2-Quart Slow Cooker Green Beans and Potatoes Recipe

It's time to break out the slow cooker and make some classic southern comfort food. You'll love tender potatoes, green beans that are not overcooked or soggy, just perfect! This is a simple recipe my mom made when we were kids but I adapted it for use in a slow cooker. It's a filling, flavorful, and inexpensive side dish or makes a light meal.

For more old fashion favorites try my tuna casserole and stuffed bell pepper for one.

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For an old-fashioned southern comfort food meal pair the green beans with homemade cornbread drizzled with a little honey.

Table of Contents

• Ingredients and Substitutions
• Recipe Directions
• Tools Used
• How to store leftovers
• FAQ's
• 📖 Recipe
• Food safety

Ingredients and Substitutions

• Frozen Green Beans - Using frozen beans are picked at peak times and you almost always can be assured a flavorful bean. The peak season for fresh green beans are is may through September.
• New Potatoes - New potatoes cook up nicely in a slow cooker but you can substitute a Baby Red, Yukon gold or even a russet. I don;t peel the potatoes and cut into a two bite sizes
• Chicken Broth The broth is the cooking liquid that will end up as a beautiful pot liquor. You can also use water but a low sodium chicken broth is preferable. To keep the recipe vegetarian you can use water or vegetable broth.
• Butter - The butter adds a little richness to the beans, but you can leave it off if you want to reduce the fat content.
• Onion - Slice the onion in half then slice thin half circles.
• Garlic - Use as much or as little according your personal taste, I like a medium amount of garlic in my green beans so 2 cloves is just enough. To save time you can use the tube garlic.
• Red Pepper Flakes - Use the pepper flakes to add a hint of spiciness to the beans.

See the recipe card for ingredient quantities.

Recipe Directions

1. Add the chicken broth, potatoes. and onion to the bottom of a 2-quart slow cooker
2. Add the green bean and top with the garlic, red pepper flakes, and butter.
3. Cover and cook on the high setting for3-4 hours or until the potatoes fully cooked. Use a metal cake tester to check the potatoes.

Check out the web story version of my slow cooker green beans recipe.

Tools Used

A 2-quart slow cooker is great for making small-batch side dishes. Here is an amazon link to the model I use often in my kitchen. 2-Quart Crock-Pot. (←affiliate link)

Looking for more small slow cooker recipes? Read 14 Easy Recipes to Make in Your Small Slow Cooker

How to store leftovers

Store any leftovers in a covered bowl and refrigerate for up to 2 days. Reheat on the stovetop over low heat or microwave.

FAQ's

Food safety

See more guidelines at USDA.gov.