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    🏠Home » Recipes » Side Dish Recipes

    Baked Green Beans with Bacon

    Feb 3, 2023 by Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan · 9 Comments

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    4.04 from 50 votes

    Baked green beans with bacon are the perfect side dish for almost any meal. This easy green bean recipe features a sweet and savory sauce with brown sugar and garlic topping tender green beans sprinkled with bacon.

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    • 😊Why you will love this recipe
    • 🥓Ingredients
    • 👨‍🍳How to Make Baked Green Beans with Bacon
    • Green Beans Tips
    • ❓FAQs
    • 📖Vegetable Recipes
    • 🖼️Step-by-Step Photo Instructions
    • 📝Recipe
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    😊Why you will love this recipe

    • We all need reliable side dishes, and this one has never failed us.
    • Perfect for almost any meal, even holiday or company meals.
    • Easy to double.
    • It is our best green bean recipe with bacon and a sweet and savory sauce of brown sugar, soy sauce, and garlic.
    • Uses frozen or fresh green beans.

    My wife came up with this inspiration piece, Smothered Green Beans at Plain Chicken. I'm sure Stephanie at Plain Chicken would not even recognize it coming from her inspiration.

    🥓Ingredients

    • Green beans—whole, frozen, or fresh
    • Bacon
    • Soy sauce
    • Pantry ingredients—butter, brown sugar, garlic powder

    👨‍🍳How to Make Baked Green Beans with Bacon

    1. Dice bacon and fry until almost crisp the drain on a paper towel.
    2. Combine melted butter with brown sugar, soy sauce, and garlic powder.
    3. In an 8 by 8 or 6 by 9 baking dish, add whole green beans, sprinkle with the bacon, then drizzle on the sauce.
    4. Bake until the beans are tender, with the smaller ones browning—about 35-40 minutes for frozen beans and about 20-25 minutes for fresh green beans.

    Green Beans Tips

    • Using frozen whole beans has produced consistent results. They are already blanched but not cooked. Do not use cut or French-cut frozen green beans.
    • Picking the Best Fresh Green Beans
      • Pick fresh green beans with vibrant green color and smooth skin without seed swells.
      • Avoid large, thick, or skinny beans.
      • They should have good firmness, no bad spots, and not be wrinkled.
      • Fresh off the vine is the best or from the farmer's market. Use the store produce department if you must.
    • If using fresh green beans, I suggest blanching in boiling salt water for 2 minutes, then an ice water bath to cool. And watch closely for browning.

    ❓FAQs

    How to refrigerate leftovers.

    Let leftovers cool completely, and store in the refrigerator sealed airtight for 3 days.

    How to freeze leftover green beans with bacon.

    Spead out cold leftovers on parchment paper in a single layer and freeze. Store in an airtight container, freezer zip-lock suggested, with minimal air for 3 months. Thaw overnight before reheating.

    How to reheat leftover green beans with bacon.

    Spread over a baking sheet with parchment paper. Bake in a 400° oven until hot—10-15 minutes. You can also reheat it in an air fryer or a skillet on the stovetop. Avoid the microwave.

    📖Vegetable Recipes

    Green Beans with Toasted Almonds

    Roasted Garlic Parmesan Asparagus

    Green Bean Casserole Without Soup

    This recipe is listed in these categories. See them for more similar recipes.

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    🖼️Step-by-Step Photo Instructions

    bacon with frozen green beans and seasonings

    Preheat oven to 375° convection or 400° conventional.

    cooking cut up bacon in a fry pan

    Cut 3-4 pieces of bacon into pieces and fry. Stop just before crispy and drain on a paper towel.

    mixing topping for beans in glass bowl

    Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a microwave. Add 2 tablespoons brown sugar, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, and ½ teaspoon garlic powder.

    pouring topping over beans and bacon in baking dish

    Add 1 pound of fresh or frozen green beans to an 8 by 8 or a 6 by 9 baking dish. Spread the bacon over the beans. Drizzle the liquid over the dish. Note: fresh green beans should be blanched first.

    green beans with bacon on a fork

    Bake until beans are tender and any thinner beans are browning. About 20-25 minutes for fresh beans or 35-40 minutes for frozen whole beans.

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    📝Recipe

    green beans with bacon on an orange plate

    Baked Green Beans with Bacon

    From Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan
    Baked green beans with bacon are the perfect side dish for almost any meal. This easy green bean recipe features a sweet and savory sauce with brown sugar and garlic topping tender green beans sprinkled with bacon.
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    4.04 from 50 votes
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    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 40 minutes
    Total Time: 50 minutes
    Servings #/Adjust if desired 6 servings

    Ingredients

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    • 1 pound whole green beans - frozen or fresh
    • 3-4 strips bacon
    • 2 tablespoons butter
    • 2 tablespoons brown sugar
    • 1 tablespoon soy sauce - low sodium preferred
    • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
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    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 375° convection or 400° conventional.
      bacon with frozen green beans and seasonings
    • Cut 3-4 pieces of bacon into pieces and fry. Stop just before crispy and drain on a paper towel.
      cooking cut up bacon in a fry pan
    • Melt 2 tablespoons of salted butter in a microwave. Add 2 tablespoons brown sugar, 1 tablespoon soy sauce, and ½ teaspoon garlic powder.
      mixing topping for beans in glass bowl
    • Add 1 pound of fresh or frozen green beans to an 8 by 8 or a 6 by 9 baking dish. Spread the bacon over the beans. Drizzle the liquid over the dish. Note: fresh green beans should be blanched first.
      pouring topping over beans and bacon in baking dish
    • Bake until beans are tender and any thinner beans are browning. About 20-25 minutes for fresh beans or 35-40 minutes for frozen whole beans.
      green beans with bacon on a fork
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    Recipe Notes

    Pro Tips

    1. Doubles easily in a 9 by 13 dish. Cooking time will be about the same.
    2. This works fine with frozen whole green beans. Do not use cut or French green beans. I keep frozen beans in the freezer for this recipe.
    3. Fresh green beans also work well for this but pick firm beans with good color, smooth skin, and no seed swells. Also, mostly the same size works best. Blanching first is highly recommended.
    4. Tips on buying the best green beans are in the post.
    5. If using fresh green beans, blanch in boiling salt water for 2 minutes, then an ice water bath to cool.
    6. Easy to prep ahead for dinner. Cook the bacon, make the sauce and then assemble and bake.
    7. We use this for company meals and usually make it with frozen whole beans. It is reliably done for use at 35-40 minutes in the oven. Great for planning.

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    You may adjust the number of servings in this recipe card under servings. This does the math for the ingredients for you. BUT it does NOT adjust the text of the instructions. So you need to do that yourself.

    Nutrition Estimate

    Nutrition Facts
    Baked Green Beans with Bacon
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 93 Calories from Fat 45
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 5g8%
    Saturated Fat 3g15%
    Cholesterol 14mg5%
    Sodium 197mg8%
    Potassium 180mg5%
    Carbohydrates 10g3%
    Fiber 2g8%
    Sugar 6g7%
    Protein 3g6%
    Vitamin A 638IU13%
    Vitamin C 9mg11%
    Calcium 31mg3%
    Iron 1mg6%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
    Serving size is my estimate of a normal size unless stated otherwise. The number of servings per recipe is stated above. This is home cooking, and there are many variables. All nutritional information are estimates and may vary from your actual results. To taste ingredients such as salt will be my estimate of the average used.
    Course : Vegetable
    Cuisine : American

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    Editor's Note: Originally Published February 22, 2017. Updated with expanded options, refreshed photos, and a table of contents to help navigation.

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    1. Connie

      July 12, 2021 at 10:21 am

      1 star
      I made this recipe last night with fresh from our garden new young beans. After 30+ minutes the beans were still not done. The sauce and bacon were good but not the beans. We don't like mushy beans but also don't like under dine ones.
      I use many of your recipes and love them
      Disappointed in this one....will go back to cooking beans on stove top.

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    2. Stephanie

      October 25, 2020 at 8:42 am

      5 stars
      I just recently stumbled across your blog and am so happy I did. My husband is the cook in our home. On my "cooking nights" we went out to eat. ;) But during this pandemic, I have been trying to be fair to my husband and take on some of the cooking. So far I've tried the Tuna Noodle Casserole and the Apple Crisp. I know there are a ton of recipes to try, but I'm trying to start small with things I can do. I am admittedly, a terrible cook. I made these green beans last week and my husband loved them. I plan on making them again very soon. Thank you for sharing. I much prefer baking as I am very analytical and precise. I am a decent baker and will be checking out all of your yummy baking recipes at some point. Thank you again!

      Reply
    3. Terri

      March 22, 2019 at 6:28 pm

      5 stars
      Really, really good.

      Reply
      • Dan Mikesell AKA DrDan

        March 24, 2019 at 7:51 pm

        Hi Terri,
        Welcome to the blog.
        Glad you enjoyed the recipe and thanks for the rating.
        Dan

    4. KIm F.

      February 11, 2019 at 2:30 pm

      Super good... what a great flavor combo! I did end up baking for about 50 minutes... I tend to over cook our vegetables, we like them on the soft side. Thank you for sharing another great recipe!

      Reply
      • DrDan

        February 14, 2019 at 10:15 am

        Hi Kim,
        Welcome to the blog.
        This is one of our favorites. I think it is the bacon for my wife.
        Thanks for the note.
        Dan

    5. S

      January 27, 2019 at 3:21 pm

      This was delicious. I made it for a family gathering and almost all of it was eaten! I doubled the green beans/bacon and over-doubled the sauce recipe, with a little more soy sauce, as I felt the original sugar to salt ratio was somewhat overpowering. I used my toaster oven to bake it, at regular 375 (vs. convection) for about 50 minutes. I would make this again. :) Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
      • DrDan

        January 27, 2019 at 9:52 pm

        Hi S,
        Welcome to the blog.
        This has become our go to veggie recipe for company steak meals. So I have done it probably 30 plus times.
        What I find surprising is that frozen whole green beans work better than fresh... Unexpected.
        Thanks for the note.
        Dan

    6. Pat

      February 22, 2017 at 8:17 pm

      Looks delicious!

      Reply

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