My dad used to make this and it's my favorite way to eat canned green beans. Sauté some onions in there! I do it all at once, throw some butter, onions and the beans in there. It takes a while and the beans shrink down so I make several cans for my family. The beans get this great flavor from the onions and there are some crispy bits in there. I didn't get a single bean this year and I'm frustrated! The deer ate them as they came up and new plantings didn't take.