Sweet Sour Green Bean Soup Recipes

GREEN BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, combine green beans, garlic, parsley, salt and water to cover and cook until beans are tender.
• Fry bacon until crisp, set aside. Add onion and flour to bacon grease, stirring until smooth and brown. Add some water from the beans, stirring slowly and constantly to prevent lumps.
• Cook to thicken a bit, then add it to the bean soup and bring to a boil. Stir crisp bacon, sour cream and vinegar.

SWEET AND SOUR GREEN BEANS WITH BACON

Steps:

• Place green beans in a microwave-safe bowl and add enough water to make a layer in the bottom; heat in microwave until green beans are tender yet firm to the bite, 1 to 3 minutes. Drain.
• Heat peanut oil in a large wok or skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion until tender, 5 to 10 minutes. Transfer onion to a bowl and discard any remaining oil.
• Place the bacon in the wok or skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Drain bacon slices on paper towels and cut into bite-size pieces. Reserve 4 to 5 tablespoons bacon drippings in the wok.
• Mix onion, brown sugar, vinegar, and liquid smoke in the reserved bacon drippings; cook and stir until sauce is bubbling and brown sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Add green beans to sauce and stir to coat; cook until green beans are heated through, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Transfer green bean mixture to a microwave-safe casserole dish; season with black pepper. Serve immediately or warm in the microwave, if needed.

SWEET AND SOUR GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• In a skillet, cook bacon until crisp; drain, reserving 2 tablespoons of drippings. Crumble the bacon and set aside. Saute the onion in drippings until tender. Stir in flour until thoroughly combined. Add water, vinegar and sugar. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly; cook and stir 2 minutes more. Gently stir in beans and heat through. Sprinkle with bacon. Serve immediately.

SWEET AND SOUR GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Cook bacon in a medium skillet over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until well-browned. Add onion and cook until translucent. Stir in flour and cook 2 minutes more.
• Pour vinegar and 3/4 cup of the reserved green bean liquid into the pan. Add sugar, salt, and pepper, and stir to combine. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and stir in the green beans. Continue cooking at a low simmer until beans are hot.

SWEET AND SOUR GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium until browned, 3 to 4 minutes per side. With tongs, transfer to a paper-towel-lined plate (reserve skillet with pan drippings).
• Add onion to skillet; season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally, until onion starts to brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Add green beans and 1/4 cup water; cook, tossing occasionally, until beans are bright green and tender, about 10 minutes.
• Crumble bacon into skillet; add vinegar and sugar. Cook until a syrupy sauce forms, 2 minutes, tossing to coat. Serve immediately.

GREEN BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat up 2 or 3 tablespoons of olive oil and add 2 tablespoons of butter.
• Once the butter melts, add finely chopped onions and garlic and sautee for a few minutes.
• Add finely diced bacon and saute for 5 more minutes. You can also use cooked ham for this green bean soup recipe.
• In the meantime, clean the green beans and dice your potatoes.
• Add the green beans and potatoes, mix well and sautee for 5 more minutes.
• Pour in the chicken stock/broth and water. Add 4-5 allspice corns, 3 bay leaves and a generous amount of salt & pepper.
• Cover the pot and simmer on low for 30 minutes.
• Use the time to hard boil 4-5 eggs. Once cooked, peel and finely chop these.
• Once 30 minutes have elapsed, remove the bay leaves from our green bean soup.
• Mix 3 tablespoons of all purpose flour with 500ml (5 cups) of whipping cream.
• Whisk the cream & flour mixture into the soup and make sure no lumps are forming.
• Keep stirring the soup until it thickens, it will take 2-3 minutes as the flour cooks.
• Add the chopped eggs and fresh dill into the green bean soup now. Season with a pinch of ground nutmeg.
• Now comes the most important phase, we need to finalize the taste with sugar and vinegar. I've added 5 tablespoons of sugar and 4 tablespoons of vinegar. Please keep in mind that you might have to adjust these amounts based on what sugar, and especially vinegar, you are using. Aim for a balanced sweet & sour taste, where none of them dominates.
• Simmer for a few minutes so the flavors combine and give the soup a final taste. You will likely have to add more salt, which is usually the case with creamy soups that contain potatoes and this green bean soup is no exception.
• Once you're happy with the taste, our green bean soup is ready. I'm serving it with fresh bread and some more chopped dill as garnish.

SWEET & SOUR GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Fry BACON and remove from fat.
• Mix SUGAR, VINEGAR and GARLIC; add to hot BACON FAT.
• Cook mixture for about 5 minutes over medium high heat.
• Place BEANS in a shallow baking dish.
• Sprinkle ALMONDS over BEANS.
• Place ONION rings on top of ALMONDS.
• Crumble BACON over the top of the ONIONS.
• Pour SUGAR/VINEGAR/GARLIC/BACON FAT mixture over the top of the BACON.
• Bake at 250 degrees for 4 hours.
• For a better presentation, I would drain the liquid off of the beans before serving, or serve the beans in soup bowls. But, keep the liquid, just in case you do reheat the beans.