Rhinelander Beans

WI Cheesehead's Note:

Good German recipe! If you don't like sauerkraut, try this. It has lots of bacon and sugar. My DH loves this dish. (He's not German :) My ancestry is 100% German.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• ½ lb bacon
• 2⁄3; cup white vinegar
• ½ cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ¼ cup onion , diced
• ¼ teaspoon black pepper
• 3 cups cabbage , shredded
• 1 (15 ounce) can French style green beans , drained

Directions:

1. Fry bacon until crisp in a large fry pan or electric skillet and remove bacon.
2. Leave drippings in pan and add vinegar, sugar, salt, pepper, onions, and cabbage; simmer covered 15 minutes.
3. Crumble bacon and add to cabbage, along with beans, and mix well.
4. Heat through before serving.

Reviews

[Viclynn]

My son and I really enjoyed this side dish. He lived in Germany for a few months while in school, and always talked about his host family's cooking. "Oma" would prepare a similar dish. We included this with schnitzel, spaetzle, and black forest cake for our annual German dinner. Thanks for helping us bring back great memories for my son.

[bmcnichol]

This was good and easy to make. I did cut back on the sugar a bit and used Splenda (as that is all I buy). I also used regular green beans as that it all I had. Other then that, I followed the recipe. This was a nice side dish.

[MileHighBamaGirl]

This is a great side dish for any meat...love the bacon and you can control the level of sweetness to your liking. I cut mine to 1/4 cup for Cooking Club night.