Best 8 Southern Green Beans With Bacon Recipes

SOUTHERN GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Place the chopped bacon in a skillet, and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until evenly browned, 8 to 10 minutes. Drain the bacon pieces on a paper towel-lined plate.
• Melt the butter in a skillet with a lid over medium-low heat, and cook and stir the onion until translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the cooked bacon, green beans, potatoes, garlic, and chicken broth. Bring to a boil, cover, and simmer over low heat until the green beans are tender, about 10 minutes. Sprinkle with vinegar, salt, and pepper, and serve.

SOUTHERN GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• If using fresh green beans, snap off the ends then snap the beans into 2-inch pieces. Wash thoroughly.
• Cook bacon until crispy, then remove from pot.
• Add green beans to bacon grease and stir to coat well.
• Add bacon back to pot. Add broth, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
• Bring to a boil then turn down to a simmer and cook until tender, 30-45 minutes. Taste periodically and add seasonings as necessary.
• Add butter to pot when beans are almost done. Season with additional salt and pepper as needed.

SOUTHERN GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Cook green beans in 1-inch simmering water, covered, for 6 minutes. Drain and set aside. Return skillet to stove and set burner to medium high. Add bacon and brown. When fat begins to render, add chopped onions to the pan and cook until tender with the bacon. Add cooked green beans to the pan and turn to coat in bacon drippings and onions. When the beans are hot and bacon crisp at edges and onions translucent add vinegar to the pan and season with beans with sugar. Allow the vinegar to evaporate and the sugar to combine with pan drippings, 1 to 2 minutes, then serve.

SOUTHERN STYLE GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Cook bacon in cast iron pan or skillet until crispy to the amount preferred.
• DO NOT drain grease from pan.
• Remove bacon from pan and set on paper towels to cool.
• Add fresh whole green beans, chicken stock broth, salt and pepper.
• Cook green beans in the bacon grease, covered, for about 10 minutes.
• Stir green beans frequently to sauté on all sides of the bean.
• Chop cooked bacon and add back to pan.
• Keeping lid removed, cook another 5-10 minutes or until beans are cooked through at the texture you like and broth is reduced.
• Side Dish serves 4-6

SOUTHERN-STYLE GREEN BEANS WITH BACON AND NEW POTATOES

Steps:

• In a large saucepan or medium Dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until it has rendered most of its fat and has begun to brown, about 5 minutes. Add the onion and saute until translucent, about 5 minutes. Add the green beans and potatoes and enough water to just cover them. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, then cover the pan and simmer until the beans are very tender, about 1 hour, stirring occasionally and adding more water if necessary to keep the beans covered. As the beans get close to being done they will become quite fragile, so take care when stirring.

GREEN BEANS WITH BACON BREADCRUMBS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high. Add green beans; cook until tender-crisp, 3 to 5 minutes. Drain; rinse with cold water. Drain; set aside.
• Cook bacon in a 10-inch skillet over medium-high, stirring occasionally, until crisp, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat. Transfer bacon to a plate lined with paper towels, reserving drippings in skillet. Pulse bread pieces in a food processor until breadcrumbs form, about 20 pulses. (You'll have about 1 cup.) Add breadcrumbs to drippings in skillet. Cook over medium, stirring often, until golden brown and dry to the touch, about 8 minutes. Remove from skillet; set aside.
• Add onion and oil to skillet over medium-high. Cook, stirring often, until browned, about 15 minutes. Add cream, salt, and pepper, stirring up browned bits on bottom of skillet. Bring to a boil over medium-high. Reduce heat to medium. Cook, stirring often, until liquid thickens, about 5 minutes. Stir in green beans. Crumble bacon over mixture, and stir to combine. Transfer mixture to a shallow dish or platter. Sprinkle with breadcrumbs.

SOUTHERN GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Steam green beans for about 3-4 minutes.
• Remove from pan, and cook bacon and onions until browned.
• When onions and bacon are done, add green beans back to the pan, and add sugar and vinegar.
• Keep on a low/ medium simmer till the vinegar evaporates.
• Enjoy.

SOUTHERN GREEN BEANS & BACON

Steps:

• Slice bacon into 1 inch pieces, (easiest way is to cut with scissors).
• Put bacon into a large pot and begin to fry.
• While bacon is frying, coarsely chop onion.
• When bacon is about 1/2 way done, add onion and continue frying until bacon is semi crisp. (Do NOT drain grease).
• Drain green beans and dump into bacon and onions. Stir.
• Continue to cook for 30 minutes on medium, stirring occasionally.
• Serve.