard. They have fulfilled their garlic destiny.
Add the mushrooms to the bacon pan, season with salt, to taste, and cook until they become soft, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add the beans and the chicken stock, season with salt, to taste, cover and cook over medium-low heat for 40 to 45 minutes. If the liquid reduces too much during the cooking time, add water to make up the difference. Remove the lid and cook until almost all of the liquid is reduced. When done the beans should be very tender, almost falling apart and VERY flavorful. Transfer to a serving bowl and serve.
What a bean!
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By Chef #1007882
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on February 04, 2013
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After about 25 minutes, I still did not have this wonderful smell wafting through the kitchen and a quick taste revealed that the beans were already tender but just sort of bland and the ingredients seemingly were not coming together. I had used nitrate free uncured bacon and organic chicken broth and maybe that was the issue? So, I had to resort to adding [more] salt, tasting, adding salt again, and, in the end, probably more of it than I would have liked to add -- but, that did the trick and finally, the recipe came together. Yes, it was good (we were eating this side dish and finished it without having touched our main course. I also like this recipe because it's easy.
By mrsmay22
on February 01, 2013
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everyone loved it, made it again!
By kbau74
Oviedo, FL
on September 08, 2012
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Delicious. I grew up in the South as well, and never liked fresh green beans until now. My entire family is the same, and they all loved this dish. I made the recipe just as written, except switched out the mushrooms for onions instead. Next time I might leave out a little of the bacon. Otherwise, perfect.
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