Treat your family to a flavorful, budget-friendly side dish with our Slow Cooker Green Beans with Bacon. 🥥 🍲 🍽️
Course Side Dish
Cuisine Southern American
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 3 hourshours
Total Time 3 hourshours15 minutesminutes
Servings 6serves
Author Slow Cooker Society
Ingredients
2lbfresh green beanstrimmed and washed
8ozbaconcut into 1-inch pieces
1small onionfinely chopped
2clovesgarlicminced
1cupchicken broth
¼cupwater
Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
In a large skillet, cook the bacon pieces over medium heat until crisp. Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon and set aside, leaving the bacon grease in the skillet.
Add the onion to the skillet and cook until softened and slightly golden, about 3-4 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for another minute.
Transfer the cooked onion and garlic to your slow cooker. Add the green beans, bacon, chicken broth, water, salt, and pepper. Stir well to combine.
Cook on LOW for 5-6 hours or on HIGH for 2-3 hours, until the green beans are tender but still crisp.