Cajun-style Green Beans With Tabasco

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cup diced salt lamb, i use 3 strips of cooked bacon, or
• vegetarian bacon
• 1 tablespoon dijon-style mustard
• 1 1/2 lbs fresh green beans or 1 1/2 lbs frozen green beans
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 2 tablespoons wine vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon tabasco red pepper sauce
• 1/4 cup minced celery rib
• 1/4 cup chopped celery leaves
• salt & freshly ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 steam the green beans until just done but still maintaining their bright green color. drain. keep warm.
• 2 in the meantime, in a small pan over medium-high heat cook the salt lamb or bacon until crisp. reserve the fat. (if using vegetarian bacon, you'll need to add a bit of oil to the pan for frying.).
• 3 reduce heat, add the minced celery stalks and cook about 2 minutes; adding the garlic and cooking another minute longer. stir in vinegar, dijon mustard, sugar and tabasco sauce. heat through.
• 4 remove from heat; stir in celery leaves.
• 5 toss with beans to coat. season with salt and pepper and adjust seasonings if necessary.