Super tender beans cooked low and slow with bacon, onions and garlic. These instant pot green beans taste like they’ve simmered for hours. Fresh green beans means best tasting fresh flavor, more nutrients and excellent tender texture when you bite into them. The soft green beans coupled with delicious bites of bacon and onion make a comforting side dish to any dinner. If you have an Instant Pot and you love green beans, then you simply must try this recipe for Instant Pot Green Beans. Use regular, not flavored bacon, this gives the most authentic green bean flavor. Onions and garlic provide depth and flavor that also brings delightful aromatics to the instant pot green beans.

Instant Pot Green Beans and Bacon Recipe

Ingredients:

• 4 slices uncooked bacon (sliced into small pieces)
• 1 cup chopped white onion
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 2 garlic cloves (minced)
• 1 pound fresh green beans (stems removed)
• 1 tsp chicken flavor
• sea salt and pepper to taste
• 1 slice cooked and crumbled bacon (optional)

Preparation:

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. 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 chicken broth, green beans, sea 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.

Nutrition Facts:

• Calories 78
• Fat 4 g
• Net Carbs: 5 g
• Protein 7 g

Enjoy it.