Southern-Style Green Beans made in the crockpot slow cooked to side dish heaven. Made with fresh green beans and loads of delicious bacon for all my bacon lovers out there!
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
Chop the yellow onion.
Wash and trim the green beans.
Chop your bacon and cook in a pan on a medium heat until crispy.
Place on a paper towels to the side.
Dispose of excess bacon grease. I always place my bacon grease into a mug and let it harden before throwing away.
Place the same pan back on the burner and cook your onion for 3 minutes.
Add the green beans for another 2 minutes tossing often.
Place the green beans and onion into the crockpot. Add in a dash of salt, pepper, HALF the cooked bacon, broth and thyme.