Fresh Green Beans with New Potatoes
in Beans, Potatoes, Side Dish, Vegetables on Friday, September 2, 2011
Two of my favorite vegetables in the summer time are fresh green beans and new potatoes. And when they’re combined and cooked with a little bacon grease, it’s pure bliss.
This is an old-fashioned dish that Bill and I both grew up eating when our Mom’s cooked it. So it brings back great memories from our youth each time I cook it now. I sometimes helped Mom stem and snap the green beans. It was not one of my favorite things to do back then. It was a chore! Love it now though ~ it gives me time to ponder whatever needs pondering.
Mom may have added a ham hock or bacon for seasoning but I usually just add bacon grease or a ham hock. Red or white new potatoes ~ both work and if some of the potatoes are larger, cut them in half. This is perfect comfort food!
Fresh Green Beans with New Potatoes
Ingredients:
2 pounds green beans, stemmed, snapped and washed
¼ cup bacon grease or ham hock
2 pounds new potatoes
Salt and pepper, to taste
Method:
In a dutch oven, place green beans and potatoes.
Cover with water.
Add bacon grease or ham hock.
Bring to a boil.
Lower heat to simmer.
Season with salt and pepper.
Cook until done, about 45 minutes to 1 hour.
Serve
This is a delicious side dish for any meal!
Be sure to visit my friend, Linda’s blog, at My Kind of Cooking for her great cookbook giveaway.
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