Bacon Green Beans

Lemon juice and garlic add nice flavor to green beans, and you can't go wrong with some bacon too.

Ingredients:

- 6 strips of bacon, chopped

- 1 small onion, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 garlic cloves, minced (or equivalent minced dried garlic)

- 1/4 cup white wine or chicken broth

- 9 cups frozen green beans, thawed
- salt, to taste (1/2 teaspoon or less)
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper

- 2 to 3 tablespoons lemon juice

Addendum: You can use 3 pieces of bacon + 12 oz green beans with pretty much the same amounts of the other ingredients.

Directions:

In a large skillet, cook the bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove to paper towels.

In the same skillet with the bacon drippings, add the butter. Saute the onion until tender. Add the garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in wine; bring to a boil. Simmer (uncovered) for 5-8 minutes or until liquid is reduced by half.

Add the green beans, salt, garlic powder, and pepper; heat through. Stir in the lemon juice and bacon.