Make delicious southern style green beans with bacon, ham, smoked turkey, pulled pork, or sausage. Cooked in broth until tender, they are a comfort food staple!

Want to know how to make the best green beans ever" Make southern green beans! It?s as easy as simmering fresh cut green beans in broth with bacon and onions until tender.
Southern green beans are the backbone of a good southern comfort food meal. You?ll find them alongside fried chicken, smoked chicken (or smoked turkey), ham, pork chops, pulled pork, chicken fried steak, or a nice BBQ brisket.

What are Southern Green Beans"
Southern green beans are a flavorful side dish of fresh green beans simmered in a flavorful broth, with or without meat, until tender. Add onions and/or garlic for extra flavor or even a splash of vinegar and a hint of sweetener. While it?s traditional to cook southern green beans with salt pork, modern cooks use a variety of smoked and flavorful meats. What’s important is that the green beans are simmered until tender and have lost their bright green color. What they lack in visual appeal they more than make up for in flavor.

Mom cooked her southern green beans with a piece of leftover ham. That is still one of my favorite ways to prepare them, but I also use bacon or even pulled pork. You can even cook green beans with smoked turkey and chicken broth to achieve a nice smoky flavor.
NOTE: I cooked the green beans shown with the leftover pot liquor from my crock pot pulled p...