If you are looking for that perfect side dish with minimal ingredients but tastes absolutely amazing then you need these Southern Style Green Beans!
So before was born my mom lived down in Mississippi for many many years. She brought back so many delicious recipes with her from all of her southern friends.
Over the years I have fallen in love with the majority of those recipes and one of them was this Southern Style Green Bean recipe! This has become one of my favorites.
This recipe has been on my site since the beginning on my blogging journey and I’m finally getting the chance to update and repost to share it with you.
Because let’s face it, when you are new to blogging back in the day, you really don’t know how to take good photos and the one photo I did have did not do this recipe any justice.
These Southern Style Green Beans are simply easy, perfect and just overall tasty, this is my favorite way to eat green beans hands down and is one of my favorite side dishes ever.
Some of my other favorite side dishes that we have on our site include Slow Cooker Creamed Corn, Creamed Potatoes and Deep Fried Potato Salad.
WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS:
- Minimal ingredients are used so it makes it able to be put together quick.
- You can easily double this recipe for larger crowds.
- You can serve this recipe in the juices or drain them off.
This Green Bean recipe is so super simple that there practically is no effort that you really need to put forth to them, but they come out with amazing flavor.
I love the addition of the brown sugar in these beans, they really give it a sweet taste but just a hint of it. The balance of flavor in this dish really hit’s the mark.
HOW TO MAKE SOUTHERN STYLE GREEN BEANS, STEP BY STEP:
- In large skillet, fry bacon until no longer pink.
- Add trimmed beans.
- Stir and heat in bacon for 3-4 minutes coating with the grease.
- Add the chicken broth and cover but leave lid cracked and simmer until tender.
- Once tender add the brown sugar and stir to coat.
- At this point you can drain off liquid if you wish, otherwise it is really good served with! Sprinkle with salt and pepper to desired taste and serve.
How easy is that, I know that easy recipes are like “oh if it’s that easy how can it be good?” Well let me educate you, easy recipes are absolutely delicious.
In my years of cooking and baking, some of the easiest and minimal ingredient recipes are honestly the tastiest recipes ever. You don’t need to go over the top for flavor.
HOW TO STORE:
These aren’t going to go bad right away so you can leave them at room temperature without having them go bad. But if you do not finish them you will want to store in the refrigerator.
Place your green beans with our with out juices in an airtight container or ziptop bag and place in the refrigerator, they should be good for up to 4-5 days.
These can also be frozen, when doing this I do suggest that you drain the liquid from these and then again place in an airtight container or freezer bag.
These will stay good for up to a year, you can remove from the freezer and defrost in your microwave for easy consumption.
We often freeze these because we do like to make larger batches of these Southern Style Green Beans, it’s always nice to have a side dish on hand when you need it!
I really love the bacon in this recipe, but I love bacon in alllll the recipes! I mean who doesn’t love bacon, amiright?
TIPS AND TRICKS:
- Use fresh green beans for this recipe, and make sure to trim the edges.
- You can use more or less bacon to your liking, we always add a little more.
- If you don’t like the taste of brown sugar, you can omit it but I highly recommend it.
- You can serve this with or without the juices, we always serve with.
- You can easily double this recipe to feed more people.
- This recipe can be frozen, see my tips above regarding that.
This Southern Style Green Bean Recipe is the perfect recipe to add to your side dish menu, we keep it on our rotation all year long, especially when we can get those fresh green beans.
Our kids are green bean addict so they love when we are able to whip this up for them and hence the reason why we keep this frozen a lot of the time.
If you want that perfectly easy side dish then you will want to take a stab at these easy Southern Style Green Beans, you won’t be disappointed.
If you like this recipe you might also like:
- Sheet Pan Vegetables and Kielbasa
- Chicken Sausage and Vegetable Sheet Pan Dinner
- Cheesy Broccoli Casserole
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Southern Style Green Beans
Ingredients
- 2 lb fresh green beans trimmed (you can snap in half or keep whole)
- 4 strips bacon diced
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 4 Tbs brown sugar
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- In large skillet, fry bacon until no longer pink.
- Add trimmed beans and heat in bacon for 3-4 minutes coating with the grease.
- Add the chicken broth and cover but leave lid cracked and simmer until tender.
- Once tender add the brown sugar and stir to coat.
- At this point you can drain off liquid if you wish, otherwise it is really good served with!
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper to desired taste and serve.
Notes
- Use fresh green beans for this recipe, and make sure to trim the edges.
- You can use more or less bacon to your liking, we always add a little more.
- If you don't like the taste of brown sugar, you can omit it but I highly recommend it.
- You can serve this with or without the juices, we always serve with.
- You can easily double this recipe to feed more people.
- This recipe can be frozen, see my tips above regarding that.
Nutrition
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ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED, JUNE 2015
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