Crockpot Southern-Style Green Beans

Ingredients

• 2 pounds fresh green beans, trimmed
• 1 pound thick cut bacon (.5 pound of you want to cut back the bacon)
• 1 medium yellow onion
• 1/4 cup chicken broth
• 4 sprigs thyme
• salt
• pepper

Instructions

1. Chop the yellow onion.
2. Wash and trim the green beans.
3. Chop your bacon and cook in a pan on a medium heat until crispy.
4. Place on a paper towels to the side.
5. Dispose of excess bacon grease. I always place my bacon grease into a mug and let it harden before throwing away.
6. Place the same pan back on the burner and cook your onion for 3 minutes.
7. Add the green beans for another 2 minutes tossing often.
8. Place the green beans and onion into the crockpot. Add in a dash of salt, pepper, HALF the cooked bacon, broth and thyme.
9. Cook on high for 3 hours.
10. Stir in other half of cooked bacon and serve.