Southern Green Beans and Potatoes

Southern green beans and red potatoes cooked with bacon in a pot with a light savory broth.

These Southern green beans and potatoes simmer with bacon, onion, garlic, and broth until tender, savory, and full of flavor. They are perfect for the holidays or just when you need some soul food.

Prep Time10

Cook Time1

Course: Side Dishes

Cuisine: American, Soul food, Southern

Keyword: Comfort food, green beans, holiday, soul food, southern, thanksgiving

Servings: servings

Author: August DeWindt

Ingredients

5 slices thick cut bacon
1 yellow onion chopped
1 teaspoon all purpose seasoning
3 cloves garlic minced
1 lb green beans ends snapped or cut off, snap long pieces in half
2 tablespoons butter unsalted
1 ½ cups chicken broth
½ lb red potatoes cut into 8ths

Instructions

Cook the bacon in a dutch oven or pot over medium heat until desired crispiness. Remove from the pot and set aside, crumble the bacon into smaller bite sized pieces.
To the same pot add the onions and cook for a few minutes until translucent. Add the seasoning and garlic and stir, cooking for about a minute.
Turn the heat up to high and add in the green beans, butter and chicken broth. Stir this around, once it starts to boil, cover and reduce the heat to medium low. Let this simmer for 25 minutes.
After 25 minutes, add in the potatoes and give it a good stir. Cover again and let this cook for 20 minutes. Remove the lid, add in the bacon, stir and let cook on medium for another 5 minutes.
Remove from the heat, serve, eat and enjoy! Feel free to add some salt and pepper if you’d like.

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