Southern Style Green Beans

Cooking green beans for more than a few seconds goes against everything I
thought I knew, but this recipe for southern style green beans is actually
amazing. These beans are stewed for about 2 hours and result in one of the
tastiest side dishes I know. Of course, southern cooking does tend to be quite
satisfying!

Servings: 8 people

Author:

Prep Time
5 minutes

Cook Time
2 hours

Total Time
2 hours, 5 minutes

Course:

Side Dish

Cuisine:

American Southern

Keywords:

beans pork green beans Stew Southern Food

🧂 Ingredients

500 grams Green Beans –

about one pound, you can use fresh or frozen green beans. I like using frozen cut beans because it takes away a lot of effort and they taste the same.
4 strips Bacon
50 grams Salo

aka cured pork fat or fatback. Can also use lard or other pork fat product if it's easier to find.
1 liter Chicken Stock

4 cups, store bought or homemade, just take notice of how salty the stock is so you don't overdo it.
2 tsp Garlic Powder
1 tsp Red Chili Flakes
Black Pepper

freshly cracked, to taste
Salt

to taste, this recipe is essentially cooked in chicken stock, so if your stock is already salty you might not want to add salt before tasting it.
50 grams Butter

optional

Instructions

1 Chop your bacon and fatback and add it to the pot on medium heat. Render the fat
until desired, and allow the pork to crisp up as much as you want. Add the red
chili flakes directly to the hot fat so they bloom
2 Add the beans and chicken stock and garlic powder and black pepper to the pot
and bring to a boil. Once it is boiling lower to the lowest heat, place the lid,
and let stew for 2 hours.
3 Drain the beans and mix with butter in a chafing dish. Taste for salt and add
more as needed. Serve and enjoy!