Recipe Of The Week: Freezer Beans

Freezer Beans

4 slices of bacon
1 onion, chopped
8 cups of green beans, snapped
4-6 teaspoons of chicken base
salt and pepper to taste

pint size freezer bags

In a stock pot over medium heat, cook bacon and onion until bacon is crisp and onion is translucent.  Add beans and water to cover, measuring the water as it is added.  For each cup of water add a teaspoon of chicken base.  Add salt and pepper to taste.  Cook to almost desired tenderness.  Cool. Ladle beans and liquid into freezer bags.  Seal and freeze.  At serving time, thaw, heat, and serve.