Crock Pot Green Beans
- 8 cups clean and snapped green beans, this is 2 lbs
- 1/2 lb sliced bacon (to taste)
- 1 small onion, chopped
- salt & pepper
- This recipe fills my crock pot that is why I use 2 pots, one for mixing one for cooking, If your cooking this on the stove you'll only need one.
- Chop bacon into small size pieces. Remember when cooking they will absorb the water and get bigger.
- In skillet over low-med heat brown bacon, transfer to big bowl or pot.
- (Use as much onion as you wish I do use more than one small one).
- Cook onion in bacon fat until translucent, you may want to remove some of the bacon fat-depends on your diet preference.
- Rub a little bacon fat around sides of crock pot.
- Drain water of store canned beans in sink, add all ingredients into over size pot mix and dump into crock pot.
- Then add water to barely cover.
- OR at this point barely cover with water in your stove pot, cover with lid cook on low all day.
- To add zip add a little crushed red pepper flakes.
- Add recommended amount of warm water, for the crock pot.
- My pot is 2 -1/2 qt and I add 3/4 to 1 full quart of water, so I add just until I can see the water line in the crock pot.
- I also add 2 strips of uncooked bacon on top.
- If you do not like bacon fat or can not use,( sub what ever kind of fat you desire, it is also good with butter .) To adjust for flavor I would use Wright's All Natural Hickory Seasoning, Liquid Smoke Concentrate. If you do not use Wright's your on your own! I have tried others but found they do not have the flavor I want, and just do not taste right.
- Cover set on low all day.a minimum of 4 hours better after 6.
- Now you might think this will serve a lot of people but remember they cook down.
- Note: Grandma cooked 2 quarts for 6 people, she would cook these all day on low on the stove.
clean, bacon, onion, salt
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/crock-pot-green-beans-318921 (may not work)