Snap Beans in Southern Style
Ingredients
Directions
Place bacon in a small pot with 1 cup of cold water.
Boil the bacon for 10 minutes.
Add the snap beans and cover the pot.
Boil for at least 30 minutes while the breakfast fire is burning.
Season to taste before serving.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Snap beans
- Form the main body of the dish, becoming tender as they simmer slowly.
- Bacon
- Releases smoky fat and flavor into the cooking water, seasoning the beans.
The step that matters
Boil the beans for at least 30 minutes. Snap beans contain tough fibers and raw-tasting compounds that only break down with long, steady cooking. Stopping early leaves them fibrous and grassy.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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