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Slow Cooker Green Beans
Slow Cooker Green Beans - a simple side dish that the whole family will love. Try this recipe with shallots, garlic and bacon for flavourful greens.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
3 hrs
Total Time
3 hrs 10 mins
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 111 kcal
Course:
Side Dish
Cuisine:
British
Ingredients
- 500 g green beans trimmed
- 3 rasher Bacon
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 2 garlic clove crushed
- 80 g button mushrooms sliced
- 3 shallots diced
- 350 ml chicken stock
Instructions
- Chop up 3 rasher Bacon and add it to a frying pan with 1 teaspoon Olive oil. Gently cook for 4-5 minutes until the bacon starts to crisp.
- Add 3 Shallots, 80 g Button mushrooms and 2 Garlic clove to the frying pan and cook for 2 minutes more.
- Add 500 g Green beans to the slow cooker.
- Add the bacon mix on top.
- Pour in 350 ml Chicken stock and cook on high for 3 hours.
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Notes
- How long you cook the bacon for really is a preference thing. Some people like their bacon really crispy, in which case cook it for a couple of minutes longer.
- The bacon softens a little when cooking, so you can save some of the crispy bacon to sprinkle on top before serving.
- You can make this a more filling side dish by adding diced potatoes and cooking them all together. They might need cooking a little longer, but the beans will be fine with longer in the slow cooker.
- Always use fresh green beans, not canned.
- You can make this a vegan side dish by leaving out the bacon and using vegetable stock.
- Add some extra flavour to the finished dish with a sprinkle of red chilli flakes.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1portion
Calories
111kcal
(6%)
Carbohydrates
11g
(4%)
Protein
5g
(10%)
Fat
6g
(9%)
Saturated Fat
2g
(10%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
3g
Trans Fat
0.01g
Cholesterol
9mg
(3%)
Sodium
160mg
(7%)
Potassium
345mg
(10%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
5g
(10%)
Vitamin A
583IU
(12%)
Vitamin C
30mg
(33%)
Calcium
51mg
(5%)
Iron
8mg
(44%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 111
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1portion | |
| Calories | 111kcal | 6% |
| Carbohydrates | 11g | 4% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 6g | 9% |
| Saturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Trans Fat | 0.01g | 1% |
| Cholesterol | 9mg | 3% |
| Sodium | 160mg | 7% |
| Potassium | 345mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
| Vitamin A | 583IU | 12% |
| Vitamin C | 30mg | 33% |
| Calcium | 51mg | 5% |
| Iron | 8mg | 44% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.