Instant Pot Green Beans and Potatoes
My Instant Pot Green Beans and Potatoes is always a hit as a fabulous side item you can make any time of the year!
Ingredients
- 8 strips bacon cut into small pieces
- ¾ cup chicken stock
- 2 pounds red potatoes quartered
- 1 ½ pounds fresh green beans ends removed
- 1 teaspoon parsley
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Set Instant Pot to Saute and place bacon inside. Cook bacon until crisp, then remove bacon from Instant Pot leaving grease in the bottom of the pot.
- Turn off Instant Pot and add chicken stock. Using a spatula, deglaze pot by scraping off stuck-on bacon pieces from bottom of pot.
- Add potatoes and green beans. Season with parsley, salt and pepper. Stir to combine and coat ingredients with stock and bacon grease.
- Place lid on Instant Pot and seal vent. Set pot to pressure cook for 6 minutes.
- When cooking time is up, do a quick release and remove lid. Add bacon and stir to combine.
Notes
I have allotted extra time to clean and snip off ends of Green Beans, and then an additional time of 8-10 minutes for your pot to come to pressure.
David's Cooking Tips
- You can swap out ham shanks, or diced ham, or ham hocks if you like, though that will change the flavor slightly.
- Don’t like chunks of meat in your green beans? Use one teaspoon of bacon grease to give the meat flavor without having pieces of meat.
- If you want more of a smoky flavor with this recipe, add a teaspoon of liquid smoke.
Calories: 274kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 9g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Cholesterol: 20mg | Sodium: 852mg | Potassium: 1017mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 806IU | Vitamin C: 27mg | Calcium: 60mg | Iron: 2mg