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Ninja Foodi Green Beans and Bacon

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Fresh, whole French Style green beans with crispy bacon and onions is incredibly easy in the Ninja Foodi pressure cooker, a simple side dish that PACKS flavor!

Ninja Foodi Green Beans and Bacon with seasoning piled up on a plate

I feel like green beans are one of the most under rated side dishes. They are so good! You can eat them steamed, pressure cooked, air fried, even cooked on the grill! Green beans are flattering in color to a variety of main dish meals like this copycat Alice Springs chicken or even a flakey salmon and with this recipe, are done in a pinch.

Plus, with a kitchen essential like the Ninja Foodi, you already know how quickly and easily a pressure cooker makes cooking. Let’s get started!

Ninja Foodi  Pressure Cooker Green Beans

✔Bacon ✔ 6.5 quart Ninja Foodi ✔ Thanksgiving Side Dish

Looking to enjoy some super fresh green beans as a side dish? No need to boil or steam green beans when you have a pressure cooker!

Place delicious fresh green beans (French style here!) in the Ninja Foodi with the salty crunchy taste of bacon and you have a win/win that will leave no green bean uneaten. This recipe is super simple and relies on the freshness of the bean, the flavorful onion and the salty bacon to come together.

  • 1 lb. fresh green beans
  • 1/2 of an onion, sliced
  • 8 slices of bacon (uncooked) cut into 2″ pieces
  • 1/2 cup chicken broth
  • fresh ground pepper and sea salt

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How to make Green Beans, Bacon and Onions

Add bacon and onion to the food pressure cooker insert.

Sautee for 8 minutes, stirring frequently until bacon is cooked.

bacon, onions sautéed in in the ninja foodi

Add fresh green beans and broth.

add broth to ninja foodi inner pot machine

Place the pressure cooker lid on the Foodi and seal shut.

Close the pressure release valve.

Ninja Foodi Green Beans and Bacon already cooked in the inner pot of the ninja foodi pressure cooker

For French style green beans, heat on high pressure for 1 minute.

For regular green beans, heat on high pressure for 2 minutes.

When cooking is complete, quick release steam and carefully open the pot.

Serve immediately topped with fresh ground pepper and sea salt.

Ninja Foodi Green Beans and Bacon seasoned in a bowl and ready to eat

Common Green Bean Recipe Questions

More or Less Liquid? Ninja Foodi Recipes say you need at least 1/2 cup of liquid in it to pressure cook. My instant pot says 1 cup of liquid. Therefore, I recommend you read your manual to make sure you know what your appliance needs if you are not using the Ninja Foodi all in one pressure cooker.

I thought French Style Green Beans were Cut? They aren’t cut French style. They are whole beans. The package said “French style” and I think they are skinnier than a regular green bean. A standard green bean seems to have more girth .

What if I have a different pressure cooker? The recipe SHOULD be the same but pressure can build differently on the quart size of the cooker, so always refer to your products recipe guide to double check the timing. If you have an instant pot or another type of cooker and test out altering the food prep, please let me know if the timing worked for you.

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~Trisha

4.75 from 12 votes

Ninja Foodi Green Beans and Bacon


Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 1 minute
Total Time 14 minutes
Saute 8 minutes
 Fresh green beans pressure cooked with crispy bacon and onions, an easy side dish recipe made perfect with the Ninja Foodi pressure cooker - where you can pressure cook and sauté easily in the same machine. Delicious! Equally week night and holiday meal friendly, nothing says full flavor like sautéing fresh green beans in left over bacon grease. Using both the sauté function and pressure cooker function from the Ninja Foodi all in one machine, this green bean recipe is a simple and savory way to enjoy PILES of green beans this season. Not many more seasonings or herbs are needed than salt and pepper as the onion and bacon lend the best flavors already. Green beans are a traditional classic and no fuss side dish and is easy to adjust texture of bean to a crisp-tender or soft bean by playing with the time. There is nothing more Southern in a green bean dish than greens and bacon, so dig in!

Ingredients
 

  • 1 lb fresh green beans
  • 1/2 of an onion sliced
  • 8 slices of bacon uncooked cut into 2" pieces
  • 1/2 cup chicken broth
  • fresh ground pepper and sea salt

Instructions

  • Add cut up bacon and onion to the food pressure cooker insert, also known as the Ninja Foodi Ceramic pot.
  • Sautee for 8 minutes. stirring frequently until bacon is cooked.
  • Add whole green beans and broth.
  • Place the pressure cooker lid on the Foodi and seal shut.
  • Close the pressure release valve.
  • For French style green beans, heat on high pressure for 1 minute. For regular green beans, heat on high pressure for 2 minutes.
  • When cooking is complete, quick release steam and carefully open the pot.
  • Serve immediately topped with fresh ground pepper and sea salt.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 | Calories: 44kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 3g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 268mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 4g

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