Sweet and Sour Green Beans (1963)

• 1 lb green beans
• 2 tbspns bacon fat
• 1 cup boiling water
• 3 tbspns vinegar
• 1 tbspn soy sauce
• 1/4 cup sweet pickle relish
• 3 tbspns sugar
• 1/2 tspn salt
• 1 tspn corn starch
• 1/4 cup cold water

Prepare, then crosscut green beans into 1-inch lengths. Place beans in a large skillet or saucepan with a tight lid, and add bacon fat, boiling water, and salt. Heat covered, quickly, until beans steam.  Turn down heat and cook 15 to 20 minutes, or until tender-crisp. Do not drain.

Mix corn starch with sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, cold water, and pickle relish, and pour over green beans. Cook, stirring, until slightly thickened and clear.  Make 4 servings.

(Origin - "The Good Housekeeping Cookbook" edited by Dorothy B. Marsh of the Good Housekeeping Institute, 1963.)

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