Smothered Green Beans – canned green beans baked in bacon, brown sugar, butter, soy sauce, and garlic. This is the most requested green bean recipe in our house. Everybody gets seconds. SO good!! Great for a potluck. Everyone asks for the recipe! Super easy to make.
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Pin This RecipeThese Smothered Green Beans are ridiculous! OMG! SO good!! Green beans smothered with bacon, brown sugar, butter, soy sauce and garlic. How could they not be good? The best part is that this casserole only takes a few minutes to put together. You can actually cook the bacon ahead of time and this would be ready in about a minute! Woohoo!
This makes a TON! We ate leftovers for several days and they tasted great! This would be the perfect dish for a potluck or dinner party. I promise everyone will go crazy over these Smothered Green Bans! SO easy and SO delicious!
Smothered Green Beans
Ingredients:
- 5 (15-oz) cans green beans, drained
- 1 lb bacon
- ⅔ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup butter melted
- ¼ cup low-sodium soy sauce
- 1½ tsp garlic powder
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350ºF.
- Pour drained green beans in an ungreased 9×13-inch pan.
- In a large skillet, cook bacon until almost done but not too crispy. Remove from skillet, drain on paper towel and chop. Sprinkle cooked bacon on top of green beans.
- Whisk together brown sugar, melted butter, soy sauce and garlic powder. Pour over green beans.
- Bake uncovered for 40 minutes.
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Bringing this to thanksgiving dinner…. looks like a winner. Can't believe its only a handful of ingredients… don't really care for "traditional" green bean casserole either. Going to use coco-aminos instead of soy sauce – has the same taste almost. Great pictures! Happy Holidays 🙂
Do you use the bacon grease as well or just the drained bacon?
I just use the bacon. I don't put the grease in the casserole. Enjoy!
Do you think this can work for fresh green beans and in a crockpot?
Can you freeze leftovers?
Do you add the bacon grease in as well or just the bacon?
Would it work to usethe Hormel Real Bacon in the bag??
Yes – that would work fine. Enjoy!
Would you happen to know the measurements for a family of 3?
Would I be possible to use frozen green beans instead of canned? I'm not a huge fan of canned green beans. ????
That should be fine. Enjoy!
If making these for a potluck, could I prepare the recipe in the morning, then bake it later? If not, what would you recommend for reheating the entire dish later?
I think it would be fine to assemble the casserole ahead of time and bake it when you are ready.
If taking these to a potluck, could I prepare the recipe that morning, then bake them later? If not, what you recommend for reheating the dish as a whole later?
Have you tried these in a crock pot? Sound great would like to do them for my sons birthday party
I haven't made them in the crockpot, but I think it would work fine. Enjoy!
I have made these in the crockpot and used thawed frozen green beans and it came out great and didn't have to have another item in the oven at Thanksgiving.
I've made these in the crockpot and they turned out great and I used thawed frozen green beans. I didn't have room in my oven with the turkey in there and then they could be dished right out of crock.
@Bustybrown– how long did you cook them in the crockpot? On low, I presume?
@Bustybrown– love that idea. How long did you cook them in the crockpot & on low, I presume?
I actually can't remember but I think it was on low for several hours. I'm going to cook on high today for just around an hour.
I also cooked the bacon ahead in the oven so I just broke it up into the crockpot from the frig and I also cut down on the amount of sugar in half from the first time I made it by the recipe. It was way too sweet for our liking.
I will be making this with Splenda brown sugar blend and halving the recipe. Can't wait!
Very similar to my Green Bean Bundles but would be much faster & easier without all of the bundling!
Perfect description!! Much easier than bundling. Enjoy!!
This recipe was excellent! My daughter loved this!
Similar to my the "Sweet and Sour" green beans my grandparents always used to make. They added a bit of finely chopped onion cooked with the bacon.
You can never go wrong with any recipe when you top it with bacon. This sounds yummy
I agree!! Bacon makes veggies SO much better! Enjoy!
Can you use fresh green beans?
I haven't tried it with fresh green beans. I'm sure you could, but I don't know the cooking time or quantity.
i actually made them with fresh for Easter….i used 2 lbs of fresh, they were amazing….i put them in the oven for 30 mins…we like them with a little crisp left to them…and yes they were a hit. will be making these much more often
Hi Stephanie,
I've been making this recipe for Thanksgiving dinner for a couple years now(nobody likes the traditional green bean casserole). I make the addition of dried cranberries….adds a bit of tart/sweetness. Fabulous
Cranberries sound good! I will try that next time. We loved this! I can't believe I've never had it before now!!!