Reviewed: May 16, 2013

Fixed these tonight and all 4 of us loved them. Will definitely fix again, the bacon added a nice flavor to the otherwise plain jane beans we normally have!

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Faith N

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Smoaks, South Carolina, USA

Living In: Walterboro, South Carolina, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 13, 2013

Made this for my hubby. He loved it. Said that he could eat just this as a meal. I also added onions sauted with the bacon grease and garlic and crushed pepper flakes. 2 thumbs up!

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Sweetness

Reviewed: Dec. 25, 2012

I used fresh green beans and steamed them first. I made with a bit of garlic powder and skipped the Red pepper. It was good, although I could have cooked the beans a bit more. Everyone liked it.

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Nancy

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Nov. 2, 2012

Our family eats a lot of green beans so this was a nice change to our regular ones. Will make it again (just not often, not so healthy)

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SUNSHINE24

Cooking Level: Beginning

Home Town: Kingston, Idaho, USA

Living In: Osburn, Idaho, USA

Reviewed: Aug. 30, 2012

This was a good basic recipe. I blanched my fresh beans for 3 min, cooked the bacon and the chopped onion (like other reviewers suggested) ahead of time. The bacon cut into 1/2 inch pieces fries up more quickly and is perfect for a crumbled consistensy with the beans. Threw everything together with the garlic for final saute just before meal time. I also added about 1/4 cup of good balsalmic vinegar at the end of the saute which made this side even better! 4 stars for basic recipe and 5 stars with the added onion and balsalmic vinegar...Yummm I will serve this again!

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Jill

Reviewed: Jul. 2, 2012

This was so easy to make and my boyfriend, who is a chef, raved and raved about it. Okay, I did what others have done, and replaced the bacon with diced pancetta cause I don't like bacon. It wasn't as greasy as bacon would be so I threw in a tablespoon of extra light olive oil. I am so thrilled with the results and so thrilled that my boyfriend loved it. Thanks!

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hibell

Reviewed: Jul. 1, 2012

It was good. We used garden fresh beans and blanched them instead of using frozen. Tasty recipe our kids liked.

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fryinpan

Cooking Level: Beginning

Living In: Shingle Springs, California, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 28, 2012

Chinese style of this version: Omit the red pepper and bacon - 4 tablespoons of canola oil, throw in the garlic and brown it, add in the french beans, add in abit of water maybe about 7 tablespoons, Add half cup mini or medium sized dry scallops (you can get it in Chinese marts maybe Chinatown?), 2 tablespoons of soysauce (Optional: 2 tablespoon of Hua Tiao Chew) and salt to taste!

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Emi

Reviewed: Apr. 13, 2012

This had wonderful flavor and a little heat too. Loved it! I used precooked bacon so there wasn't any grease left to cook with. I added 2 T of unsalted butter to do that with. I used a wax bean/string bean/baby carrot blend and it was so delicious. Thanks Cheryl for a great side dish.

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