Green Bean Bacon Bundles.
Have any love to spare? These bundles need it.
Remember when I made those strawberry lemonade cupcakes? The cupcakes that I treated like dirt? The cupcakes that I felt were undeserving of my love? And my chew? The cupcakes that I just wasn’t into?
These came out of my kitchen that same day. Weeks ago. Days ago. 850 years ago. What decade is it?
I must not have been feeling the kitchen that day. Sometimes I love it, other days I loathe it. Some days my breads rise, my cupcakes fluff and my chicken caramelizes. Others my cake sinks, my garlic bread burns, my steak tastes like rubber and my broccoli… well, my broccoli dies. In the crisper drawer. Like always.
[I just learn to move on. Because in the grand scheme of things, broccoli is disgusting. Always. Always, always, always.]
No idea what was going on that day. I baked. Things worked. I ate. Lots. I walked 6 miles. Developed the worst blisters I’ve ever had in my life. Consoled myself with ice cream. Watched Father of the Bride. Twice.
Ate bacon. Bacon! How can a day with bacon be… blah?!
Weeks ago, a lovely reader named Laura sent me this recipe. Hi Laura! For some odd reason… she thought this had my name all over it. I have no idea why. Bacon. Butter. Bacon. Butter.
No idea.
Made them. Loved them! Adapted the recipe just slightly. Fresh green beans. Less butter. More broiling. Took weeeeeks to share them with you. Maybe because they sort of look like spiders? That’s got to be what you’re thinking. Right? I know it is. Because I know you. Me and you? We’re likethis.
Which means you will love these. They are green bean fries meets crispy bacon meets brown sugar garlic bath. Don’t say no.
Green Bean Bacon Bundles
Ingredients
- 1 pound fresh green beans
- 10-12 slices of thick-cut bacon
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 2 cloves of garlic, minced
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Spray a 9 x 13 baking dish with non-stick spray.
- Wash and thoroughly dry green beans, then season with salt and pepper. Bundle together about 5-8 green beans – this will depend on your size of beans and the amount of beans you get for one pound. Bundle together as many as you’d like! Using a slice of bacon, wrap it around the center of the beans to hold it together. Lay the bundle bacon seam side down in the baking dish to hold it together. Repeat with remaining beans.
- Heat a small saucepan over low heat. Add butter, brown sugar and garlic and whisk until melted and combined. Using a pastry brush, brush the mixture over top of each green bean bundle. Cover the bundles with foil and bake for 35 minutes. Remove foil and bake for 10-15 minutes more, just until bacon gets crispy.
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210 Comments on “Green Bean Bacon Bundles.”
loving that last photo. what a beautiful and tasty side. YUM!
Since bacon is a breakfast-y food, so it’s okay that I’m whipping these up at 8.30am… riiiiight? Thought so :)
Absolutely.
HOLY yum…this looks so good! I actually loved your strawberry lemonade cupcakes – I made them – minus the strawberry :-( I didn’t have any…..but the lemon part was DELISH!!! I love anything lemon – and chocolate…oh and bacon.
SO glad you liked them!
Yum! These look amazing!
These look gorgeous! I’m going to keep them in mind when I get some fresh green beans. I think they will taste 10000 times better. You make veggies look good
I’m with you Kat!
GORGEOUS photos!
Jessica makes does make veggies look good!
I LOVE green beans!
I HATE broccoli!
What a great idea Jessica. I love how wrapping the bean bundles in bacon makes them look so fancy. This looks great for a dinner party.
I have been looking for some new green bean recipes! These are perfect!
Oh my goodness… (I think I say this every time I comment on your page) Your recipes just blow me away! These are so pretty and elegant looking. Perfect for guests.
Thanks Jessica!
I just laughed at the word “bacon bundles” – I’ll have to wait until vegetarian month is over at our house, but I know Meeker will swoon when I make these. Recipe bookmarked.
Wow. These look amazing! Thanks for sharing!
wow, this is sinful!
I make something similar to this, but I (*gasp*) just pour a can of Campbell’s French Onion soup over the top of the bean bundles and broil. I’m definitely going to try this recipe though, as my husband LOVES my cheat version.
Um, I think that sounds fabulous.
HOLY YUM! Must make. Now.
YUM. They look so tasty and lovely!
Those green beans look absolutely delicious and I can just imagine the wonderful flavor with the bacon grease dripping over them! I want them now…and I just ate my bowl of cereal.
This is bookmarked!
Love the bundle idea!
My favorite recipe!! I’ve been doing it at Thanksgiving for years. I add one more thing though instead of salt.. 1 tablespoon of soy sauce!
Great idea! Love that.
If I keep reading your blog I’ll have to buy bacon again one day. These look fabulous! I have resisted the bacon on everything trend, but my or my, you are talking to me now!
If you bought bacon from simply reading my blog, I would consider that a giant success. ;)
Have you ever cooked bacon on the grill? You just get a tray that fits on the grill and cook it like you would in a frying pan. Except it gets that amazing smokey grill flavor!
Oh my gosh… no I haven’t, and was just wondering yesterday if it was possible!
Yes! I think you can do it right on the grill, but I do it using a big pancake griddle pan (so the drippings don’t get all nasty)!
I love these! I make these, but instead of the brown sugar I marinate the green beans in Italian dressing first and they are so delicious!
That sounds fabulous!
wow. This will make many bacon lovers happy and trick them to eat their veggies. :)
These look amazing!!!! I love anything caramelized so this recipe is being printed out for future use, pronto!
I think you are single-handily giving bacon it’s biggest culinary comeback. Then again I actually can’t remember a time it wasn’t in style, we just weren’t giving it the respect it deserves.
I have always heard of bacon with asparagus but never with green beans! Got to try this out!
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Green beans don’t usually make me say “I need to eat this rightthissecond” but I seriously want to make those tonight. Genius.
bahaha i laiughed at the very last sentence “bacon for life” like all the green bean bundles are buddies and best friends and sticking together hahaha
Oh man, I got this recipe from my stepmother-in-law a couple of years ago (just with a whole stick of butter and a half cup of brown sugar! yum!)… most crowd pleasing dish I’ve ever made. Ever! So, so, so, so good! Whenever we have potlucks at work, or for parties, or holiday dinners, these are requested!
I just had to share…
Since you’ve told us how much you enjoy anything romance-related as far as books go, I had to recommend Lunch in Paris by Elizabeth Bard. It’s a love story with recipes in addition to the chapters. Can’t put it down!
Ah! Thank you Vanessa!
Awesome recipe!! Bacon makes everything taste wonderful. These are such cute bundles too!!
Is there anything that you won’t put bacon around?
We planted a lot of Kentucky Wonder green beans this year. They are just starting to climb the ropes up the poles. I plan to cook a lot of fresh green beans, pickle them and can them… and now I plan to make these too! I think these would love fabulous on a huge platter for Thanksgiving! Thanks for the recipe!
I am dying over here! Bacon is my guilty pleasure! The kind you put on a pan and bake in the over-not the microwave kind! Ahhhhhhh–I need some bacon!
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I want to try this recipe out for my kids, especially my four year old. He is afraid of trying green beans but maybe with some bacon he’ll change his mind!
Wow! Those look amazing! I have to say – I like the adaptation you’ve done better than the original! I love the fact that you baked them til the bacon was crisp and have a tiny bit of char on them – which is where the flavor is! Awesome post!
I showed this to my husband and his first comment was “mmmmmm. Ooh. It would work with asparagus too!” yuck! :)
I’m a guy – and when I saw these, the first thing I said was “WOW, that should work with asparagus, too!” LOL!
Yum I bet they were little bundles of tasty joy! x x
These look delicious! I love all your tasty recipes and beautiful pictures that go along with it!
love these! I have made them with asparagus also, but they sure never look half as pretty as yours!
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Made these last night — incredible. Thanks for the recipe!
Now this is a “present” I would love to get for any occasion!! LOL
great blog! these are so cute wrapped up in tiny little bundles! i love this recipe, it’s a great summer bbq one!
Such a fun way to prepare green beans. Love the name “bundles” too!
Great idea!
totally making these with the flank steak right now. looking forward to eating it!!!!
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Ha, I just love your posts.. You and me? We’re like this.. lol. I am so making these.. tommorow.. before work.. at 6:00 am. I mean how can I be expected to work without bacon?
Bacon…..beauty in its truest form. This looks great!
These look amazing. I’ll have to try them when our beans grow in and report back! :)