Grandma's Canned Green Beans Recipe

4 from 96 votes

Grandma's Canned Green Beans Recipe

Grandma's canned green beans recipe is so good they are worthy of even holiday dinners! Since you don't have to freshly snap the beans, they are secretly easy enough for even the busiest weeknights while still being chock full of flavor!

Prep Time5

Cook Time25

Total Time30

Course: Side Dish, Vegetable

Cuisine: American, Southern

Servings:

Calories: 104kcal

Author: Meaghan @ 4 Sons R Us

Ingredients

1 50 oz can cut green beans, undrained
2 cups chicken broth
1 cup chopped, cubed, or diced ham
2 tbsp dried chopped onion
generous pinch garlic powder
salt & pepper, to taste

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Instructions

Add all of the ingredients to a stock pot. Stir them to combine.
1 50 oz can cut green beans, undrained, 2 cups chicken broth, 1 cup chopped, cubed, or diced ham, 2 tbsp dried chopped onion, generous pinch garlic powder, salt & pepper, to taste
Bring the mixture to a rolling boil, reduce the heat to a simmer. Let the beans simmer for 30 minutes, to one hour, uncovered & stirring occasionally.
Using a slotted spoon, transfer the beans to a serving dish and serve immediately, or scoop them directly from the pot onto waiting individual plates.

Notes

You can skip the chicken broth and ham if in favor of vegetable broth to make a meatless side dish that will fit a vegetarian lifestyle.
Are you a fan of meal prepping? Make a double batch of these on a Sunday evening, store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator and pull them out for several dinners during the week. Just reheat and go!
Any brand of cut green beans will work, but you’ll want to avoid string beans, French-style, or Italian cut green beans. This is one of those cases, where plain old boring cut canned beans works best.
We love saving leftover Christmas ham just to make these, but if you don’t have any chopped ham on hand, ham hocks will work just as well. Even deli ham will work in a pinch.
No ham but want meat? Save the leftover crisp bacon from breakfast, chop it up, and swap that for the ham altogether for a nice change of pace.

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