Oma's Country Green Beans With Bacon & Onion (Gruene Bohnen) Recipe

Name: Oma's Country Green Beans With Bacon & Onion (Gruene Bohnen) Recipe
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 4 slices bacon, diced (thick slices); 1 medium onion, chopped; 4 (14 1/2 ounce) cans cut green beans, the liquid from 2 cans reserved (or use farm-fresh green beans, cooked and drained, reserving about 1 1/2 cups of the cooking liquid); 1/4 cup all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest (optional); 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper; 1/4 cup fresh parsley, finely chopped divided use; 1 squeeze fresh lemon juice

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Our family favorite country-style green beans, with bacon and onion. These are just like my German grandmother made (the lemon is my addition) -- she

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Ingredients

4 slices bacon, diced (thick slices)
1 medium onion, chopped
4 (14 1/2 ounce) cans cut green beans, the liquid from 2 cans reserved (or use farm-fresh green beans, cooked and drained, reserving about 1 1/2 cups of the cooking liquid)
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon finely grated lemon zest (optional)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 cup fresh parsley, finely chopped divided use
1 squeeze fresh lemon juice