Pennsylvania Dutch Green Beans Recipes

Steps:

• 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.

Steps:

• Cook bacon in large skillet until crisp.
• Drain, crumble and reserve.
• Pour off all but 1 tablespoon drippings; add onion, and saute until tender.
• Blend in cornstarch, salt and mustard.
• Drain beans, reserving 1/2 cup liquid.
• Stir reserved liquid into skillet.
• Cook, stirring constantly, until thickened and bubbly.
• Stir in sugar and vinegar.
• Add beans; heat until bubbly-hot.
• Sprinkle with crumbled bacon and egg.

Steps:

• Fry bacon to crisp, crumble.
• Leave 2 tbls drippings& brown onion lightly.
• Stir in cornstarch, salt& dry mustard.
• Drain beans, reserving 1/2 cup liquid.
• Stir liquid into skillet& cook, stirring until it starts to boil.
• Blend in brown sugar& vinegar.
• Add bean and heat through.
• Garnish with crumbled bacon& sliced egg.
• (I always double this recipe for family gatherings, if not, it will never be enough).

Steps:

• Soak beans over night in cold water.
• Drain,and add 1 1/2 quarts fresh water,and the onion and cook slowly until the skins on the beans burst.
• Drain and save the liquid.
• Mix molasses, sasoning and catsup with 1 cup of the liquid.
• Put half the salt pork or bacon in bottom of bean pot or baking dish.
• Add the beans and top with remainder of pork or bacon.
• Pour molasses mixture over beans, and add more liquid just to cover the beans.
• Bake covered for 5 hours in slow oven(300 degrees). Uncover for the last 30 minutes. Add water if necessary while cooking.

Steps:

• Cook beans in boiling salted water until tender, about 15 to 20 minutes; drain.
• Cut bacon in small pieces and fry until crisp, reserving 2 tablespoons of fat.
• Add onion to bacon and cook until a golden brown; add to beans.
• Combine flour, sugar, mustard, salt and paprika; blend with the two tablespoons of bacon fat; brown well, stirring constantly.
• Add vinegar and water and cook until thickened (you're looking for a medium to medium/thin sauce).
• Pour over beans and let stand in a warm place for 1/2 hour before serving.