Homemade Easy Crock Pot Green Beans
Homemade Easy Crock Pot Green Beans are one of my favorite holiday side dish recipes. Made with fresh green beans, bacon and chopped onion in the slow cooker tastes so much better than canned green beans.
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Welcome to week 6 of 7 in our Progressive Dinner Blog Hop. I can't believe it is almost over. This week I am sharing a very easy recipe for fresh green beans made in the crock pot.
If you haven't had a chance to see the beautiful Progressive Dinner online magazine our hostess created you can check it out in my Progressive Dinner Invitation post where you can see the beautiful full-color magazine our hostess Glenda from Busy at Home created to announce the big event. It will also give you a sneak peek into what you can expect for the upcoming weeks of our Progressive Dinner.
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By the end of the seven weeks each of us will have shared a Main course, 2 side dish recipes, an appetizer, a dessert recipe and a pot luck or gift from the kitchen recipe.
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- Week 1: Recipe:Vanilla Bean Cheesecake
- Sponsor: Corelle
- Week 2: Recipe: Crock Pot Meatball Appetizer
- Sponsor:Nielsen-Massey
- Week 3 : Recipe: Baked Turkey Breast
- Sponsor: Farberware
- Week 4: Recipe: Vegetable Medley with Homemade Cream Sauce
- Sponsor: PotsandPans.com/Rachael Ray Bakeware
- Week 5: Recipe: Easy Apple & Cranberry Compote
- Sponsor: Crock-Pot
- Week 6: Recipe: Easy Crock Pot Green Beans
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- Week 7: Recipe: Gifts from the Kitchen: Cinnamon Vanilla Candied Nuts
- Sponsor: CountryDoor.com
To see what the rest of this week's Progressive Dinner recipes are please check out the links below.
Holiday Progressive Dinner Week 6 Recipe Links
- Appetizer
Hot Artichoke Spinach Dip & Rosemary Appetizer Wreath
at Busy-at-Home - Entree
Roasted Beef Tenderloin with Gorgonzola Cream Sauce
at Daily Dish Recipes - Side Dish
Rosemary Potato Rolls
at Adventures in All Things Food - Vegetable
Easy Crock-Pot Green Beans
at Flour on My Face - Dessert
Pumpkin Silk Pie
at The Gunny Sack
Easy Crock Pot Green Beans
One of the things I love about holiday meals are the leftovers. Some years for Christmas or Thanksgiving dinner I will make a turkey and a ham. As much as I enjoy eating the ham during dinner I can't wait to use the leftover ham in either a pot of beans, homemade soup or a crock pot full of fresh green beans. And promise you won't tell! but I have been known to cut a hunk of meat off the spiral ham I am serving so I could add it to a crock pot of green beans that I will be serving as a side dish.
But what if I have a craving for fresh green beans and haven't made a ham? Bacon works just as good! Or if you like you can use a piece of fat back. If your from the south you know what fat back is. If your not look in the grocery store where they sell the bacon. You'll find a squarish piece of pork sealed in plastic. That is fat back and it can be used to season a crock pot full of green beans or a pot of soup.
But to make things so much easier you can just use some bacon to season fresh green beans. It has the same salty smoky flavor a hunk of ham does and is readily available to most everyone.
How to make Easy Crock Pot Green Beans
- 1-2 lbs fresh green beans, rinsed and trimmed
- ½ cup diced onion
- 5 slices of bacon, a chunk of fat back,or a leftover ham bone with meat attached
- 7 cups water
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 tablespoon butter
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- Heat the crock pot up on high
- Add the butter, onion, garlic, salt and pepper. Heat stirring occasionally for about 10 minutes.
- Add the bacon and cook, stirring for about 5 minutes.
- Add the green beans to the crock pot.
- Add about 7 cups of water or enough water to cover the green beans.
- Cook on high for 4 hours. Low for 6-8 hours
- Adjust salt and pepper if needed.
Print the Easy Crock Pot Green Beans recipe below.
Easy Crock Pot Green Beans
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 4 hours
- Total Time: 4 hours 10 minutes
- Yield: 8 Servings 1x
- Category: Crock Pot Side Dish
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: American
Description
Take the work out of your holiday meals by making these crock pot greens beans with fresh green beans and let the slow cooker do all the work for you!
Ingredients
- 1-2 lbs fresh green beans, rinsed and trimmed
- ½ cup diced onion
- 5 slices of bacon, a chunk of fat back,or a leftover ham bone with meat attached
- 7 cups water
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 tablespoon butter
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Heat the crock pot up on high
- Add the butter, onion, garlic, salt and pepper. Heat stirring occasionally for about 10 minutes.
- Add the bacon and cook, stirring for about 5 minutes.
- Add the green beans to the crock pot.
- Add about 7 cups of water or enough water to cover the green beans.
- Cook on high for 4 hours. Low for 6-8 hours
- Adjust salt and pepper if needed.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cup
- Calories: 208
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