Crockpot Green Beans and Ham are the easiest and BEST beans you'll ever eat. So simple to make and seasoned perfectly - great for weeknight dinners and special enough for holidays. Bonus! This recipe is low carb, gluten free, sugar-free, and keto too!
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You'll Love These Fresh Green Beans in the Crockpot!
There are so many ways to fix fresh beans! You can make green bean casserole, air fry them from fresh or frozen, and give them a Mexican twist.
"Working full-time means I'm always looking for super easy recipes. This is one of my favorite ways to make green beans. The beans are perfectly seasoned and taste amazing in the slow cooker. Great for a weeknight supper but special enough to add to your holiday menu." -Kori
The PERFECT Easy Side Dish. Any side dish that you can be made in a hurry is the perfect one for me. You can prep this green bean recipe so fast you won't believe it. Everything gets added to the slow cooker and you turn it on low.
Make Ahead. Feel free to pre-prep these beans ahead of time. Follow the recipe instructions but don't cook. Cover the crockpot and keep it in the fridge until the day you want to eat the beans.
Low Carb and Keto Side Dish Recipe. These slow cooker green beans are a healthy recipe with only 5.7 g of net carbs. There is only 1 gram of fat, but if following keto use 2 tablespoons (or more) of olive oil or unsalted butter to increase the fat grams in this recipe.
Ingredients For Fresh Green Beans in Crock Pot
- Green Beans (Fresh) - you can cut them or leave them whole. Buy bagged, pre-trimmed for convenience. Do not use canned green beans in this recipe, they will end up too soft.
- Smoked Ham Hock - use a ham or hock or you can dice up leftover ham or a ham steak for a total of 1 cup.
- Chicken Broth
- Yellow Onion
- Seasoned Salt - this is a salt with added spices.
- Ground Black Pepper
- Optional - new baby potatoes, halved, add more broth if adding.
- Garnish - sliced almonds.
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How To Make Crock Pot Green Beans
Here are the step-by-step instructions for making this slow cooker green beans recipe:
Spray slow cooker with nonstick spray. In a 4 to 6 quart crockpot, add onion, beans, ham, chicken broth, seasoned salt and pepper.
Cover and cook on low for 4 to 6 hours until vegetables are tender.
Remove ham hock after cooking. Allow it to cool then pull meat from bone and add the meat back to the crockpot.
Drain liquid from beans or use a slotted spoon for easy serving. Garnish with sliced almonds if desired.
How To Serve Crockpot Green Beans with Ham
Since this is a side I thought I'd give you some main dish ideas that would pair well with this slow cooker green beans recipe:
- Got two slow cookers? Try this slow cooker ham! You can serve this ham for any dinner, including holidays, along with these beans and you have got yourself a super simple dinner.
- Fresh beans go really well with Cordon Bleu Stuffed Pork Loin, Stuffed Meatloaf Recipe With Cheese And Bacon, and this Leftover Ham Casserole.
- Want a second side dish? Try cauliflower cheese or zucchini carrot casserole - two of my favorite side dish casseroles. Or, for something SUPER easy make these Crispy Brussel Sprouts in Air Fryer. 🙂
Top Tips
- If you've got non-keto followers in your house you can add 1 lb of new baby potatoes, halved to this recipe. Increase the chicken broth by 1/2 cup. Place the potatoes on the bottom of the slow cooker, then add the ham then green beans.
- My favorite, and I think the most flavorful, way to make these crock pot green beans is to use a ham hock. So simple, just toss it in and remove the meat from the bone later once the beans are cooked.
- This recipe can easily be doubled or tripled to serve as many people as your crock can hold. A simple way to serve these beans for a crowd is to leave the beans in the crockpot and keep them on warm.
Crockpot Green Beans and Ham FAQs
A ham hock is the joint that attaches a pig's foot to its leg. A ham hock is also called a pork knuckle. It is encased in fat and usually cured and smoked. Using a ham hock lends a smoky bacon taste which makes it perfect for this green recipe!
Any kind of fresh or frozen green beans can be used in this recipe. You can serve them whole or cut it doesn't matter. Note that thinner green beans will take less time to cook. We do not recommend using canned green beans in this recipe as they would become too soft.
Frozen green beans can definitely be used. Just add them frozen to your crockpot and that's it! There will be slightly more liquid in the pot after cooking, but it makes no difference overall as the liquid is not served with the beans.
Yes! Green beans are keto-friendly. 1/2 cup green beans by themselves have 4.8 grams net carbs, 0.2 grams fat, 2.1 grams protein. To add healthy fat serve with butter, olive oil, avocado oil, etc.
Yes! You can freeze these green beans after they've cooked. Place the beans along with about 1/2 cup juices in a freezer-safe airtight container after they have cooled and freeze for up to 3 months.
Thaw in your refrigerator and reheat in your microwave until hot.
Slow Cooker Green Beans and Ham
Ingredients
- 2 pounds fresh green beans trimmed (you can cut or leave whole)
- 1 smoked ham hock or 1 ham steak diced
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 small onion diced
- 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- optional: 1 lb new baby potatoes peeled and halved
Instructions
- Spray a 4 to 6-quart slow cooker with nonstick spray. Add onion, beans, ham hock, chicken broth, seasoned salt and pepper to the crockpot.
- Cover and cook on low for 4 to 6 hours until vegetables are tender.
- Remove ham hock after cooking. Allow it to cool then pull meat from bone and add the meat back to the crockpot.
- Drain liquid from beans or use a slotted spoon for easy serving. Serve and garnish with sliced almonds if desired.
Notes
- If following a keto diet and wish to increase healthy fat add butter or olive oil to the whole recipe or your individual serving.
- If you've got non-keto followers in your house you can add 1 lb of new baby potatoes, halved to this recipe. Increase the chicken broth by 1/2 cup. Place the potatoes on the bottom of the slow cooker, then add the ham then green beans.
- While a ham steak may be used, my favorite, and I think the most flavorful, way to make these beans is to use a ham hock. So simple, just toss it in and remove the meat from the bone later once the beans are cooked.
- These recipe can easily be doubled or tripled to serve as many people as your crock can hold.
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Crockpot green beans with ham are a super easy side dish recipe to make and taste AMAZING. These beans turn out perfect every time! A healthy side dish, slow cooker green beans can be made for a weeknight meal or even a holiday recipe.
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