German

Gruene Bohnen (Green Beans with Bacon)

Name: Gruene Bohnen (Green Beans with Bacon)
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: German
Ingredients: 1.5 lb fresh green beans, trimmed; 3 oz speck (smoked bacon), diced; 1/2 onion, finely chopped; 1 tsp dried summer savory; 1 tbsp butter; 1 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper

Annette @annette_muc

Gruene Bohnen (Green Beans with Bacon) is German home cooking, eaten at dinner and lunch. On the plate it is the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

20 min Easy Diabetic friendly Low carb High fiber Gluten free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

1.5 lb fresh green beans, trimmed
3 oz speck (smoked bacon), diced
1/2 onion, finely chopped
1 tsp dried summer savory
1 tbsp butter
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper

How to cook it

Blanch the green beans in boiling salted water for 5 minutes, until just tender but still bright green, then drain.
Cook the diced speck in a skillet over medium heat for 4 minutes, until golden and the fat renders.
Add the onion and summer savory to the skillet and cook for 2 minutes, until the onion softens.
Add the drained green beans and butter to the skillet and toss for 3 minutes, until everything is heated through and well coated.
Season with the salt and pepper and serve warm alongside the main dish.

Watch how to cook Gruene Bohnen (Green Beans with Bacon)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

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Serve it with

A German dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Gruene Bohnen (Green Beans with Bacon), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The dish at the centre
- Abendbrot-Teller mit Putenschinken (Cold Evening Bread Plate with Turkey Ham)
  
  10 min
What it is eaten with
- Bratkartoffeln (German Pan-Fried Potatoes)
  
  25 min
The sharp little thing
- Apfelmus (German Applesauce)
  
  20 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Gruene Bohnen (Green Beans with Bacon) carries dairy. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Gruene Bohnen (Green Beans with Bacon)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Gemuesepfanne (Simple Vegetable Pan)
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 160 kcal
Protein: 5 g
Carbs: 9 g
Fat: 11 g
Fiber: 4 g
Sugar: 2 g
Sodium: 910 mg
Saturated fat: 5 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Gruene Bohnen (Green Beans with Bacon) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at dinner and lunch. It is at its best in summer, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.