bacon wrapped green beans

these are really good! green beans were on sale this week at the grocery store so we stocked up and now i'm looking for different green bean recipes to use the huge bag of them that my husband came home with (he knows how much i hate grocery shopping, so whenever he can, he does it for me!)

bacon wrapped green beans
from http://www.ourbestbites.com/2009/08/bacon-wrapped-green-bean-bundles/

1 lb. green beans with the ends snapped off (this is an estimate... i used about 80 green beans, wrapping 5 beans with one slice bacon)
8 slices bacon, cut in half
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. When the water is boiling, briefly boil (blanch) the beans for 2-3 minutes until the beans have turned bright green. Quickly drain and rinse in cold water until the beans have cooled.

Divide green beans into 16 bundles and wrap with bacon slices. Place on cookie sheet.

Bake until bacon is to desired crispiness. For me, this took about 40 minutes.

I served these with sweet chili sauce and they went very well together!