The Spicy Olive Green Beans with Mushrooms and Bacon
You could use sugar snap pears or asparagus instead of green beans!
Ingredients
  • 2pounds fresh green beanstrimmed
  • 8slices Bacon
  • 3cups shiitake mushroomssliced
  • 1/4cup Shallotsliced
  • 1/8-1/4teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
  • 1/2teaspoon freshly ground pepper
  • 1/4teaspoon Salt
  • 2-3teaspoons The Spicy Olive’s Wild Mushroom and Sage Olive Oil
Instructions
  1. Cook beans in boiling salt water for a few minutes until crisp tender, then plunge in ice water to stop cooking process. Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp, remove bacon. Drain on paper towels. Discard drippings and crumble bacon.
  2. Saute mushrooms and shallots in the Wild Mushroom and Sage olive oil until the shallots are tender. Add green beans and crushed red pepper and saute 1-2 minutes more. Stir in bacon, black pepper and salt.