Arkansas Green Beans - BubbaPie (2024)

These Arkansas Green Beans have just about all of my favorite things in one side dish! Bacon, Brown Sugar, Garlic, Butter and Soy Sauce are all baked into these Green Beans for a dish that is seriously addictive!

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1 Bacon Makes Everything Better

2 Arkansas Green Beans

2.1 Arkansas Green Beans Ingredients

3 Can You Use Fresh or Frozen Green Beans For This Recipe?

4 Can You Freeze This Recipe?

5 Other Notes For Arkansas Green Beans

6 Arkansas Green Beans

Bacon Makes Everything Better

In my time here on Earth, I’ve learned a couple of hard truths. One of them is that bacon will always make everything better. If it’s something you don’t really like? Add bacon, you’ll like it. If it’s something you already love, add bacon, you’ll love it more.

Here at Bubba Pie, we are all about simple and tasty comfort food. And one simple way to make food tasty is: BACON! But when you add Garlic, Butter and Sugar into the equation, watch out taste buds! All those ingredients add up to a great flavor worthy of wowing your guest at your next potluck!

Arkansas Green Beans

So, why do they call them Arkansas Green Beans? I have absolutely no idea. I looked for a bit on the web to find this answer but then it occurred to me that I don’t really care. A tasty dish is a tasty dish. For sure, this side dish recipe has it’s roots in the south. Roasted veggies with bacon, butter and garlic and nestled in a baking dish? Yep, that is pure Southern Soul Food right there!

So, ready to make some Arkansas Green Beans? For step-by-step instructions, check out the printable recipe card below. But here is what you’ll need to get started:

Arkansas Green Beans Ingredients

  • 4 cans of 15 ounce green beans, drained
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup butter, melted
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 6 pieces of bacon, fried and chopped
  • salt and black pepper – to taste

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Can You Use Fresh or Frozen Green Beans For This Recipe?

Yes you can. You’ll want to make sure you steam your frozen green beans until they are tender. You can do this in the microwave if you want. If you’re using fresh green beans, you’ll need to trim them and then you can either boil or steam them until they become tender.

Can You Freeze This Recipe?

Technically, yes. You can wait until the Arkansas Green Beans cool down and wrap the dish tightly with aluminum foil or freezer wrap. It should keep in your freezer for up to 3 months. Green Beans, unfortunately, do not reheat very well. Your dish may be fairly soggy when you reheat it.

Other Notes For Arkansas Green Beans

  • BACON-It seems like everyone has their own method of cooking bacon. Fry it in a frying pan on the stove top, bake it in the oven…. Whatever way you choose to cook it is fine. Just don’t get it too crispy, you’ll be putting them on top of the green beans and baking it for about 30 minutes more.

I hope you enjoy this recipe for Arkansas Green Beans. Let me know how they turn out in the comments section!

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Arkansas Green Beans

Course Side Dish

These Arkansas Green Beans have just about all of my favorite things in one side dish! Bacon, Brown Sugar, Garlic, Butter and Soy Sauce are all baked into these Green Beans for a dish that is seriously addictive!

Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Ingredients

  • 4 cans of 15 oz. green beans drained
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • ¼ cup butter melted
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 garlic cloves minced
  • 6 pieces of bacon fried and chopped

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a casserole dish with cooking spray and set aside.

  • In a large bowl, mix together green beans, brown sugar, melted butter, soy sauce and minced garlic.

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  • Add the green bean mixture to the prepared casserole dish.

  • Sprinkle with bacon pieces.

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  • Bake for 30 minutes and serve with your favorite main. Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 231kcal

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  1. Claudia Tellone says

    Just a question……

    Can I use frozen green beans?cl

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    • Kathy says

      Yes you can. You’ll want to make sure you steam your frozen green beans until they are tender. You can do this in the microwave if you want. If you’re using fresh green beans, you’ll need to trim them and then you can either boil or steam them until they become tender.

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  2. P hyllis says

    Arkansas Green Beans - BubbaPie (8)
    Green beans are so delicious I can’t imagine anyone putting brown sugar in them. Love the bacon though.

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  3. Jackie says

    Arkansas Green Beans - BubbaPie (9)
    So, just because you “can’t imagine” brown sugar in a recipe that you haven’t even tried you feel justified giving it a one star rating? Shame on you! At least try it as is or leave out the brown sugar before you decide to bash it.

    Reply

  4. Deb says

    This recipe is the BOMB! ONE of my family’s favorites!
    LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!

    Reply

    • Kathy says

      Yay! So glad your family likes it!

      Reply

  5. Sharon says

    Arkansas Green Beans - BubbaPie (10)
    Sounds delish! I just have one question. What size casserole dish? 9X13, 8X11,9X9?
    Thanks,
    Sharon

    Reply

    • Kathy says

      We used a 9X13 I think.

      Reply

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FAQs

How many cans of green beans are in a bushel? ›

A bushel of green beans weighs 30 pounds and can make 12 to 20-quart jars. You can think of quantity as about two pounds of green beans per canned quart.

How much is a bushel of green beans? ›

Beans (Snap, Lima) Bushel 28 -30 lbs. Peck 8 lbs. Broccoli Bushel 23 - 25 lbs. Bunch or heads 1 - 1.5 lbs.

How many quarts can you get out of a bushel of green beans? ›

The pounds-to-quart canning ratio is approximately 2 to 1. A bushel weighs 30 pounds and yields 12 to 20 quarts. An average of 14 pounds is needed per canner load of 7 quarts; an average of 9 pounds is needed per canner load of 9 pints (4 1/2 quarts).

How many cans are 4 cups of green beans? ›

Notes: ✿ 4 cups of green beans is about 1½ pounds fresh or 16 ounces frozen or 2 cans (15 ounces each) drained.

Can you snap green beans a day before canning? ›

Green beans can be snapped and prepared for canning without having to worry about them browning in between canning loads. There's also no rush to get them into the jars. You can prepare the beans the night before and can them the next day.

Can I freeze home canned green beans? ›

Thankfully all kinds of beans can be frozen, from baked beans to black beans, canned to cooked!

Why are green beans so expensive? ›

Green bean prices are nearing a 10-year high as availability on both coasts is tight, according to ProduceIQ. “In the West, supply is forecasted to tighten for the next two weeks,” said Mark Campbell, founder and CEO of ProduceIQ.

What is the difference between a bushel and a peck? ›

Know the Difference Between Bushels and Pecks

Both words are units to measure the number of apples you have. Thirty-two quarts equals a bushel, and a peck equals one-quarter of a bushel (eight quarts). That means that one bushel is equal to four pecks.

What kind of salt do you use when canning green beans? ›

Always use canning salt or sea salt with NO added anti-caking agents or ingredients, regular table salt is not recommended. Pour just off the boil water over the top of the green beans until the liquid level reaches the 1-inch headspace.

Why do green beans need to be pressure canned? ›

Because green beans are low in acidity, they have to be canned in a pressure canner so they're safe to eat up to a year later. But if you're willing to increase the acidity of your green beans by pickling them, you can process them in a water-bath canner.

How many people will a pound of green beans serve? ›

“When alternative sides are plentiful, assume guests will eat a little less of each and one pound will serve four people,” Hartigan says. “And if vegetarians outnumber carnivores at your table, assume your green beans will go fast and assume that one pound will serve two people.”

How much does a large can of green beans weigh? ›

Jumbo-Can. EXCEPTIONALLY DELICIOUS TASTE: Libby's Cut Green Beans are freshly picked at the peak of ripeness and packed within hours to seal in Farm Fresh Goodness for a deliciously mild, subtly sweet flavor and crisp-tender texture.

What is the volume of a bushel of beans? ›

Specifically, a volume bushel is the equivalent of 1.244 cubic feet (normally, a figure of 1.25 cubic feet is used).

How many pounds is a number 10 can of green beans? ›

Del Monte Blue Lake Fancy Cut Green Beans, #10 can, 6 lbs 5 oz | Costco.

How many cans of green beans equal a pound of fresh green beans? ›

One 15 ounce can of green beans is roughly equal to ½ pound of fresh beans. So if your favorite recipe calls for 2 cans of green beans, you'll want to use one pound of fresh.

How to figure out bushel weight? ›

In general, the procedure used to determine the reference test weight per bushel of grain is to weigh one dry quart of the grain on a suitable scale that is designed to multiply the weight by 32, since there are exactly 32 quarts to a dry bushel.

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