Southern Smothered Green Beans

Ingredients

• 4 slices to 6 bacon 
• 0.3 teaspoon pepper black
• 3 rib celery chopped
• 0.5 teaspoon basil dried
• 0.5 teaspoon thyme leaves dried
• 1 pound green beans fresh trimmed
• 2  garlic cloves minced
• 1 medium onion chopped
• 0.5 teaspoon paprika 
• 3  plum tomatoes seeded chopped
• 1  bell pepper red chopped
• 1.5 teaspoons salt 

Equipment

• frying pan
• paper towels

Directions

1. Cook bacon in a large skillet until crisp; remove bacon, and drain on paper towels, reserving 2 tablespoons drippings in skillet. Crumble bacon, and set aside.
2. Cook celery and next 3 ingredients in hot drippings in skillet over medium-high heat 10 to 12 minutes.
3. Add tomato and next 6 ingredients; cook, stirring often, 5 minutes or until beans are tender. Stir in bacon.