My Mom’s Fabulous Green Beans

Yield: Serves 6 – 8

4 strips bacon, cut into slivers
1 medium onion, finely chopped
2, 28-ounce can flat-cut green beans (also called Italian green beans)
2 teaspoons salt or more to taste
1 teaspoon pepper

1. Fry bacon until it’s beginning to crisp. Add onions and cook until onions are tender. Drain off bacon grease.
2. Drain one can of green beans but leave the other can with juice. Dump both cans into an oven-proof cooking pot. Add bacon and onions, salt and pepper and gently fold in. After heating, do not stir or the green beans will break up.
3. Cook over medium heat just until beginning to simmer. Then turn heat to medium-low and cook gently 30-45 minutes, until green beans loose their “canned” look and are to your liking.