Pennsylvania Dutch Green Beans

Name: Pennsylvania Dutch Green Beans
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 6 slices bacon; 2 medium onions, chopped; 4 teaspoons cornstarch; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard; 2 tablespoons brown sugar; 2 tablespoons vinegar; 2 (10 ounce) packages frozen cut green beans or 2 (1 lb) cans cut string beans, cooked; 1 cup fresh water (or water from cooked frozen bean or 1/2 cup liquid from can plus 1/2 cup water)

Submitted by Brad Beckwith

"A delicious variation from the Yankee Church Supper Cookbook"

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Ready In:: 20mins
Ingredients:: 9
Serves:: 8

ingredients

6 slices bacon
2 medium onions, chopped
4 teaspoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ teaspoon dry mustard
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons vinegar
2 (10 ounce) packages frozen cut green beans or (1 lb) cans cut string beans, cooked
1 cup fresh water (or water from cooked frozen bean or 1/2 cup liquid from can plus 1/2 cup water)

directions

Fry bacon until crisp and drain on paper towel.
Saute onion in bacon fat until golden.In small bowl, mix cornstarch, salt, mustard,sugar and vinegar.
Add liquid from beans and beat until smooth.
Add this mixture to bacon fat in pan and boil until thickened slightly.
Add green beans and stir well.
Crush bacon and sprinkle on top.
May be garnished with sliced hard cooked egg.

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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY

Brad Beckwith

Astor, FL

I'm retired in Astor, FL Favorite cookbook: "Too Good to be True" by Chet Beckwith. I enjoy cooking in the kitchen and on the grill; boating; reading; home improvement projects; partying with friends. Pet peeve: bad drivers. Month off - stay on a South Seas island.

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