Slow-Cooked Green Beans | Amazing Southern-Style Green Beans Recipe | Food Wishes

bacon

🥗Healthier: turkey bacon

💰Cheaper: smoked sausage

Turkey bacon reduces fat while smoked sausage adds flavor.

chicken broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water with seasoning

Vegetable broth is lower in calories and suitable for vegetarians.

Place a saucepan on medium heat and add one handful of sliced bacon.

Cook the bacon until it's almost crisp, stirring occasionally.

Slice a yellow onion, cutting along the grain to maintain shape.

Add the sliced onion to the saucepan with the bacon and cook until soft and golden brown, about 5 minutes.

Add minced garlic and cook for about 1 minute without browning it.

Stir in 1 cup of tomato sauce and mix well.

Add 2 pounds of trimmed green beans to the pot.

Pour in chicken stock until the liquid level is right up to the top of the beans.

Raise the heat to high and bring to a simmer, then reduce to medium low to maintain a steady simmer for 2 hours, stirring occasionally.

Monitor the liquid level, adding more stock or water if necessary, and adjust salt to taste after 1.5 hours.

After 2 hours, serve the green beans on a platter with the cooking liquid.

Cooking Techniques

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