Slow-cooked Fresh Green Beans With Bacon, Onion, And Red Potatoes

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 pound applewood-smoked bacon
• 1/2 large white onion, sliced lengthwise
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 2 pounds fresh green beans, trimmed
• 2 pounds red potatoes, cut into chunks
• salt and ground black pepper to taste

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 50 mins

Ready Time: 2 hrs 5 mins


• place bacon in a large dutch oven and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. remove the bacon slices to a plate lined with paper towels, reserving some of the drippings in the dutch oven.
• stir onion in reserved drippings; cook and stir until browned, about 10 minutes. stir garlic into the onion; cook until softened, 1 to 2 minutes. pour broth into the dutch oven; add green beans. chop bacon and add to the dutch oven.
• bring the broth to a boil, reduce heat to low, and place a cover on the dutch oven. simmer the green bean mixture until the beans are tender, about 1 hour. add potatoes; season with salt and pepper. continue cooking until the potatoes are tender, about 30 minutes more.