Southern Style Green Beans

4.89 from 17 votes

Packed with flavor and keto-friendly, these green beans are great for pot lucks or anytime you've got a bumper crop of beans (or they're on sale). Make a bit pot of these and eat them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner!

Prep Time10

Cook Time2 30

Total Time2 40

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Keyword: green beans with bacon and sausage, keto side dish, keto Southern style green beans, low-carb green beans, slow cooker green beans,

Servings: servings

Calories: 74kcal

Author: Chef Jenn

Ingredients

2 1/2 pounds fresh green beans washed and trimmed
1 cup diced tomatoes and juice
1/2 cup onion sliced
2 cloves garlic smashed
4 slices bacon chopped in 1/2-inch pieces
2 links cooked smoked sausage sliced 1/4-inch thick
1 cup chicken stock use no salt or low salt
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Trim and rinse the beans. Put them into the crockpot/slow cooker.
Add 1 cup diced tomatoes along with the juice, 1 cup of sliced onion (about one medium onion), 2 cloves of smashed garlic, 4 slices of roughly chopped bacon, 2 links of smoked sausage chopped into 1/4-inch slices, and one cup of chicken stock.
Give it a good stir, put the lid on it and set it to high. Cook on high for 2.5 hours, then enjoy! Stir once or twice during cooking to combine the flavors.

Notes

Recipe Card Tips

Use fresh green beans, not frozen, if you're cooking the full 2.5 hours in the slow cooker. Frozen beans are more likely to break down over that long a cook time.
Trim the stem end only. Leaving the beans whole otherwise keeps them from turning stringy or falling apart during the long cook.
Taste and season at the end, not the start. The bacon and sausage both add salt as they cook, so it's easy to over-season early.

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