Ingredients

1 lb fresh Pole Beans
1/2 tsp crumbled Basil Leaves
3 strips  Bacon
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup finely chopped
Onion dash of Red Pepper
1 Chicken Bouillon cube 
1 1/2 tsp cornstarch

Trim ends from beans and cut into 2-inch pieces.  Saute the bacon in a large skillet until crisp.  Remove bacon and crumble.  Add the onion to bacon fat and saute for 2 minutes.  Add the beans, 3/4 cup of water, bouillon cube, basil, salt and red pepper and cover the skillet.  Simmer for 15 minutes.  Mix the cornstarch with a 1/4 cup water and stir into the beans mixture.  Cook until thickened and clear.  Sprinkle bacon over beans.  Makes 6 servings