Old Fashioned Green Beans And Potatoes Recipes

Steps:

• Wash beans thoroughly. Snap off ends and remove strings.
• Break into 2 inch pieces.
• Peel potatoes and cut in half.
• In a large pot fry bacon, just until it starts to brown.
• Add the beans and potatoes.
• Cover with water. Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat and simmer on medium for about 1 hour.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• ****I also threw some onions in the pot as well. The onions added a little more flavor.

Steps:

• In a large cast-iron or other heavy skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp, about 5 minutes. Add the beans, brown sugar and water. Stir gently; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until beans are crisp-tender, 15 minutes. Remove to a serving bowl with a slotted spoon.

Steps:

• In pot cover green beans with water and boil till tender with potatoes and bacon (or ham hock); drain.
• Add your favorite seasoning (I like butter, salt, and pepper).
• Remember ham hocks take a little longer than green beans, so if you use a ham hock, boil it first till tender then add the rest and cook. I personally never use ham hock due to fat content--I usually just use the bacon strips. I only listed it here as it was in the old south recipe.

Steps:

• Place bacon in large saucepan and cover with water; boil 20 minutes.
• Add green beans, onions, salt, sugar and cayenne; boil 15 minutes.
• Add potatoes; boil until potatoes are tender.

Steps:

• Remove the ends from the beans. Snap the beans in 2 pieces, place into a colander, wash, and set aside to drain.
• Meanwhile, in a large cast iron Dutch oven, lightly brown the salt pork in the bacon grease over medium heat, turning often, for approximately 10 minutes. Toss the green beans into the pot, stirring them with a wooden spoon to coat well with the pork fat. Add the broth, salt, pepper and garlic powder. Cook over medium-low heat, covered tightly, for approximately 30 minutes, or until the beans are half done.
• While the beans are cooking, peel a center strip from each new potato with a potato peeler. At the end of 30 minutes, add the potatoes and onion to the beans; add 1/4 cup more broth, if needed. Cook, covered tightly, until the potatoes are tender, approximately 25 to 30 minutes, periodically checking the pot to make sure a small amount of liquid remains. When the potatoes are tender, tilt the lid slightly, off to the side of the pot, and continue to cook until the green beans are wilted, approximately 15 minutes. While cooking, add the butter and season with more pepper if needed.

Steps:

• Wash beans and snap them into 1 1/2" pieces, discarding ends.
• Cover with water and add salt and bacon grease.
• Cover and bring to a boil.
• Turn down to simmer and continue cooking for about an hour.
• Pour off water and add 2 T butter. Let sit with lid on for a minute for butter to melt, then toss beans a little to distribute butter.