Green beans frequently appear as a side, salad, in a casserole or part of a sheet pan dinner. I have many recipes using them with different ingredients or cooking methods.
Southern Green Beans Slow Cooked
- 2 lbs. fresh green beans, trimmed and cut in half
- 6-8 slices of bacon, fried and torn into pieces (Applewood smoked bacon is preferred)
- sweet onion, diced (to taste)
- 4-6 large garlic cloves, minced
- pinch or two of red pepper flakes
- large russet potato, peeled and diced
- 1/2 to 1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 2 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Add the fresh green beans to the slow cooker, crock pot or smart pot. Three of my cookers are given these names. I always call them slow cookers…
Fry the bacon until crisp; remove, tear into pieces and set aside to be used as a garnish when serving.
Saute the onion in the bacon grease for 5-10 minutes, add the garlic and red pepper flakes and cook for another minute or two. Add this mixture along with the diced potato to your slow cooker.
Stir in the Worcestershire sauce and chicken broth and cook on high 3-4 hours or 6 hours on low. Basically, cook them until they are as tender as you like them. Adjust seasonings if you need to. Garnish with some bacon pieces.
Recipe by cookingwithauntjuju.com
When I had a vegetable garden the green beans always had plenty of space to grow and were prolific as long as I picked them on a regular basis, especially the haricots verts – my favorite!
Two nephews and a niece planting bean seeds in one of my raised beds Gene also built..
Lots of bean plants in my main garden trying to survive among the weeds…
A few plugs for Gene – he was a “jack of all trades” – he built this three section compost bin…
He also constructed this “garage” for the generator which pumped water from our small pond and also watered the garden… he was an engineer after all…
There is almost nothing more aromatic than a sweet onion sauteing in bacon fat – this would be a great company dish because your guests would swoon just from the scent! And the green beans make it a healthy and hearty side dish as well.
I totally agree T.J. – onions are so aromatic and then cooked in yummy bacon grease – heavenly 🙂
Fresh green beans are so tasty, and I can see how cooking them this way makes them even tastier.
How great it must have been, to grow your own veggies. Kudos to the builder! 🙂
Cooking the beans in a slow cooker is much easier than on top of the stove where you have to keep an eye on the liquid. Gene and I had so much fun with that garden – I grew the veggies and he willingly built anything I wanted. He also built one pole barn, a storage shed and my gardening greenhouse 🙂
Definitely sounds like fun! :0
Nothing taste better than green beans saturated in flavor! 🌿🌱🍃
You’ve nailed it Gail 🙂
What a fabulous compost bin! And a great post. Love the photos. I have a girlfriend who is obsessed with green beans. Can’t wait to make her this recipe!
Thanks – Gene had extra roofing materials (from building a pole barn and shed) so he made use of the leftover materials. Green Beans are a favorite veggie as evident by the number of recipes on my blog – if interested just search “green beans”