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HOLIDAY GREEN BEANS
(Serves 6-8)

4 SLICES OF BACON

1-1/2 LBS. GREEN BEANS, SNAPPED

AND CUT UP BITE SIZED

1/2 C. CHICKEN BOUILLON

3 HARDBOILED EGGS

3/4 OF A PACKET OF CRUSHED RITZ CRACKERS.

3 T. BUTTER

 

 

COOK BACON IN SAUCEPAN UNTIL CRISP. SAVE DRIPPINGS.

REMOVE FROM PAN AND CHOP INTO SMALL PIECES. SET ASIDE.

POUR BEANS INTO PAN AND SAUTE IN BACON FAT ON MEDIUM FOR 2 MINUTES

ADD BOUILLON, BRING TO BOIL, COVER AND COOK UNTIL CRISP-TENDER. DRAIN AND TOSS WITH BACON BITS.

PEEL HARDBOILED EGGS AND SEPARATE YOLK AND WHITES.

ON TWO SMALL PLATES OR BOWLS PUSH THE WHITES THROUGH A SIEVE. ON ONE AND PUSH YOLKS THROUGH A SIEIVE ON THE OTHER.. SET ASIDE.

IN A FRYING PAN, MELT BUTTER AND ADD CRACKERS. FRY, TOSSING CONSTANTLY, UNTIL LIGHTLY BROWN.

PLACE BEANS IN LOW SIDED BOWL.
SPRINKLE CRUMBS OVER ENTIRE TOP.

MAKE A LARGE CIRCLE OF THE EGG WHITES AND INSIDE OF THAT MAKE A SMALLER CIRCLE OF THE EGG YOLKS.

THIS IS A VERY ATTRACTIVE AND DELICIOUS THANKSGIVING OR CHRISTMAS DISH.