How To Cook Fresh Green Beans Southern Style
Directions place green beans bacon grease oil garlic salt and pepper in a medium pot.
How to cook fresh green beans southern style. Add green beans to bacon grease and stir to coat well. Cook on high until boiling. Add bacon back to pot.
Add in green beans chicken stock salt black pepper garlic red pepper if desired and give a big stir to mix up. Once beans are all broken wash green beans thoroughly removing any dirt that might be present. Cut or break bacon into small pieces and add to beans.
Reduce heat and simmer for 1 2 hour. Just before serving you can mix in a tablespoon or so of butter to give the green beans some a buttery coating. Saute in a heavy bottom pot until done.
Place into a large heavy saucepan or dutch oven and cover with water. You want them to get really soft but not mushy so that they are melt in your mouth tender. Add broth garlic powder salt and pepper.
Cut bacon with kitchen scissors into bite size pieces. Wash drain and snap ends off fresh green beans.