If you have ever been to Texas Roadhouse you know how divine their green beans are. This is why we had to figure out exactly how to make the Texas Roadhouse green bean recipe.
This recipe starts with cans of cut green beans with a handful of additional ingredients, like cooked bacon, onion, garlic, and a bit of sugar, so it’s just enough cooking time for the flavors to meld. We offer a few tips, too.
If you are having a special family dinner and want to surprise your loved ones with a special side dish, then this is the perfect green beans recipe.
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Don’t just drain the cans of green beans. Also make sure to rinse them under cold water.
Rinsing them will remove excess salt and any potential starch. Also, if there is a hint of metallic flavor that extra rinse will get rid of it. Cooks Illustrated ran tests and proved that rinsing canned beans can significantly reduce the sodium found in the beans.
How to perfectly cook diced bacon
Allow the raw bacon to come to room temperature – Allowing the fat in the bacon to come to room temperature before cooking allows it return to its natural state. It will fry much better this way. This should only take about 5 minutes.
Start with a cold pan – Add a teaspoon of canola oil and diced bacon to a cold flat pan. Turn the heat to medium and allow the bacon pieces to cook. Adding bacon to an already hot pan runs the risk of scorching the bacon.
Cook bacon – Cook the bacon pieces for about 6 minutes or until the bacon is golden brown. (Note: for this recipe you don’t want the bacon to be too crispy)
What kind of green beans should I use?
For the Texas Roadhouse green bean recipe, you want to buy fresh cut canned green beans.
Make sure that you do not buy french style green beans for this recipe. (They will disintegrate.)
How to reheat Texas Roadhouse green beans
The best way to reheat this recipe is in a skillet. Add the green beans to a skillet and allow them to simmer for about 5 minutes or until thoroughly heated. If the beans are dry add 3 tablespoons of water to the mixture.
What kind of onion is used in the Texas Roadhouse green bean recipe?
The traditional version of this recipe calls for white onion. If you are feeling adventurous you can experiment with yellow onion or even purple onion.
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Texas Roadhouse Green Beans Recipe (Copycat)
Ingredients
- 2 16 oz cans green beans
- 4 oz bacon
- 1 t canola oil
- ¼ c onions diced
- 1 t garlic minced
- 1/2 c water
- 1 T sugar
- 1 dash pepper
- ½ t salt
Instructions
- Prepare the bacon – Remove the raw bacon from the refrigerator and dice the bacon into small even size pieces. Allow the bacon to set at room temperature for 5 minutes.
- Prepare the green beans – Open and drain the cans of green beans. Rinse the green beans in a colander under cold water. Set aside.
- Prepare the onion and garlic – Mince enough garlic to measure 1 teaspoon. (Garlic is optional) Dice enough onion to measure ¼ cup.
- Mix the liquids – Mix together the water, sugar, salt and pepper. Set aside.
- Pan fry the bacon – Add the canola oil and diced bacon to a cold frying pan. Heat the pan to medium temperature. Allow bacon to cook for 3 minutes. Stir bacon and cook for an additional 3 minutes. Bacon is done when it is golden brown.
- Cook onions – Add diced onions to the pan with the bacon. Cook the onions for about 3 minutes. Continually stir the mixture. The onions are done when they are translucent.
- Cook garlic – Add garlic to the pan with the bacon and onions. Continue to stir the mixture and cook for an additional 30 seconds.
- Add liquids – Add the mixture of liquids and the rinsed green beans to the pan with bacon. Bring to a slow boil.
- Simmer – Then turn the pan to a low simmer. Simmer the mixture for 10 minutes. Turn off the heat. Serve in small side dishes with a spoonful or two of the bean juice.
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We hope that you enjoy these green beans. We are big fans!
Cheers,
Chew Team
Need to try this it looks soo good
Great recipe! Love it!
So glad to read this!
I love their green beans. Thanks for sharing.
So great to read. I hope that you try it and love it.
A great recipe and I love the addition of garlic.
Awe yes. We ❤️ garlic around these parts.
Thanks for posting this!
Texas roadhouse is my husbands favorite restaurant and this is favorite side dish there!
Yay. I am so glad to read that. Do enjoy every bite!!!
-Renee’
Ate at Texas road house tonight. Delicious. My husband says He could eat just the green beans.
Oh my gosh! Yes, I so agree. Now, I want some for dinner again.
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It seems like it may have a lot of sodium with the bacon, canned green beans, and added salt. I’d love to try it but I’m gonna have to see how it turns out with some low sodium or even sodium free ingredients. Where I live I can buy salt free canned green beans. We’ll see!
Haven’t tried this yet but making them tonight for a social-distancing birthday dinner! We are doing it pot-luck style and eating outside to be able to spread apart. I want to thank you for posting this recipe with the handy tool that doubles and triples the recipe! So helpful!
@Rar, How did the recipe come out for you? We’d love to know!
They look so yummy going to try the recipe
Awesome. I hope that you enjoy it. 🙂
I just love this recipe thanks
If I make them the day before…do I cook them all the way? If so how do I reheat them? Thank you. I would like to make them for Easter.
This speaks to me!