Country-style Green Beans W/bacon, Onions And Balsamic Vinegar

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 (14 1/2 ounce) cans green beans, drain 3 cans
• 8 slices bacon, cooked crisp and drained
• pepper
• 1 onion, chopped
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon dark brown sugar, divided
• 1 tablespoon good balsamic vinegar
• salt and pepper
• 2 -4 tablespoons bacon butter pan drippings
• 1 tablespoon good balsamic vinegar, divided
• 2 tablespoons butter

Recipe

• 1 fry bacon in pan til done sprinkling both sides as it cooks with coarse ground pepper.
• 2 drain on paper towels, set aside.
• 3 add half a stick of butter to bacon grease, (4 tbl.).
• 4 add chopped onion and 1 tbl. balsamic vinegar and cook slowly over low heat for about 20 minutes til soft and sweet.
• 5 remove from heat.
• 6 in crockpot, put 2 cans (drained) green beans.
• 7 sprinkle with a little salt and pepper.
• 8 sprinkle with half the bacon, broken into small pieces.
• 9 sprinkle with half the cooked onions.
• 10 sprinkle with half, (1/2 tsp.), dark brown sugar.
• 11 drizzle with 1-2 tbl. bacon/butter grease from pan. (yes, do this.)lol.
• 12 drizzle with 1/2 tbl. balsamic vinegar.
• 13 repeat everything (*just draining one can, and add the fourth (last) can of green beans with the water from can pouring over evenly.).
• 14 give all this a very gentle fold, folding only 2-3 times. any more, and your green beans will begin to break up.
• 15 cut up your 2 tbl. butter into 8 pieces and dot top.
• 16 cover and heat over high til hot throughout.
• 17 about 45 minutes.
• 18 you can also do this on the stove, or even in the oven in a casserole dish (covered.).