Take-out Tuesday, Bacon Wrapped Green Bean Salad
My favorite dinner in the summertime is a big salad
To amp up an old Southern standby, Green Bean Bundles,
which are small bunches of green beans wrapped in bacon,
I made them into an easy satisfying salad
Your microwave makes quick work of the prep
Fresh green beans, in a ready to cook steamer bag,
can be blanched in several minutes,
no fuss, no mess…and even though I usually don’t recommend
cooking bacon in the microwave {I don’t think it has as much flavor}
for this recipe it’s all right
because the bacon will be finished in the oven
Microwave the bacon in paper towels until about half way done
Bundle each serving of beans with 1/2 strip of bacon,
or several 1/2 strips of bacon 😋
and place in a shallow baking dish
You can make 1 bundle or as many as you need
Microwave the butter to melt, and add garlic powder and salt
Pour the butter sauce over the bean bundles and sprinkle with brown sugar
Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until bacon is cooked through
Serve atop crisp greens of your choice,
like spinach, romaine, massaged kale or arugula,
and pour pan juices over salad
Season with freshly ground black pepper to taste
You can add chopped cooked chicken if you like to make it even heartier
Green Bean Bundle Salad
Ingredients
- 48 fresh green beans
- 6-8 cups assorted salad greens such as romaine, baby spinach, kale, arugula
- 3-6 slices bacon
- 3 T unsalted butter melted
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 3 T brown sugar
- freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Blanch beans in boiling water until barely tender, or microwave 2-3 minutes.
- Microwave bacon in paper towels, 1-2 minutes until partially cooked.
- Cut bacon strips in half. Bundle beans into 6 piles and wrap 1/2 bacon strip, or several 1/2 strips, around each bundle.
- Place bundles in a shallow greased baking dish.
- Mix garlic and salt with melted butter and pour over bundles. Sprinkle with brown sugar.
- Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until bacon is done. Divide green into individual serving dishes and top with 1-2 bacon bundles. Pour pan drippings over salads. Serve immediately with freshly ground pepper. Makes 3-6 salads
Here are a few more of my favorite dinner salads
Berry Salad with Monte Cristo Croutons
Roasted Summer Vegetable Pesto Pasta Salad
Holiday Salad with Bacon Wrapped Asparagus Croutons
Enjoy!
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Yum Jenna! I haven’t had bacon-wrapped green bean bundles in years! Happy Tuesday ♥
A retro recipe for sure!
What a yummy treat topping for a delicious salad! Thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks Nancy!
Yum! I just started a low carb diet, so this will be a recipe I will bookmark.
Thank you Bernadette, I hope you enjoy it~
I’m always happy to have new salad recipes as they are often on our evening table.
thanks Linda, I love salad for dinner~
Everything is better when it’s wrapped in bacon!
Yes it is!!
Yum, pinned! I love salads in summer!
thanks Rita, will Mr. P eat salad for dinner?
In this heat, a salad for dinner is perfect. This is a great idea to incorporate bacon wrapped green beans into a salad and it looks delicious! Stay cool, Jenna!
Thanks Pam, yes it’s hot!
mmm..bacon 🙂 I am loving this simple, yet very flavourful dish!
Thank you Angie!
Lovely little bundles!
Is there anything that you can’t cook? My mercy the food looks amazing. Jenna, I enjoy cooking and baking too. It brings me joy and especially when I see the joy on others faces as they eat it. Happy Flag Day. Hugs and blessings, Cindy
thank you Cindy, you are the sweetest!
Quite a new take on salad for me. Very pretty!
Green bean bundles are a Southern classic Linda, and the sauce is tasty over the salad greens
I eat a salad everyday at lunch, Jenna, and I think I’d really love these as a side dish. I need to get some bacon and I’m going to fix these little bundles of yumminess.
Thanks Kitty, I hope you enjoy!
Sounds good, and I’m beginning to pick green beans in the garden:@)
I bet your homegrown beans taste amazing!
Lots of great salad recipes! Green beans are in season! Thanks for sharing with us.
thank you Velva!
Jenna, such a great idea to punch up the green beans. We love bacon, so this seems like a winner.
Thanks Linda, have a wonderful Wednesday!
Green beans and bacon, what could be better! Summer has it’s name all over this salad Jenna! You know this is a keeper for me………
Thank you Emily, it’s a yummy combo!
We are big on salads at our house in the summer – inviting recipes!
Thanks so much!
We featured your delicious Bacon Wrapped Green Bean Salad on Full Plate Thursday,594. Thanks so much for sharing your talent with us and come back to see us real soon!
Miz Helen
Thanks so much Miz Helen!