Boy do I love some Southern cooking!! Southern cooking brings comfort like fluffy slippers to cold feet. Southern cooking is a cure all for whatever ails you and may be the best regional cooking ever!!! These Easy Southern Style Green Beans are no exception to that rule. I could quite literally eat these with every meal perhaps even breakfast. If you have never tried these you MUST give them a whirl.
As with most any good southern comfort food all you really need is a little time as they simmer for a couple of hours. Now isn’t that how the south rolls like a fine oiled machine!! Now these Easy Southern Style Green Beans combine fresh green beans, smoked bacon, and onion into the most mouth watering side imaginable. Prep is a breeze and your family will be singing your praises.
Put this on your list!! You will be happy as a lark! LOL! Just how happy is a lark? This would be a wonderful side for my Chicken Fried Steak or Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy. You could even make a pot of them and eat them as your main course! How yummy would that be!!
Ingredients
- 4 slices bacon diced
- 1 medium onion finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 lbs fresh green beans trimmed
- 2 1/2 - 3-1/2 cups chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
- 2 tablespoons butter
Instructions
- In large saucepan over medium heat cook bacon until almost completely brown. Add onion and cook for additional 5 minutes. Turn heat to low and add garlic; cook for 30 seconds. Remove bacon/onion mixture to a bowl. Do not wash saucepan.
- Add green beans and enough chicken broth to just cover the green beans. Add Cajun seasoning.
- Bring to a low boil. Cover and reduce to simmer. Simmer for 1 1/2 -2 hours. Drain chicken broth, return bacon/onion mixture and heat for 1-2 minutes. Add butter, stir and serve.
Other sides you will love!!
Quick Brussels Sprouts Au Gratin
IIs the nutritional information for this recipe available?
No I am sorry. However there are places on the internet where you can plug in the ingredients and get the nutritional stats.
This is the best recipe I’ve tried for true Southern Green Beans. Made exactly as instructed. I give it 5 star. Will definitely be in my rotation. Thank you.
Thank you so much! So glad that you loved them! Makes my day!
Do you cook every thing in the bacon grease then after drain it?
No I do not drain it unless their is an excessive amount of grease. A little bacon grease in the chicken broth while they are simmering will help flavor them.
Great stuff, been making this with the odd potato, carrot or corn on the cob mixed in for about a year now. Always a big hit. Thank you for posting it!
Thanks so much! You are most welcome. My pleasure! Great ideas about your add ins!
Can you tell me how many servings this is for?
4-6 depending on how many other things are being served with the meal
Seems like a long time to cook the beans??
Some people love them and some people don’t. Most northerners hate their beans this way and most southerners love them. We live in the Midwest and we love them.
Can you do this in the crock pot ?
Yes I am sure that you can if you brown your bacon separately in a skillet.