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.

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.

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

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

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!!

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!

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

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

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.

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

Bacon grease is GOLD!!

"Cook once - Eat twice" - Amen!!

Bacon grease is gold to me.

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 ❤

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!

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.

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

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.

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

My husband and I need to cook our green beans with only a little fat. To give my beans the smoky flavor of my childhood, I discovered I could add a few slices of Canadian bacon and let that cook down with the beans. That gives me smoky flavor without lots of fat.

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!

Those beans look good

G'day from Australia 🇦🇺 Ill never get over how Southern Americans and Appalachians can cook beans for hours and hours ! Any bean in a can to me, oh forget it, I cant talk about how much I cant stand them 😂

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.

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.

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 😋

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!!❤😊

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 😍

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

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.

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...🇺🇸 👍☕

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

Those beans look delicious..Love your channel

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.

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!).

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

I like to saute my onions in the bacon grease first, then add my beans, salt, pepper and a little sugar. So good! 😋

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.

I love green beans cooked this way, but as delicious as they are, I believe we are cooking out all the nutrients. Three hours of cooking is just too long for green beans. Again, they are delicious, but are we ruining the reason we are even eating green beans?? My “pop” used to tell us, even when peeling potatoes, if we cut off too much of the peel, that we were throwing away the “goodness,” meaning the nutrients. I apply the same rule to overcooked vegetables. I grew up eating out of the garden….all fresh and organic veggies. All the good nutrients!Just a few thoughts I wanted to share. I am a new subscriber, a long time cook and a good cook, too. I liked your chicken and dumplings recipe. It looks like the batter you poured on top of the chicken actually formed into dumplings when baked. Is that right? That’s a lot easier then rolling and cutting! Thanks 😊

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.

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.

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

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!

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.

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

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.

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!!!!

My family some fron Kentucky, some from Texas ,take fresh green beans ,snap them ,. I remember sitting on the front porch snapping beans with my aunt. I use boiling onions and small new potatoes, salt pork or bacon. We cool them down. Soooo good. I made them for pot luck at my work. Every time we had pot luck thay would ask me to make them. I will try using can , beans and doctor them up,,. it would be so much faster

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❤

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

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! 💕🤗🙏🏻

Blue. Lake. Very. Good. Green. Bean

I love fresh green beans. Usually put in a skillet with little chicken broth and stir fry. When tender crisp top with a little olive oil and serve. Know yours are awesome. Thanks for sharing.

I've had these beans before but I never knew they were so time-consuming! I'll have to try making them.

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

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😋

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

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!

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!

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.

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

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!

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

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

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.

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.

My mom would fry French green beans in bacon grease yum with onions yum thank you for the memories 😃🦋

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

Awesome video!!! I use the Hanover green beans too AND definitely bacon grease!!!!🤩 I’m trying these instructions for my Thanksgiving dinner!!! Thanks, Tom & Melissa!!!!💙💛

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

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

There is nothing like home canned beans, I always put a tsp, of sugar in them. I enjoy your show and save a lot of your recipes.

Thank you Tom and Melissa for the wonderful videos! I love learning how to use different methods of cooking!!!😊

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.

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

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!!

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

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

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!!

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

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

I've seen other videos on how to cook beans, but you go into detail as to why it's cooked for so long. Thank you. God bless.

I enjoy the stories

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.

"gasp" all of your meals/videos are worthy!!! I'm always the green bean maker at all family dinner's! I can fix canned ones that taste almost as good as fresh from the garden! But nothing beats garden beans. Bacon grease in my home is gold! HANDS OFF MY BACON GREASE 😂

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

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

Looks amazing. I judge a restaurant by the quality of the green beans!

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

That's exactly how I like my green beans😋

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 .

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.

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

I loved watching this video. I never could make green beans like my grandmother. I HAVE to try this and am going to get those green beans you suggested from the store for this weekend. Have you ever heard of Leather Britches or Shuck Beans? They are fresh green beans you break, string up and dry. Store them till use and then soak them in water overnight, drain and cook them the same way. Being from Kentucky, you probably know what they are, but I bet most people do not. That would be an awesome video for you to do (after you dry the green beans of course)! I will let you know how my Tom's Green Beans turn out! Blessings to you and Melissa!

I love green beans in any way, shape and form. I never met a green bean I didn’t like. But I must admit, I don’t like them as well when they’re cooked so long they’re shriveled. So I cook mine the same way you do but I don’t cook them as long. To each their own!

Wish we had some right now!

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

Now I know how my maternal grandmother (Nannie) made her green beans! They were always shriveled and I never knew why. Can’t wait to make these and yes, I have some bacon grease in my fridge too! Liquid gold…😋 Thanks Tom and Melissa! -Brenda

Thank you so much for this! A fried potatoes tutorial would be nice too. Mine are always too soggy.

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.