There’s no doubt I’ve always loved being in the kitchen! Some of the best memories I’ve made in my lifetime have been in kitchens… whether it has been my own kitchen, a friend’s kitchen or a family member’s kitchen. Today I’m sharing memories from my grandma’s kitchen with this recipe for Southern Style Green Beans with New Potatoes.
**Today’s recipe is sponsored by LG™ Home Appliances. All opinions are my own!
I remember spending summers at my grandma’s during the day when my mom went to work. We’d do all kinds of fun stuff, but what I remember most is Grandma cooking fresh vegetables from her garden. This is one of the recipes she made, and I hope you enjoy it as much as I always have.
What sticks out most in my mind is helping her snap buckets full of what she called “snap beans” sitting at the kitchen table. There was one time I thought we’d NEVER get finished snapping all of those dang beans, but I tried to be a good sport. 🙂
We call them “snap beans” because once they’re picked from the garden, you have to snap both ends off, then snap the bean in half (after they’ve been rinsed).
Grandma made her snap beans with new potatoes, onions (sometimes) and any type of salt pork that she had on-hand. I just use bacon, because it’s always in my fridge.
So I mean it when I say, “Life’s Good in the Kitchen!”, and it’s why I love cooking and making memories. Katie Lee of Food Network’s The Kitchen also learned how to cook in her grandmother’s kitchen at an early age. The set of The Kitchen is full-on equipped with LG appliances (courtesy of LG) from refrigerators and ovens to microwaves and the LG cooktop.
Oh how I’d LOVE to have a monstrous kitchen like that with all of those appliances… the first thing I’d do is invite all of my friends and family over and have a night of nothing but hanging out and cooking. I’m sure there would be a few cocktails mixed up, too. 🙂
Here’s Grandma’s recipe for Green (snap) Beans and New Potatoes. What’s your favorite memory in the kitchen?
Southern Style Green Beans & New Potatoes
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 mins
- Yield: 6 servings
Description
A hearty and comforting side dish!
Ingredients
- 5 slices bacon, roughly chopped
- 1 cup chopped sweet onion (about ¼ of a large sweet onion)
- 1 ½ pounds fresh green beans (rinsed well), ends removed and snapped in half
- 1 ½ pounds small red (“new”) potatoes
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt (more or less, to taste)
- 1 teaspoon pepper (more or less, to taste)
Instructions
- Cook bacon pieces in a large saucepan over medium heat until lightly browned (but not crispy), about 4 to 5 minutes. Add chopped onion and continue to cook for an additional 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Add green beans and potatoes and cover with water. Add salt and pepper.
- Increase heat to medium-high and bring to a simmer. Once simmering, reduce heat to low and cover saucepan.
- Simmer gently for 50 minutes, or until green beans and potatoes are tender.
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 50 mins
- Category: Side Dish
- Method: Boil
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: green beans and new potatoes
This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of LG. The opinions and text are all mine.
Loved the green beans and new potatoes.
Thanks!!
Thank you, Marilyn – so glad you enjoyed them!
Got some on now going to have chicken and cornbread with sliced tomatoes. I’m originally from southern West Virginia but living in North Carolina it’s hard to find good beans but my son ran into some and brought in yesterday and said now you can have your meal you been talking about. I love having the beans later when they get cold and slice up onions and tomatoes in them oh my it is so good. Hope everyone has a great day
I’ve been making this for many many years, but haven’t made it in a long time it’s on the menu tonight 🙂
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Me too this makes me think of my Granny
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I have Yukon gold new potatoes and I’m using chicken stock for the liquid. I’m also adding fresh sliced mushrooms and garlic salt. I love the combination.
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I’m cooking white half runners beans with new red potatoes right now. I brought them back from KY! Can’t wait to dive in and enjoy!! I canned 57 quarts of them a couple of weeks ago and will enjoy them this winter!!
Yum! Sounds like you’re stocked for the winter… hope you enjoyed the beans and potatoes, Karen! 🙂
I am so glad to find someone who knows how delicious white half runner beans are. I have had so many people look at me like “what are you talking about”. It’s not true that all beans are the same. White half runners are the best. I am from KY and thanks only bean we grew!
I just looked in my fridge and see about 1 1/2 pounds of fresh green beans and I have some baby redskin potatoes. I could go for a good pot of this right now.
Yum! I can eat a huge bowl as a meal. 🙂 Hope you enjoy it!
I’m a lifetime southerner from NC. I grew up working the gardens with my Grand Dad. And we had very big gardens. Green Beans or snaps with new potatoes were always one of my many favs. I lived playing outside and to come inside while those have been cooking for an hour is the absolute best aroma.
Thanks for sharing, Tammy! I love sweet memories of snapping beans with my grandma as a kid. I’m a lifetime NC southerner, too! 🙂
One of my favorite summer dishes and one I did with my grandmothers also. I’m a southerner from NC, the only green bean any self-respecting Tarheel would eat is the Half-Runner. The only thing about them is that they not only have to be snapped but also must be strung (both sides)…I hated stringing and you talk about taking a long time, OMG! But that pot of garden fresh green beans and new potatoes were so dang good, I always realize they are worth all that extra work!
Hi Kim, I’m a NC southerner as well! I just snapped some beans from my garden the other day and thought of my grandma (always do when I snap beans!)… and yes they are worth the extra work (now I’m craving a big bowl of beans and potatoes!). 🙂