BBQ Green Beans

This BBQ Green Bean recipe transforms ordinary green beans into extraordinary green beans coated with a sweet and savory BBQ sauce and topped with coveted, crunchy bacon bits. It’s a slow cooker recipe for potlucks, BBQs, family parties, and holidays!

These are the perfect party green bean dish. They are beyond delightful with their sweetness and bacon-bit side. BBQ green beans are easy to make and travel really well. Tasty with a bit of zip, this vegetable side will have all guests raving.

Slow Cooker BBQ Green Beans

This slow cooker BBQ Green Beans recipe is versatile and can be made from your favorite homegrown, canned, or frozen green beans. Then, it’s simply frying the bacon bits and onions, mix the sauce, and combine in a slow cooker. Done!

Ingredients

• 24 ounces -two bags of frozen steamable green beans, thawed and drained
  • OR 4 – 14.5 ounce canned green beans, drained
  • OR 1 quart of homemade canned green beans, drained
• 4 slices/4 ounces of bacon, chopped
  • plus a slice or two more for garnish and extra crunch. There is no such thing as too much bacon.
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1/2 cup ketchup
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

Directions

In a skillet, fry the bacon until crispy. Drain off all but one tablespoon of grease. Then, saute the onions until wilted and browned. Remove from heat.

*If making the bacon in the oven, wilt and fry your onions in a pan with a tablespoon of reserved bacon grease.

Then, mix the ketchup, brown sugar, and Worcestershire sauce until well combined.

Now, add your drained green beans to the bottom of a slow cooker. Then, top the green beans with the sauce, cooked bacon, and onions.

Cook on low for 2 hours, then gently stir to combine the green beans with the sauce, bacon, and onions. Finally, cook on low for an additional 1-2 hours. Enjoy!

Oven-Baked BBQ Green Beans

Making this BBQ Green Beans recipe in the oven is also fairly simple as well. First, fry the bacon and then saute the onions. Next, mix the ketchup, brown sugar, and Worcestershire sauce in a bowl. Then, add the drained green beans to a casserole dish with the sauce, cooked bacon, and sauteed onions. Mix to combine and bake the dish uncovered at 350°F for 20 minutes. Garnish with more bacon bits and serve warm. Enjoy!

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