Skillet dishes
Beans in Creamy Parmesan Sauce with Bacon
Hearty green or yellow beans in a creamy sauce with crisp bacon and freshly grated Parmesan. This simple, deeply savoury vegetable dish is a little reminiscent of carbonara – just without the pasta.
Timing
- Preparation: approx. 15 minutes
- Cook fresh beans: approx. 30 minutes
- Prepare the sauce at the same time, then let it steep for 3-5 minutes
- Total: approx. 50 minutes
Estimated nutrition
per serving · Calculated for 4 servings.
- Energy
- ≈ 480 kcal
- Protein
- ≈ 24.4 g
- Carbohydrates
- ≈ 11.9 g
- Fat
- ≈ 35.9 g
Approximate values based on the listed ingredients. Brands, cheese, portion size and preparation can change the values.
Calculation basis
Item weights and household measures are estimated. Unless specified: milk with 1.5% fat, cream with 30% fat and Gouda cheese. Optional ingredients, small amounts of seasoning and separately listed side dishes are excluded. For imprecise entries, the amounts below and comparable reference products are assumed. For alternatives, the first listed ingredient is used. Cooking losses have not been measured.
Quantity assumptions and ingredient mapping
- 1 large onion, finely diced · ≈ 100.0 g
- 1–2 garlic cloves, finely chopped · ≈ 4.5 g
- 1 kg green or yellow beans · ≈ 1000 g · Assumed quantity / reference product
The midpoint was used for quantity ranges.
Matvaretabellen: Mattilsynet · Santa Maria
Food data: Max Rubner-Institut, BLS 4.0 (2025), CC BY 4.0. Calculated and rounded for this recipe. BLS 4.0 · CC BY 4.0
Ingredients
- 1 kg green or yellow beans
- 200 g smoked bacon, diced
- 1 large onion, finely diced
- 1–2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 200 ml cream
- 100 g Parmesan, freshly grated
- black pepper
- a little nutmeg
- salt, only if needed
- optional: fresh parsley
- optional: chilli flakes
Instructions
- Clean fresh beans and cook sufficiently in boiling water; As a conservative guide, plan around 30 minutes. Then drain. If the product has already been cooked, follow the instructions on the package.
- Slowly fry the bacon in a large pan until crispy. Fry the onion in the bacon fat until translucent.
- Fry the garlic briefly without letting it darken.
- Pour in the cream and bring to the boil briefly. Reduce heat and gradually stir in Parmesan.
- Season to taste with pepper, nutmeg and, if necessary, salt. Fold in the beans and let them steep in the sauce for 3-5 minutes.
- Optionally serve with parsley.
