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FRIED GREEN BEANS  
If you ever run out of garden fresh green beans or garden canned beans and hate them out of a tin can try this trick to bring out the southern taste straight from a tin can
Just drain your family size can Of green beans get you a cast iron skillet with some butter salt and pepper and fry them.. that’s right. Pan fry them .. salt and pepper them and let them go until they are completely wilted down in volume
Note: When frying them I use butter when frying them because I use no water and I don’t want them too greasy but a smidge of good bacon grease or fat will work as well if you prefer

Questions and Comments from my FB Recipe Group 

Ted Crawford

Do you use high heat & brown them, or medium & cover?·

Serena Ellison

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I don’t cover them.. when I was making these I just let them go as I was fixing my other foods.. I was frying chicken as well on another burner so I would occasionally use the spatula to turn them so they didn’t blacken.. I guess it was medium high heat for the most part and as they began to wilt down in volume I gradually turned the heat down and eventually off.
  • Renee Christian

    That’s how I make my garden and store bought. Sooooo good! I’ve always called them granny beans.
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    Serena Ellison

    I use a lot more volume of beans if from garden so I like to use a CI Dutch oven with lid for those. This old fashioned way is definitely a good one too.. both methods are super simple tried and true recipes. I love your name you gave it .. I think I’ll use that “Granny Beans” haha 😂
  • Elayne Curry

    i add tad of sugar ,they loose their sugar in canning ,little onion ,tad of garlic powder ! yum ! i like canned grn beans ! let them cook in juice for a lttle ,oops ! tad of bacon grease ! gotta have bacon grease ! you can do in micro or stove top

    Sherry Church Browning

    My mom use to do that too. That is also how she cooked pickled beans. Have you ever tried putting a beef or chicken boullion cube in them?
    Serena Ellison
    not while pan frying them but have while boiling down or canning them
  • Linda Tucker

    wow, thanks for the tip”
  • Kelly C. Douthit

    My momma cooked them like this 50+ years. I do too, 30+ years now.
  • Sandra Whitworth

    Oh my goodness..that looks soo yummmy
  • Karen Manchester

    I do this very often. I fry up bacon pieces to add to the green beans.
    • yummy
 

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