How to Cook Southern Country Style Green Beans

[@lindagiorgio6058]

I am a true southern girl and married a man from Phoenix. He had never had southern green beans before but once he did he never wanted them the way his family had always made them. The southern way is better.

[@randafuller971]

I watched your video @ 1 a.m. I got so hungry for green beans, I had to fight myself to not go into the kitchen and start cooking green beans in the middle of the night!! BUT, guess what I had for dinner tonight, meatloaf and GREEN BEANS Tom"s style!! Yummy. Now my tummy is happy! They were soooooo good!! Thanks Tom!!

[@comesitatmytable9044]

We’re so glad you enjoyed them! Thank you for letting us know they turned out well for you!

[@candidasmith9623]

Nothing like them!!

[@cathylongstreth5405]

I thought you were going to tell us you had them for breakfast 🤣

[@randafuller971]

it was a thought! hahaha@@cathylongstreth5405

[@mitzicrowder2186]

I love love love green beans.Your comment was too funny

[@suzanneleonard5485]

I cook mine the same way, but near the end of cooking time, I cut up a couple of red potatoes and lay on top of the beans to steam. A meal in itself.

[@genevievedarrett3163]

Oh ,yes ...

[@carolyncorrell5626]

Always even corn, green beans, onions and potatoes. Served with fresh sliced tomatoes and sweet rea. Perfect summer mesl.

[@rosaliegibson4410]

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[@phyllisking2065]

I do the same. I made them this week. Fresh GBeans, fried bacon with the grease and new red potatoes! Corn bread made in an iron skillet!! Delicious meal for a few days!! ❤❤

[@gereesorrow380]

Wouldn't they contain salt when canned. Why salt them two additional times as they already are salted and when the water cooked is cooked out they will be even more salty?

[@chrism1164]

"Cook once - Eat twice" - Amen!!

[@mddell58]

I love eating green beans with a big cast iron skillet full of yellow cornbread! 😋

[@comesitatmytable9044]

We have a cornbread video! And you are right, those two are great together!

[@Natalie-ym8pj]

I can make a meal on fresh green beans and cornbread. Nothing better!!

[@LindaJohnson-o2r]

I guess a lid would not be appropriate?

[@Bev-Anne]

I am from South Africa and the Afrikaans population of our country makes beans the same way but they also add potatoes, cubed. They break down and add a lovely flavor. Thank you this was great!

[@lianealbert7728]

I grew up in northern Maine, USA on the New Brunswick Canada border… we grew up eating green beans and new baby potatoes and once they were cooked and drained, we’d add some heavy cream and butter. I loved to mash my potatoes and pour the hot cream / butter over them with fresh black pepper and salt.. It’s a way that a lot of French Canadian - Northern Maine people would eat them. You could do with canned but using fresh beans is always so good!! I have a picture of them on my Instagram page page from just a month ago or so! I’d love you to take a look!!

[@SherryPhillips-h9c]

Feed the baby first!!!

[@noeleenmckay9862]

Hi I’m from Cape Town originally now in Texas, I still cook my green beans with potatoes and onions and a small chopped tomato, it’s my favorite

[@carolynalbert8759]

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[@lilblackduc7312]

@@lianealbert7728 ..Your comment is the first I've noticed that mentions adding heavy cream & butter to green beans. In the 1960s, my Great Grandmother, who was born "Pennsylvania Dutch" in the 1880s, was the only one I've ever known who did that. I'll try what you say. Thank you...

[@c.l.j.jardell5811]

That. And. Cornbread. With. Tea ! All I need.

[@comesitatmytable9044]

You know you're in the south when you can get a real sweet tea!

[@wilkiewilkie512]

I cook mine in chicken broth with bacon grease & onions ! Delicious ❤

[@marthapullen3504]

I am 76 years old and was raised up on bacon grease and ham in my green beans learned from my childhood and my grandparents lived to be in their upper 90's

[@anonymouswife1616]

My family also used grease from cooked Italian sausage that my mother always saved.

[@terifarmer5066]

green beans Fresh Green beans, onions, salt and pepper, bacon, bacon grease & potatoes. this is how we do in Eastern Kentucky, yum.! Thank y'all!

[@ksister4224]

Bacon grease is GOLD!!

[@thomastommy1192]

Another great video. I am an older man in my 60s. I am from the South near KY. But my parents moved our family North back in the 60s. I was 8 years old. My parents use to make this recipe with home cook fresh from the garden green beans with new potatoes always and fat back bacon. My parents both passed away when I was in my teens and early 20s and I never got these Southern recipes. I have cooked many times this recipe with new potatoes & fatback. But I tried this recipe a week ago with frozen green beans in the slow cooker. It turned out fairly good but it did not taste like it should. I can't wait to try this. ( My wife is a Northern woman so I have to pick & chose my Southern dishes, lol.) Tom, Have you ever heard of Tomato Dumplings? My dad use to cook them when I was a kid. I loved them but I have never met anyone that knows how to cook them. My niece could but sadly she passed away several years ago before I got the recipe. Please do a video on Tomato Dumplings. Thumbs up on your videos. I will look for more of your videos. Stay well & safe.

[@patevans3709]

If you Google "recipe for tomato dumplings" you will find several. Most have pictures, so you can select the one that resembles your memory. Good luck!

[@connieburns4837]

Tomato dumplings brings back memories from my childhood. My grandmother always made tomato dumplings. We would sprinkle a spoonful of sugar over the dumplings in our bowl. They were so good! I’m 63 and I wish my grandmother could cook for me again. Sadly, she never went by a recipe for anything! She just did her magic in the kitchen by throwing stuff in a pan or bowl and something delicious came out! I wish I could help you out with a recipe for the tomato dumplings but I don’t have a clue. Haven’t had them since I was a child.

[@patchavez7146]

Bacon grease is gold to me.

[@theresarasmussen8229]

Thank you so much for this video.❤ I did not know any of this.

[@lizsmith7816]

I cook my beans pretty much the same way, low and slow with onions and bacon grease, except I use Allen’s Kentucky Wonder beans. Daddy grew them for a while but I think he switched to Missouri Wonder. He also grew Blue Lake, which he preferred. He always joked that I liked the flat beans better because they didn’t have strings that I had to pull. 😂 I think I just like the green part better than the bean part. Something I learned from several southern cooking vlogs (Farming Pastor’s Wife, Collard Valley Cooks, Mandy in the Making) is to add a pinch of sugar for each can of beans. Not so much that you taste it, but it just adds a little something extra. I can’t figure out why, but they are better with than without it.

[@comesitatmytable9044]

We love how food connects our memories to people and places.

[@Catlady8]

Try the method of just putting a piece or 2 of chopped uncooked bacon in instead of the straight bacon grease. You likely can avoid adding extra salt that way too bc canned vegetables are already high in sodium. The bacon pieces will still give it that nice flavor w/o as much fat or added salt. I’ve also been known to just use olive oil when I’m eating clean and they taste fine that way too.

[@lizsmith7816]

@@Catlady8 I have, on occasion, used pieces of bacon or slices of salt pork. I've found that we like beans with bacon grease, better. Sorry, but they wouldn't be southern country style green beans with olive oil.

[@Catlady8]

@@lizsmith7816 Sorry, that comment was for the person who said they couldn’t use bacon grease bc of their high blood pressure. My comment should have been posted under her comment. It still gives you the southern slow cooked down texture w/o the bacon grease for people who can’t go the usual route.

[@Ellen-cf1ut]

Great idea!

[@camrobn]

I so enjoy your calm demeanor whilst cooking. I rush around like a basket case.

[@comesitatmytable9044]

You're funny! Thanks so much for watching! We appreciate it.

[@cherylmaddox2233]

I bet he’s not calm all the time. He’s a coach isn’t he 😊

[@charlenereece8032]

Those beans look delicious..Love your channel

[@danalevine77]

I’m from Illinois and we love our green beans. We chop up bacon and fry it and then put the cooked bacon and grease in the beans along with a stick of butter too. And yes, we spend hours cooking them also. I guess I’m making green beans tomorrow!

[@thatgirl626]

Going to do your method. Thanks a bunch.

[@tngal483]

Widowed, child married, living alone. Definitely believe in cooking once; eating "leftovers". And Yes, have recently started saving that bacon grease. Adds flavor!

[@julierobertson148]

My sister-in-law used to make these beans and I loved them. I thought i had learned to make them by watching her, but mine always ended up the consistency of baby food. Because i was STIRRING them. Thanks for revealing that crucial element of the recipe.

[@mskay949]

Great video! These beans look delicious, but I have never cooked beans for 3 1/2 hours. My mother-in-law was the best cook in our county. She always told me the less water on your beans the better. She would cook fresh green beans from the garden she would snap them, wash them, and put them in a pan with no water at all. ( I always put a little water in mine) She always put two or three pieces of bacon in her pan and an onion and cook that together, and rendered out the bacon grease. Throw the beans in the pan, salt and pepper and Put a lid on them and cook them on medium until simmering, and then turn them down to low for about an hour and half or so. Believe it or not as the beans cooked they made their own liquid from the steam. (Stirring carefully) Best green beans you ever eat in your life. She is long gone now, but I still remember her wonderful food and I have to say I can cook a lot of her recipes, probably not quite as good as hers but close. As for canned green beans I always drain one can and leave the liquid on the other, three pieces of bacon in a pan and onion fry the bacon with the onion until the bacon grease is rendered, put green beans in a pan along with a little salt and pepper, there again cook them on medium until they start to simmer and then turn them on low and cook them for an hour or so. Just my version of how to cook green beans.

[@SD7024]

Interesting, because my friend's grandma , from the South, made green beans the same way. If she was making a small amount, she used a cast iron skillet. Melt bacon grease, add diced onions, then the green beans, salt and pepper. I don't know how long she cooked them. She passed away years ago, but I remember the house smelled wonderful!!

[@YouSUBSCRIBE739]

@mskay949 I make mine similar to eat u said/wrote at the end of ur comment bt we call ours "hillbilly beans" & we use the shelly beans(which are cans of whole beans with kidney beans or well use a can of whole beans add a can of kidney beans per 2 cans beans) We cook cut up bacon then add onion & "dnt" drain bacon greese unless its alot well pour in grease can (key ingred)...then our beans n kidney beans bt we drain our liquid for our beans....yummy. Im gonna try toms recipe with his brand of beans tho. Also I always keep my bacon brease....like the comment above "liquid gold"

[@YouSUBSCRIBE739]

What not eat*

[@DaveBrazda-b4f]

I really enjoy your videos, my recipes are very, very close to yours, and we share the idea of cooking in large batches. I love leftovers.

[@comesitatmytable9044]

Leftovers make life easier in our opinion! Not everyone appreciates them like we do, though. Tom has always said, "Cook once, eat twice."

[@patriciajames8300]

Try doing this in cast iron sometimes. Oh so good!

[@BonnieKetterman-qw8vd]

Those beans look good

[@dianalester1351]

My Favorite, Green Beans, brings back happy memories.

[@mscheryle1e]

I just came across your channel. My Grandmother was from northern Kentucky and she always used a couple of slices of salt pork and if not available then she used the bacon and grease. Of course my mom did the same. But the cooking method was the same. Often they added potatoes and made non-sweet cornbread (ina big iron skillet) with butter and with a slice of tomato on the side. Those were delicious meals and filling too. Thanks for your channel.

[@lanareedy5798]

Love it

[@justruthie5365]

My mom used salt pork when making a pot of pinto beans. I bet it would be great with green beans.

[@janetgeorge5787]

Love your recipes! So happy you give the ingredients and instructions on how to make everything.

[@comesitatmytable9044]

Thank you for watching. Your nice comment is very kind. We hope you enjoy it.

[@maxinegibson5243]

Do you really need that much salt? Or do you use unsalted beans

[@gereesorrow380]

Why is it that we can no longer find the flat Kentucky Wonder beans in the stores? My mom used to cook them and I always thought they had so much more flavor than regular green beans.

[@lydianewman8882]

These beans have me salivating. I want to thank you both for inviting me into your kitchen and making me feel at home! Can't wait to make this recipe ❤

[@AnitaWeddle-c6q]

So glad to see I’m not the only one who cooks their green beans this way!!! Nothing better than green beans..raw onion & cornbread!!! This is my first time watching your video… I was recommended by a friend. Thanks 😍

[@randafuller971]

I have always used bacon grease and onions in my green beans. However, I have never cooked them for that long. I can not wait to try this method!! Thanks for the instructions! I don't have jars of bacon grease, I use BaconUp, which is a tub of filtered bacon grease that I get at the grocery store. I cook with the grease more than I cook bacon so this works for me.

[@comesitatmytable9044]

We’re big fans of BLT sandwiches so we go through a lot of bacon and have a lot of bacon grease left overs. We hope you enjoy the green beans prepared this way. It was a new way for me when I joined the family years ago. I still enjoy the Half Runners prepared like my mom does but I’ve grown to love these as well over the years.

[@scarletteturbeville5139]

Cooking down means the flavor of the beans entensifyes 😊

[@dolocapo5430]

what store do you get the BaconUp from......i have been hoping my whole life that some way i could buy bacon grease premade.....

[@randafuller971]

@@dolocapo5430 Hello! It is available at my local grocery store, which here in Texas is HEB. I do hope you can find Bacon Up it is wonderful!!

[@pattyertel2269]

@@dolocapo5430I bought bacon up in wal mart in southern Indiana

[@carolhenderson7144]

I am a southern girl too, and I was taught to add a little bit of sugar to some vegetables including green beans to bring out the flavor of the vegetables. Also we used fatback instead of bacon grease sometimes .

[@jcboom6894]

Canned green beans taste better than frozen. Blue lake green beans are the best.

[@gailmayes8117]

My mom makes green beans this way and I love them the only difference is my mom uses pearl onions. I love your videos keep them coming. God bless you and your family. Sending much love and respect to you all.

[@alicesmith6750]

I love me some fresh picked green beans, freshly dug new potatoes, sliced onion and added to some simmering fall off the bone Ham hock. YUM.

[@bettypierce8050]

yummy

[@in..the.truth2023]

I cook for this week and freeze for next week. Today and the next two days. I cook alot but i can take a day off, or a week, or a month if need be and food is there ready to go. I really love your videos.

[@dianalester1351]

Mom cooked fresh green beans with bacon grease and salt and pepper, love them!

[@JenniferFauth]

The country greenbeans looked very delicious tom gonna have to r try them out jennifer in nebraska

[@geschoonover]

Jane’s Krazy Mixed Up Salt is my go to for green beans.

[@macycharmin]

Mmmmm! Green beans are so good. I've never boiled the liquid out (very interesting), but I do everything else you did, though not as much grease because I put chopped bacon in them. I also like cooking new potatoes in them too, so yummy.

[@nelsonerobersonjr7153]

Why cook them to shriveled? Why you cooking them so long aren’t they precooked in the can?

[@shirleydenton4747]

@@nelsonerobersonjr7153That is the southern delicious way.

[@gaywells7340]

These are the green beans I grew up with in Georgia! I fondly recall the metal can of “bacon drippin’s” on the top of the stove. Unfortunately, 50+ years later, we stopped eating bacon for economic reasons, so it has been years since I had those bacon drippin’s to cook with ☹️. And the two of us just don’t eat much anyway. But what a great memory you’ve stirred up! (Oops, I remember my mama didn’t stir her beans either!).

[@SD7024]

I hardly ever buy bacon.Too fattening for me, I over eat it! I bought smoked turkey tails. They can be sliced and used like bacon, delicious smoked flavor. Fortunately I don't eat whole turkey tails .

[@nitasheehan2704]

This has made me very hungry. I love green beans cooked Southern style.

[@pamsharp6314]

That’s exactly how I make my canned green beans. Have been cooking them this way for years. I don’t put in the onions tho because my sister is very allergic to then. They are so delicious. You are right, the longer they cook, the better they are. Bacon grease is a must. Yummy 😋

[@kathleenwassum7712]

Watching your video brought me back to my childhood! My Mama and Grandmothers made these Very Beans! They always used either fresh or Canned “pole” beans (Italian if canned!). I got so hungry for beans when watching this, that I had t do a “quick “ version: 2 15 Oz. cans of Italian green beans, 2 heaping TBSP. Of bacon grease ( yes, I Save and Freeze it!), dried onion and salt and pepper! Mine took 2 hours until “shriveled”, but they were delicious!! I’m Now a NEW SUBSCRIBER! Thanks so much! PS: I live in Winter Park Florida, a suburb of Orlando! Love your Channel!!❤😊

[@lindaroper6698]

My Mother-in-law taught me to Scorch my Green Beans. I love them that way.

[@justme-tz2yj]

That's the only way my mother cooked them. I love green beans no matter how they are cooked but her way is best.

[@bridgetloveless669]

Melissa, Half Runners are the best!

[@soniabergeron8711]

Your recipe sounds delicious. I love green beans. My mom canned alot. Here's a recipe she used with her canned beans. *************** Green Bean Salad 2 pints green beans 1 onion, sliced 1 pint canned tomatoes Salt and Pepper to taste ************ Cut the tomatoes smaller with juices, add to a bowl. Slice the onion, small slices Drain the beans Mix everything together and chill overnight.

[@comesitatmytable9044]

Thank you for sharing with all of us your recipe. We appreciate kind comments like this. Thank you so much for watching our channel.

[@anonymouswife1616]

Those beers look so delicious. Thank you for all your wonderful videos....I wish I could make them, but I'm bed bound and don't have anyone to make them for me. I'm stuck with tv dinners/frozen food😢 I do like watching your videos it makes me feel like I have some family. God bless you both.❤

[@judyragen3892]

My Mom used a piece of jowl bacon yum.......new potatoes, cornbread ,slice of tomato and green onion . Wish she was here .

[@comesitatmytable9044]

I'm sorry she's not. I can tell you really miss her. Thank you so much for watching.

[@annha7045]

Thankyou sir.❤ green bean.

[@comesitatmytable9044]

We do, too! They are so good with so many meals. They were a staple in our homes when we were kids and we had them a lot when we had kids at home, too!

[@joann5157]

I've always cooked green beans in beef broth. Yours look delicious!

[@YouSUBSCRIBE739]

Yup....me too...n add a pk of Lipton onion soup mix with scoops of bacon grease. Im gonna try toms recipe.

[@ginaconrad9765]

We call them COOKED TO DEATH GREEN BEANS and we love them!

[@ladybugsarah6671]

yep we do too

[@kathiebray2976]

That's the way I love my green beans too , "shriveled". I hate green beans straight out of the can like some buffets have. Love everything you cook. I'm from North Carolina originally so I cook country style. Your style of cooking is right up my alley! You guys do a fantastic job and have become my favorite to watch!

[@tondamccarthy6537]

Who does not love southern green beans? Grew up on them. That and greens. Yummy 🤤

[@lindaking5440]

This is great! People don’t know what they missed not eating southern home cooked fresh vegetables. My granny was the best cook. So happy you showed this video. Now I can fix some southern cooked green beans using the cheaper cans of green beans. I usually buy the expensive “southern” cans because I can’t stand bland green beans!

[@wendyedwards-gb7kw]

This sounds great. Our county family has always used fried fatback grease in our greenbeans and yes, they cooked for hours. These are better and better after being reheated over the next few days. Love your recipes.

[@RM-of3bo]

Thank you for showing how to do these. I’ve always wondered how this was done.

[@comesitatmytable9044]

You’re so welcome. We appreciate you watching.

[@cathylongstreth5405]

I always asked Nana to make wrinkled beans for our vegetable on Sundays when we ate at her house. I never knew it took her hours to make them! They sure were the best. Thanks for the memory❣️

[@DontquestionFATETarot]

I made the green beans using your method, but i had a giant size bag of frozen green beans, so i used them. I brought the beans up to a boil by adding 2.5 cups of water. Then i lowered them to a low simmer and added the bacon grease and salt and pepper. I followed through on your method and i was surprised that mine took almost as long as yours did to cook. The one thing that i did was sprinkle about 1\4 t of sugar on top before i did the last fold and i think it gave the beans a superior taste! I couldnt really tell the difference between fresh farm beans. Great recipe! I enjoy watching y’all!!

[@YouSUBSCRIBE739]

@sherriberge2912 Ive bn cookin 35yrs & ive NVR ever heard of adding sugar until I read it in these comments. Im gonna try tht. 🤔😋😯

[@deeshires8721]

I always add sugar. I like cooking just an hour if I don’t have the time and just cook down and stir real well at the end I score mine some times on accident and I like that too. Always eat slaw with green beans and cornbread

[@deeshires8721]

Scorch

[@rayrocker5150]

This is exactly the way that I’ve always made my green beans. I thought I was the only one in my class. Lol I got to say though I have an electric stove and it’s the only way that I make them and they come out tasting very very good, so I imagine because you have a gas stove so Your green beans must taste amazing because I don’t care what anybody says. There is a big difference in the taste of any kind of food on a gas stove as opposed to an electric!

[@comesitatmytable9044]

We do enjoy cooking on a gas stove. it certainly seems like you can control and manage the heat easier. Thank you for watching our videos.

[@Sheila74]

Oh man I hate cooking on electric stove. Adjusting the temps is a pain. However, I have cooked on both and I don’t see any taste difference at all, you just have to adjust to an electric stove, it’s not a charcoal grill vs gas grill 😅. I have noticed some food cooks faster an some slower between the stoves, but the food comes out just the same

[@jamesd5201]

I love your recipes, also you and Mellissa are fun to listen too, so much home grown character. Jimmy from Brooklyn NY

[@r.c.4016]

I love this recipe. Now I need to know how to cook canned pinto beans so they have flavor. So happy I found Tom and Melissa.

[@justme-tz2yj]

Me too

[@carolynadkins1887]

Same way. Add water & bacon grease. Cook & add water as needed to have plenty of bean soup. Onions optional. Salt & pepper to taste. I use Luck’s beans 😊

[@shawneeheltsley8534]

I like the way you fixed your beans-I also like adding baby red potatoes in mine-you did great!

[@CountryGrlNPa]

My grandma was from Virginia and I remember as a child she made the best cooked green beans. She would let them cooked down as well. Not sure what all ingredients she used but the flavor of those beans was so delicious,😋 I sure did learn a lot from this video. Thank you!!

[@dawnhartwell8117]

I would so love to see you show how you home can food. I hope some day you will consider it. I love the way you cook! Thanks so much for sharing all your recipes. You are such a good cook!

[@samanthaknudson3084]

Sometimes we make a meal out of these with light bread. I like mine with chopped raw onion. Sometimes I even cook potatoes with them. Yum😋

[@r.c.4016]

Absolutely love this channel. Great recipes and Tom is the best teacher. He makes everything easy to learn.

[@comesitatmytable9044]

Thanks so much! That's so kind of you to say! We appreciate that you've watched our channel.

[@YouSUBSCRIBE739]

@r.c.4016 I agree....im ADHD with comprehension prob bt the way tom explains his recipes with details...its so easy for me to understand. He's also soothing n comforting listening to. I luv this channel!

[@sandraballard2581]

I might finally like green beans thanks to you! I will make them your way and let you know. I live in Central Oregon bit born in Northern Northern Montana Montana, so you see I must just be a Northern girl with a Southern appetite.

[@bowed305]

Enjoyed this. As I heard Faith Hill say one time, in the south, we like green beans cooked until you cook all the healthy out, lol.

[@annkiger9384]

I love green beans. Probably my favorite vegetable besides asparagus. I saute my green beans in extra virgin olive oil. I put in some garlic and they are so delicious.

[@hollypritchard2395]

Yes, bacon is good for you, and cooking with the grease - terrific!! Thanks for this recipe!

[@peggetennant]

Wow. This was a real lesson for me. I never knew how this was done. I will take the time and make them your way. They look so good. Thank you.

[@alicebrown2007]

Awwwww that was so sweet ! You asked your Wife at the end did she want the first bite :)!!!!

[@htarindccdz0ph909]

Ummmm delicious Thank you Nana

[@lilblackduc7312]

I just found your channel and I'm beginning to 'binge watch' your shows. (You two are going to have me gaining weight, I can tell) Thank you...🇺🇸 👍☕

[@lynetteathey7230]

My MeeMaw & Momma always put bacon in our green beans, that where the bacon grease came in!! Once again thank you for sharing Tom's way!!

[@suzanneevans5069]

This is amazing and I will be cooking green beans in this new way. Thanks for sharing.

[@cathyburns750]

I love green beans! I make them with kielbasa or a ham bone, cut chunks of potatoes, onion and chopped up cooked bacon. Sometimes I even break a couple ears of corn in half and throw them in the pot, cob and all! Delish with corn bread on the side! Thanks for sharing your recipe.

[@patticollins3356]

Going to try cooking my beans this way. They look delicious.

[@robbieh.chafin6202]

Looks so good. Growing up we grew blue lake and can them the same way. I grew up and still live in the South and I love it.

[@Needlewich]

Love green beans that have cooked for hours! I fix mine that way. Now I’ve got to get some beans! Thanks, Tom & Melissa! God bless! 💕🤗🙏🏻

[@eilidhaylee9519]

Cooked like this video, is how Mom made hers, love them cooked up like that.

[@LoisRay-lq1ks]

Oh my goodness.. these look so yummy !! Thank you for sharing this recipe. I so enjoy watching you cook. God Bless you both !!

[@comesitatmytable9044]

Thank you so much! We really appreciate you watching the video. It’s so nice to have green beans prepared and ready to add to a meal!

[@tammyreilly9889]

Your green beans look absolutely delicious!! Thanks so much for video!!

[@Kathy200]

I live in WV but was raised across the Potomac River in Cumb., MD. We had a family of 10 so Mom would always try to extend the meal of green beans by adding potatoes and corn which was from our garden. She used bacon grease but more than that would use a ham bone for seasoning. I'm telling you, butter bread to sop up the juice. YUM!!!!

[@connieburns4837]

@Kathy200 I was born and raised in WV. One of my favorite things to eat was green beans cooked using bacon grease and new potatoes cooked in with the beans. That is some very yummy eating!

[@donnatucker8377]

I love all the easy country style recipes you use. This was actually the 1st video I’ve watched that you mentioned yours and Melissa’s garden. I’d really like to see a photo of your garden and tips. Plus maybe a video of some canning tips. I’m new to the gardening and would find this much appreciated and helpful. Please keep up the great videos and Merry Christmas to you both

[@annpachini2155]

Finally someone who knows how to cook green beans. I really don’t like canned green beans that are just warmed up. They taste like the can. Nor do I like green beans that are still crunchy. Cook those beans to death with bacon grease and or fat back.

[@stephaniesosna8213]

I've started cooking my green beans in the pressure cooker (instant pot) for 20 minutes. It works out great !! Sometimes I add large chunks of fresh tomatoes and kielbasa to the mix, then cook. I serve it over rice or quinoa. That's a whole meal in one bowl 😊

[@comesitatmytable9044]

It's so nice to have everything in one dish!

[@JoyceScott-qy5yg]

Looks good going to try this l like your easy cooking

[@debslinker8718]

I figured you'd use fresh green beans and not canned. I also like enough juice to make my cornbread wet 😋 ❤

[@janemartin229]

@@debslinker8718 His green beans would not have been ready to harvest 4 months ago. He wanted to use a green bean (Hanover's) that most people have access to in the US.

[@Ellyn1974]

I cook mine the same way basically with the addition of some garlic powder and about a teaspoon ( for 2 cans) of liquid smoke! Sooo good! I also put a lid on them and cook until liquid is gone...usually about an hour I think. Looks good Tom...this may need to be a green bean day!

[@patriciaherrington8921]

When I worked all the time, would put mine in the slow cooker. Works just the same for busy Moms/Pops 🥰

[@comesitatmytable9044]

Love any time saver! Our kids are grown and on their own now but we remember what it was like to be rushed to get dinner together.

[@Bev-Anne]

Does the liquid evaporate in the slow cooker?

[@jackymac1829]

Do you cook on high then turn to low?

[@patriciaherrington8921]

I would start on low to make sure the house won't burn down. I worked one of those jobs where if my relief didn't show up, I was stuck. Then would turn on high if needed. And the liquid will evaporate if cooked long enough. Try it one day when home, I think every slower is different, at least mine are. You have to develop a feel for yours.

[@raeannemery258]

I learned to cook green beans like this from my great grandma (she was german). One exception, she used cut up raw bacon, instead of the bacon grease. I still use this recipe, works exceptionally well with just picked green beans!!

[@Pamela-vp8ev]

Was happy to see you making green beans! Awesome video!❤️

[@comesitatmytable9044]

Thank you so much. We really appreciate you watching.

[@aprilwaters2246]

I have never cooked canned green beans down like that but I have done it like this with fresh green beans.

[@garydavis4003]

I like my green beans cooked similar to yours. I just don’t cook them as long. I hate to order green beans at restaurants and they have blanched them and they are hard as a rock!

[@YouSUBSCRIBE739]

Or no flavor or seasons!

[@carolcassell1620]

I cut up 4 slices of thick cut bacon, sauteed until the fat renders down then add the beans right on top. Cook it low & slow just like you did! Soooo very yummy! ❤

[@comesitatmytable9044]

Yes! It's a delicious way to prepare them. Thank you so much for watching.

[@kaywages-ch6pq]

Beans look delicious. Another vegetable, another way to cook. Thanks so much.

[@StormyNight777]

That is the way I make my green beans. They are the best. I can't add that much salt because of BP, but I push it to the limit. I like half runner or blue lake. Slice a big red tomato, a wedge of cornbread and you have a great meal before you. I always save my bacon grease. It flavors a lot of different things. Thanks again.

[@amypatton6730]

I use butter instead of bacon. Really good. Cooked down all the way. Yummy. Thankyou for all your great recipes.

[@comesitatmytable9044]

You’re very welcome. We really appreciate you for watching.

[@Ellen-cf1ut]

You can also use both! DELICIOUS T ALSO!

[@lorraineb.9248]

I rinse my green beans after I drain them. I use EVO and cook my onions until tender, then add the rinsed beans😊. I add add enough water to come about half way up! Those canned green beans are already cooked. 😊 They cook about 30 minutes and I bring them to a boil to cook the liquid out and if the beans scorch a little it’s good! I like a lot of pepper an garlic powder plus salt to taste. It may take about an hour and sometimes I will add potatoes during the cooking ,, every time I take them to a dinner everybody loves them! My Mom cooked hers with fatback and cooked them a long time, I just don’t like to cook so I try to speed up the process on everything I was taught and I don’t get any complaints, but I love watching your cooking , I think about my Mama, she would take all day to cook and it was so good but she never had to work like me so I had to learn to do fast meals, Thank you for your wonderful cooking videos❤❤ I relax and love to watch everything you do❤

[@dianalester1351]

Mom cooked them with bacon grease, I too also make them the same way. So delicious!

[@twinsisterDJ]

we always added a little capful of vinegar and a tablespoon of sugar then cooked the liqud out and yum