Name: Southern Slow Cooker Green Beans
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 20 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Southern
Ingredients: 4 oz. bacon (cubed, $1.41); 2 cups yellow onion (230g, diced, $0.78); 1 Tbsp garlic (minced, $0.24); 2 lbs whole haricot verts (fresh or frozen, trimmed and stringed but left whole, $6.18*); 2 cups chicken broth ($0.24**); 2 Tbsp brown sugar; 2 tsp apple cider vinegar (divided, $0.02); ½ tsp salt; ¼ tsp black pepper (freshly cracked, $0.04); 1 Tbsp butter

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Southern Slow Cooker Green Beans

Yield8

Prep20 min

Cook180 min

Total200 min

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Method

5 steps

1
Cook the bacon in a skillet over medium 6 to 8 minutes, until crisp. Leave the fat in the pan.
2
Add the onion to the bacon fat and cook 4 to 5 minutes, until soft. Add the garlic for 30 seconds.
3
Put the haricots verts in the slow cooker and add the bacon, onion, chicken broth, brown sugar, 1 tsp vinegar, salt, and pepper. Stir.
4
Cover and cook on low 4 to 6 hours or high 2 to 3 hours, until the beans are very tender.
5
Stir in the butter and the last 1 tsp vinegar, taste for salt, and serve with a slotted spoon.

Southern Slow Cooker Green Beans