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Slow Cooker Barbecued Green Beans

Slow Cooker Barbecued Green Beans are sweet and tangy bbq green beans with lots of smoky bbq flavor. Made from

  • Serves 8
  • Prep 10 minutes
  • Cook 4 hours
  • Total 4 hours

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Slow Cooker Barbecued Green Beans

BBQ Green Beans

I love the flavor of bbq sauce. It is like ketchup to me. I even use it as pizza sauce. It’s definitely a good complement for green beans.

I find recipes featuring green beans are very popular. Southern-Style Green Beans and Sweet and Sour Green Beans are two of the most popular recipes on Hebeli. As much as I love both recipes, I think this Slow Cooker Barbecued Green Beans recipe is my favorite. It’s almost like green bean candy.

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BBQ Green Beans cooked in the slow cooker.

How To Make Canned Green Beans Taste Homemade

This recipe turns canned green beans into a side dish that tastes homemade. With a bunch of extra flavors added, no one will guess you started with canned beans. Be sure to try these other canned green bean recipes: Rotel Green Beans and Candied Green Beans.

How To Make

(More detailed instructions below.)

The canned green beans are slow cooked with ketchup, brown sugar, BBQ sauce (use your favorite) and Worcestershire sauce. And bacon. Lots of bacon. I like to add just a touch of cayenne pepper to balance the sweetness some.

Four to five hours in the crock pot on LOW and the green beans are coated in the most amazing sweet and tangy flavor!

  1. Cook the bacon.
    Cooking the bacon.
  2. Cook the onion in the bacon grease.
    Cooking the onions.
  3. Mix together ketchup, brown sugar, bbq sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, and cayenne.
    Mixing the ketchup mixture.
  4. Add green beans to slow cooker.
    Adding green beans to slow cooker.
  5. Add onions.
    Adding onions to slow cooker.
  6. Pour ketchup mixture over green beans and stir in.
    Pouring ketchup mixture into slow cooker.
  7. Sprinkle bacon on top. Cover and cook on LOW for 4 to 5 hours.
    Sprinkle bacon on top.
BBQ Green Beans slow cooked with lots of bacon.

Can I Use Fresh Or Frozen Beans?

Yes! If using fresh, either blanch them before adding them to the slow cooker or cook them a little longer in the slow cooker. If using frozen, thaw them first.

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Barbecued Green Beans cooked in a crock pot.

Recipe

Slow Cooker Barbecued Green Beans

Slow Cooker Barbecued Green Beans are sweet and tangy with lots of smoky bbq flavor.

  • Serves 8
  • Prep 10 minutes
  • Cook 4 hours
  • Total 4 hours

Ingredients

  • 8 slices thick-cut bacon
  • 1/2 cup chopped onion
  • 1/2 cup ketchup
  • 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup BBQ sauce
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 4 (14.5-ounce) cans green beans (drained)

Instructions

  1. 1

    Chop bacon and cook it in a large nonstick pan. Remove bacon and set aside.

  2. 2

    Discard all but 2 tablespoons bacon grease. Add onion to bacon grease left in pan and cook until soft.

  3. 3

    In a medium bowl, stir together ketchup, brown sugar, BBQ sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, and cayenne pepper.

  4. 4

    Add green beans to a lightly greased 4 to 6 quart crock pot.

  5. 5

    Add onions along with any bacon grease left in pan to crock pot.

  6. 6

    Pour ketchup mixture on top and stir in.

  7. 7

    Sprinkle bacon on top. Cover crock pot and cook on LOW for 4 to 5 hours.

Equipment

  • slow cooker

Nutrition

  • Calories285 kcal
  • Carbohydrates33 g
  • Protein9 g
  • Fat15 g
  • Saturated Fat5 g
  • Polyunsaturated Fat3 g
  • Monounsaturated Fat6 g
  • Trans Fat0.05 g
  • Cholesterol24 mg
  • Sodium582 mg
  • Potassium614 mg
  • Fiber6 g
  • Sugar22 g
  • Vitamin A1557 IU
  • Vitamin C27 mg
  • Calcium96 mg
  • Iron3 mg

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