For Thanksgiving dinner, I wanted to make a green bean dish with bits of bacon in it, but Whole Foods ran out of my favorite Black Forest bacon.
But, what they did have was ground Chorizo meat. So, I improvised and the dish came out better than I thought. The green beans with Chorizo was a nice twist to add with a plate full of turkey and stuffing.
Importantly, the dish was super easy and fast to make.
Ingredients (serves 3-4):
- 1lb. String green beans
- 1/2lb ground Chorizo meat
- 1/4 white or yellow onion diced
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp water
Let’s Get Cookin’:
- Heat a skillet on medium heat, add the olive oil and saute the onions for about 30 seconds.
- Toss in the Chorizo meat and cook until the meat turns brown.
- Toss in the green beans and mix in with the Chorizo and onions.
- Add the water and again stir the green bean mix.
- Cover the skillet and let the green beans simmer for about a minute. Remove lid. Stir green beans. Cover and let simmer for another minute. Repeat until green beans are your desired crunchiness level. Personally, I cook the green beans so they are still slightly crunchy not mushy.
Place green beans and Chorizo in a beautiful serving dish, and enjoy!
Note: I did not add any kind of seasoning to this dish because the Chorizo is full of seasoning on its own.