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If you’re ok with a couple extra carbs in your healthy vegetable side dishes, you’ll want to try this Low-Carb Green Beans with Bacon recipe. Fresh green beans and cooked bacon strips will elevate your everyday green beans. This fresh low-carb dish is an excellent alternative to plain cooked green beans.
If you don’t have fresh green beans then frozen green beans are fine.
Low-Carb Green Beans with Bacon Recipe
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If you’re ok with a couple extra carbs in your healthy vegetable side dishes, you’ll want to try this Low-Carb Green Beans with Bacon recipe. Fresh green beans and cooked bacon strips will elevate your everyday green beans. This fresh low-carb dish is an excellent alternative to plain cooked green beans. If you don’t have fresh green beans then frozen green beans are fine.
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
Ingredients
- 6 Strips bacon, cut into 1/4 inch pieces
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 pounds fresh green beans
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Fry bacon in pan over medium heat until no longer pink.
- Add pecans and continue cooking until bacon is crispy.
- Add the water, stir, then add green beans.
- Once the water starts to boil, turn heat down and cover the pan.
- Let simmer for about 15 minutes, until the beans are tender, stirring a few times.
- Remove from pan and place in serving dish.
- Season to taste and serve hot.
Nutrition
- Calories: 160
- Fat: 14g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 6g (Net Carbs 3g)
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 5g
Low-Carb Thanksgiving Meal Menu
- Zesty Roast Turkey Recipe
- Mixed Green Salad With Raspberry Vinaigrette Dressing Recipe
- Low-Carb Green Beans with Bacon Recipe
- Low-Carb, Gluten-Free Faux Cauli-Mashed “Potatoes” Recipe
- Low-Carb Pumpkin Cheesecake with Walnut Crust Recipe
Back to Giving Thanks with a Healthy, Low-Carb Thanksgiving Meal article by Franziska Spritzler.
Learn about Franziska’s book The Low Carb Dietitian’s Guide to Health and Beauty.
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