Easy Instant Pot Southern-Style Soul Food Green Beans
Easy Instant Pot Southern-Style Soul Food Green Beans with {VIDEO} is a quick pressure cooker recipe that is perfect for the holidays including Thanksgiving and Christmas. This dish is loaded with immense flavor using chicken broth, bacon, and seasoning. This post provides the cooking for prepping green beans in the Instant Pot.
Servings 5
Calories 78kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 slices uncooked bacon sliced into small pieces
- 1 cup chopped white onion
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 pound fresh green beans stems removed
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon Better Than Bouillon Chicken Flavor
- salt and pepper to taste I go light on the salt because the bacon and broth provide plenty of flavor for me.
- 1 slice cooked and crumbled bacon optional
Instructions
- Turn the Instant Pot on the sautee function. Add the 4 slices of uncooked bacon. Cook for 3-4 minutes until the bacon crisps.
- Drain the excess fat from the Instant Pot. I reserved about a teaspoon of fat in the pot.
- Add the onions and garlic. Cook for 1-2 minutes until fragrant.
- Add the chicken broth and deglaze the pot with a spatula. Scrap up all the bits of cooked bacon in the pot.
- Add the Better than Bouillon, green beans, salt and pepper to taste. Stir.
- Cook for 15 minutes on Manual > High Pressure Cooking.
- When the pot indicates it has finished, quick release the steam.
- Serve the green beans with additional crumbled bacon sprinkled throughout.
Video
Notes
If you are serving the dish for a crowd, feel free to add double the ingredients. The cook time remains the same.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 78kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 4g