Slow-Cooked Green Beans - Amazing Southern-Style Green Beans

[Sun-Soul]

I remember when you posted this... I made them the next day. And 6 years later, they're still the best green beans I've ever eaten! A family staple now. Everyone asks me to make them! Thanks chef John!

[precious]

I followed the recipe to a T all I can say is these are the best green beans EVER. can't wait to serve them on Thanksgiving

[chrissnyder]

Isn't this the only way to cook them? Thank you grandma for treating me right 

[ricaivory]

You gotta add some potatoes. It can be any kind chopped up (my mama use red potatoes) AND you gotta snap them beans in half. I didn't spend my childhood snapping beans for y'all to not snap beans. Otherwise 👌👌👌👌.

[xichen]

I come from north China, where ppl eat similarly as ppl in the south. We also make this green bean stew very often( except we do not use tomato product, and instead, we add soy sauce for more taste). We normally serve this over white rice or hand made noodle (not pasta). Anyways, this is one of my best memories from childhood!

[emmanuelodulukue]

Exactly how we eat them in Greece minus the bacon. My mom slow cooks them for hours with a lot of olive oil in until the liquid disappears and they are left  with a rich tomato sauce in olive oil.You serve it with feta cheese and a good quality bread. Pure summer pleasure! Afterwards make your self a favor and eat some slices of watermelon, then it is going to be complete. .. Bring back the summer!

[Jeech]

I am cooking this for sunday dinner and my kitchen smells like heaven! My husband's grandmother from Louisiana used to make this. Thanks for the post.

[garysandiego]

I just saw this. Can’t imagine why it took me 6 years to find it.

This is similar to green beans my mother would make (she was from Arkansas). Some rendered bacon fat (there was always some bacon fat in the kitchen—she didn’t have to special cook some bacon to get it), onion, slow simmer, producing pale soft beans that were loaded with flavor. Because my father was from a mid-western German family mom had to accommodate his tastes and the Germans like sharp flavors. So she would pour in quite a bit of apple cider vinegar toward the end. The result was pale flavorful tangy beans. I could eat them things by the pound! I do miss her cooking.

Pardon me, but I have to go cry now.

[patriciaborron]

My mother and grandmother made green beans similar to these, but without the garlic and tomato. They put potatoes in with the beans and cooked them the full time. Best complete summer meal even, served with a side of fresh sliced tomatoes.

[astromeritis]

Hello, Michael here from Cyprus. I tried them today and they were absolutely delicious! i wanted to take a photo of the dish but it took me so much time to do (mostly cooking them) that when they were done we dug right into them without hesitation! haha! Awesome dish! I love everything about it! Soft and full of taste! Thank you for the recipe! Cheers from Cyprus

[Dan-ywsg]

Being from the South, we never added tomato. Usually used bacon or ham hock when available, and occasionally some potatoes. It really depended on what was available when we fixed them. But yeah, nothing like beans that have been cooked for two hours with pork products! Love them!!

[squeecytrackks]

Making these for thanksgiving. Along with greens, tomatoes, you name it!

[lakendralandon]

green beans and white potatoes is what we eat in the south. just add some diced white potatoes. its will be on point.

[Louieming]

Made this delish recipe three times, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. Loved it. After the usual two hours I drained the liquid, reduced it to gravy consistency, and recombined it with the beans and served over steamed rice. Transcendently delicious. Thank you! Ming

[CMSTester]

Not being a slave to conventional wisdom... That, Chef John, is wisdom in itself! Love it when a good plan comes together... as Hannibal from the A Team always said.

[amburrritscold]

I've watched your videos for almost two years now, and I can honestly say now that you've taught me a lot about cooking. Maybe not quickly within 2-3 videos... but after watching you for a long time, I built up a lot of what seems like useless information about food and I'm able to use it almost everyday in the kitchen. My hat's off to you, Chef John! Ive even grown a love for cayenne myself. :D

[magicpony]

Chef John, my husband and I made this tonight and followed your recipe exactly. Oh, except we substituted water for chicken broth. It turned out awesome - very, very flavorful. I think when we make this again we might add some potatoes as a few other people have suggested. Thanks so much for this video and all your other vids as well - you explain things so clearly and you're really entertaining and funny to boot:)

[toniawang]

Tried this and it was delicious, as is with all of your other recipes that I have tried. Your videos have taught me to cook, or at least help me bring forth my inner chef. Thanks Chef John!

[Losttoanyreason]

Being a Southerner I've never heard tale of using tomato in cooking green beans ( must be a yankee thing, LOL) but this looks quite yummy. Definitely worth trying. Unless I'm doing a stir fry I hate my green beans brite green and crunchy . Cooked to death in pork of some type is the only way, LOL.

[BobPapadopoulos]

I was 19 years old before I ever found out that there was any other way to eat green beans other than cooked to ridiculously tender, and whenever I had cooking jobs overseas they wouldn't let me cook veggies because I naturally overcooked most of them.