Plantation Beans and Cabbage

Ingredients

• 2 slices bacon 
• 0.3 teaspoon pepper black
• 0.3 cup cider vinegar 
• 32 ounce green beans frozen french-style thawed
• 2 cups cabbage green very thinly sliced
• 1 cup onion finely chopped
• 0.3 teaspoon salt 
• 6 tablespoons sugar 
• 1 cup water 

Equipment

• frying pan
• dutch oven

Directions

1. Cook the bacon in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat until crisp.
2. Remove bacon from pan, reserving 1 tablespoon bacon drippings in pan; crumble bacon and set aside.
3. Add onion to pan; cook over medium heat 2 minutes.
4. Add green beans; cook 2 minutes. Stir in water, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes. Stir in cabbage; cover and simmer 5 minutes.
5. Combine sugar and vinegar, stirring until sugar dissolves.
6. Add sugar mixture to pan; cook, uncovered, 1 minute.
7. Sprinkle with bacon.