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Crockpot Southern Green Beans with Bacon

Being the Southerner that I am, I insist on my green beans being mushy as all get-out and mixed with copious amounts of bacon or ham. In my humble opinion, this is the correct way to eat green beans. Using the crockpot is an easy way to get the perfect pot of southern green beans.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Crockpot Southern Green Beans with Bacon

Why it works: Green beans and onion work together. They rank in the top 13% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 334 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Crockpot Southern Green Beans with Bacon

Serves 8
Prep1 min
Cook8 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

176Calories
6 gProtein
4 gFat
30 gCarbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 5 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Sugar1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated49
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Bell Pepper1 medium (119g)31
Soy Sauce1 tbsp (15ml)9
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Green beans + oniontop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together334 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Sugar + saucetop 13% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,147 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  3. Sauce + oniontop 19% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together10,474 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  4. Green beans + saucetop 28% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together53 recipes

    Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

  5. Green beans + sugartop 30% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together115 recipes

    Shared aroma: guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

Sauce and onion barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 10,474 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

Swap the green beans

How well each one fits the dish's main ingredients (sugar, sauce, onion):

  1. Mustardfits better
  2. Horseradishfits better
  3. Capsicumfits better
  4. Green beansthe original

Fit is the average pairing score against sugar, sauce, onion. Candidates are from the same food group and used in at least 100 recipes.