🥓 Country Ranch Green Beans and Potatoes with Bacon – Hearty Comfort Food! 🥔

This recipe creates a hearty side dish featuring green beans and potatoes tossed with bacon, ranch seasoning, and butter. It brings a comforting flavor reminiscent of home cooking to your table.

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 20

Total Time 35

Servings: 6 servings

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients

Vegetables and Bacon

1 pound fresh green beans trimmed
1.5 pounds baby potatoes halved or quartered
6 slices bacon

Ranch Dressing Mixture

1 packet ranch seasoning blend
3 teaspoons melted butter
2 cloves garlic minced
To taste Salt and pepper
As needed Fresh parsley for garnish

Equipment

Large pot
Skillet

Method

Boil potatoes in salted water for 10 to 12 minutes until they are fork tender. Drain the potatoes and set them aside.
Boil green beans for 5 to 7 minutes until they are crisp-tender. Drain the green beans and set them aside.
Fry bacon until it is crispy. Remove the bacon from the skillet, crumble it, and reserve 1 tablespoon of bacon fat.
Mix the minced garlic, ranch seasoning, and melted butter together in a small bowl.
Add the cooked vegetables to the skillet containing the reserved bacon fat. Toss the vegetables with the ranch butter mixture and the crumbled bacon.
Season the mixture with salt and pepper. Garnish with fresh parsley and serve the dish warm.

Notes

You can use red potatoes or Yukon gold potatoes for this recipe. Keep the vegetables crisp-tender when cooking them for the best final texture.

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