Are you looking to make delicious Southern Green Beans?
What could be better than Southern Green Beans made with potatoes, bacon, garlic, onion, chicken broth, pepper, and a hit of sugar?
Being a Southern Girl, I was raised on these green beans. Today, I still love these Southern Green Beans, and I prepare them on special occasions. The only difference is I do not cook them until they are mushy like I grew up on. I like them tender but not cooked to death.
Growing Up With Fresh Green Beans
My father would get bushels of green beans, purple hull peas, every summer. I not sure where he would get our green beans from but he always got a ton. We would spend hours as a family stringing and snapping beans and peas. Most meals included a fresh pot of green beans or peas and cornbread during the summer.
Can I use something besides Bacon in these Green Beans?
Bacon is the most common seasoning for Southern Green Beans but if you have a ham bone left over it is perfect for these beans. Boil the bone down using the chicken broth, water or a combination of the two until the meat falls off or pulls off easy. If you are using a honey ham bone, you do not need to add the sugar to the beans. They will be perfectly sweet enough.
Green Beans Were Finger Foods In My House
When my kids were at the age of eating finger foods, I would prepare a large pot of these Southern Green Beans. They loved them especially my twin boys. I would cook them al dente and put them in a snack container for them to eat. Not only did they eat them as a snack during the day but I carried green beans everywhere we went. They loved them!
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What could be better than Southern Green Beans made with potatoes, bacon, garlic, onion, chicken broth, pepper, and a hit of sugar?
Ingredients
- 3 pounds of fresh green beans, (fresh is better, but you can use frozen green beans)
- 10 New potatoes, washed and cut into bite sizes (or small golden potatoes)
- Eight piece bacon
- One small red onion, diced small
- One tablespoon minced garlic
- one cup chicken broth
- 1-1/2 teaspoons seasoning salt
- one teaspoon black pepper
- Two teaspoons sugar
- enough water to cover the beans halfway up the pot.
Instructions
- Fry the bacon in a large dutch oven on medium heat
- Remove the bacon and chop it into bite-size pieces.
- Saute the garlic and chopped onions until the onions are tender
- Add the potatoes, salt, pepper, and sugar
- Add the green beans, bacon, and chicken broth
- Plus, enough water to cover the beans halfway up the pot.
- Cook until beans are tender about 1 hour on low simmer heat
- TIME WILL DEPEND ON HOW HIGH YOUR HEAT IS ON YOUR STOVE.
- DO NOT OVERCOOK GREEN BEANS! THEY WILL GET MUSHY
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Do you cook the potatoes before putting them in ?
Tammy,
Thank you for stopping by my recipe blog, Recipes For Our Daily Bread.com, and leaving me a comment about my Southern Green Beans. These green beans are very flavorful and delicious. I hope you will give them a try. No, you do not need to precook the potatoes. They will cook with the green beans and soak up all the flavors.
Many blessings,
Diane Roark
Can you do this in a crockpot on low for5 hrs?
Rebecca,
You can absolutely cook the Southern Green Beans in a slow cooker. I have done it many times. How long you cook them will depend on how you like them.
I hope you enjoy these Southern Green Beans. They are seasoned well and delicious.
Many blessings,
Diane Roark
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Couple of questions do I put bacon back in after frying or wait till end and also do you cover with lid?
Tina,
Thank you for stopping by recipesforourdailybread.com I am sorry my Southern Green Bean recipe was a little confusion. I corrected it on my blog and copies it below. You can cover the green beans and they will cook faster. Be sure to check them and stir them often. Also, It is easier to leave the bacon in the dutch oven. Before the bacon is hard, add the garlic and onions. If you cook the bacon hard and remove it, simply add it back when you add the potatoes.
Fry the bacon in a large dutch oven on medium heat
Before the bacon is cooked hard saute the garlic and chopped onions until the onions are tender
Add the potatoes, salt, pepper, and sugar
Add the green beans and chicken broth
Cover with a lid and cook until beans are tender about 1 hours on low simmer heat.
Thanks for stopping by recipesforourdailybread.com If you every have any questions, please ask me.
Blessings,
Diane Roark
My grandmother actually was a big believer in using bacon grease for a peas recipe she used to make for us. So, love that you use bacon in your green bean recipe as this reminds me of that and now am definitely going to try the next time I am going to make green beans for us here. So, thanks so much Diane for sharing here 🙂