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Green Bean Bundles

Green Bean Bundles are bright, crisp-tender green beans wrapped in bacon and baked with a sticky brown sugar garlic butter glaze. They start with a quick blanch and ice-water plunge for the best bite, then bake until the bacon is crisp and the glaze turns bubbly.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings: 8 servings
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Calories: 320
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Green beans
  • 1.5 lb fresh green beans, trimmed
Bacon
  • 8 slices bacon, halved crosswise
Glaze
  • 0.25 cup butter, melted
  • 0.3333333333 cup brown sugar
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 0.25 tsp black pepper

Equipment

  • 1 sheet pan

Method
 

Blanch and prep
  1. Preheat oven to 400F. Blanch green beans in boiling water 3 minutes, then plunge into ice water and drain.
Wrap and glaze
  1. Gather 8-10 beans into a bundle and wrap with a half slice of bacon, seam-side down in a baking dish. Keep bundles snug so they stay together as the bacon crisps.
  2. Whisk melted butter, brown sugar, garlic, soy sauce, and pepper until smooth. The glaze should look glossy and pourable.
  3. Pour glaze evenly over the bundles. Make sure most of the bacon tops and exposed beans get coated.
Bake and serve
  1. Bake 25-30 minutes at 400F until bacon is crisp and glaze is bubbly. Look for caramel-colored edges on the bacon and a bubbling surface in the dish.
  2. Spoon pan glaze over the bundles and serve warm. Let them rest 2 minutes so the glaze clings before serving.

Notes

Pro tip: Plunge the beans into ice water immediately after blanching so they stay bright green and won’t turn mushy in the oven. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator up to 3 days; reheat covered at 350F until warmed through. Freezing isn’t recommended because bacon texture and glaze consistency change after thawing. For a lower-sodium option, use low-sodium soy sauce and keep the rest the same.