Ninja Foodi Green Beans and Bacon
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!
Servings: 1 pound green beans, serves 4
Calories: 44kcal
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