Southern Style Green Beans
These classic Southern Style Green Beans are cooked with onion, garlic and bacon until tender and melt in your mouth delicious! A quintessential side dish for any southern gathering or BBQ!
Equipment
- Cutting board and knife
- Measuring cups and spoons
- large heavy bottomed pot or Dutch oven with a lid
Ingredients
- 2 lb fresh green beans, snapped into 2-3 inch pieces
- 5 slices of bacon, diced
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- pinch of red pepper flakes add more or less to taste
- 3 cups chicken broth or stock amount can be adjusted to cover the green beans
- ½ lemon, juice of
- salt & pepper
Instructions
- Wash and snap the green beans, diced the onion, mince the garlic and dice the bacon.
- Heat a heavy bottomed pot over medium high and cook the diced bacon until crisp. Use a slotted spoon to remove the bacon to a paper towel lined plate and set aside.
- Add the onion to the pot with the bacon drippings and cook on medium to medium high heat for a few minutes until softened. Add the garlic and cook for another minute until fragrant. Then add in brown sugar, red pepper flakes and a pinch of salt and pepper. Add in green beans and stir to coat. Then stream in 2-3 cups of chicken broth (should be enough to just about cover the green beans) and the juice of half a lemon. Bring to a gentle bubble, then turn the heat down to low and simmer for about an hour until tender but not mushy. Taste a couple times throughout the cooking process and add additional salt according to you preference.
- Remove the pot from the heat and stir in cooked bacon. Serve directly from the pot with a slotted spoon or strain through a fine mesh strainer and transfer to a serving bowl. Enjoy!
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