Bacon Ranch Green Beans
This quick and easy green bean recipe is loaded with mushrooms, bacon, garlic, & crispy onions and is a delicious side dish suitable for any occasion.
I love the combination of crisp-tender green beans with mushrooms & onions but throwing in bacon, crispy onions, and ranch seasoning makes them extra special! I found this recipe on Dinner at the Zoo that sounded delicious and I thought these bacon ranch green beans would pair nicely with the pork chops I was serving for dinner. This recipe was simple to throw together and the whole family thought it was a tasty side dish.
How to Make Bacon Ranch Green Beans
Heat 1 tablespoon of butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and mushrooms and cook for 7-10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until golden brown. Season with a bit of sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste. Remove from the pan to a bowl and set aside until needed.
Place the green beans in the same skillet with 2 tablespoons of water and turn the heat up to medium-high heat. Cook, stirring occasionally until the green beans are crisp-tender and the water has evaporated about 3-5 minutes.
Add the mushrooms and onions back to the skillet along with the last 1 tablespoon of butter and the ranch seasoning. Stir to coat evenly then taste and add more ranch until you get to your desired flavor level. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 1-2 minutes. Pour onto a serving plate and top with the toasted fried onions and bacon bits. Serve immediately. Enjoy.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp butter, divided
- ½ small red onion, diced
- 4 oz button mushrooms, sliced
- Sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste
- 8 oz haricot verts **If you use regular green beans, you will need to cook them a bit longer
- 2 tbsp water
- 1-2 tsp Ranch dressing seasoning powder
- 3 tbsp fried onions, toasted until golden brown
- 2 tbsp bacon bits
Instructions
- Heat 1 tablespoon of butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and mushrooms and cook for 7-10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until golden brown. Season with a bit of sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste. Remove from the pan to a bowl and set aside until needed.
- Place the green beans in the same skillet with 2 tablespoons of water and turn the heat up to medium-high heat. Cook, stirring occasionally until the green beans are crisp-tender and the water has evaporated about 3-5 minutes.
- Add the mushrooms and onions back to the skillet along with the last 1 tablespoon of butter and the ranch seasoning. Stir to coat evenly then taste and add more ranch until you get to your desired flavor level. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 1-2 minutes.
- Pour onto a serving plate and top with the toasted fried onions and bacon bits. Serve immediately. Enjoy.
Bacon makes life better 🙂 This looks so inviting!
This looks great! Love the combo of bacon and green beans. Or bacon with anything, really. 🙂
Going to be cooked regularly at my house! So Good!!
Valita,
I’m so glad you liked them! Thanks for taking the time to let me know.
-Pam
I’m more of a cooked-several hours-soft-green-bean kind of guy but these look good enough to almost get me to try them 🙂
Great way to flavor green beans.
Pam, the bacon ranch green beans would certainly be a big hit at our home, they look great.
Pam,
Another of your posts recipes that was a success.
I made this last night to pair with the really good Costco Brats which we grilled.
I left out the mushrooms because I found I didn’t have them like I thought I did and the green beans and bacon were really, really good anyway.
I think the mushrooms would’ve added even more.
And A+ recipe.
Thanks again for a cook again many times and pass on side dish!
Anne Olson
Anne,
Good to know it was tasty without the mushrooms but I hope you’ll try it with them sometime because the combo is pretty delicious!
-Pam