Texas Roadhouse Green Beans Recipe (copycat)

5 from 1 vote

This Texas Roadhouse green beans recipe is an excellent replica of the popular restaurant side dish.

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Total Time30

Course: Side Dish, vegetables

Cuisine: American

Servings: servings

Calories: 139kcal

Author: Sally

Cut bacon into pieces and cook in a medium size pan until crispy.
Remove bacon from pan to a paper towel covered plate.
Add chopped onion to bacon fat in the pan and cook until softened and lightly transparent.
Pour drained beans and chicken stock into pan with onion and stir together. Add black pepper.
Add bacon back to the pan and stir together.
Cover and simmer on low to medium heat for 15-20 minutes. Taste and add salt if needed.

Drain the beans before dumping in the pan. The chicken stock will give a much better flavor than the bean liquid.
For the bacon, I like to cut it up before adding it to the pan. This makes it easier to cook, avoiding the bubbling up of the long strips. Plus, you will want small pieces in the end for this recipe, so it's best to have them already cut up.
Don't use super thick bacon. I used just normal thickness bacon with an average amount of fat. You want the bacon to be nice and browned, but it doesn't need to be super crispy. Thicker bacon takes longer to cook.
For the onion, cut up in fairly small pieces in order to distribute the flavor better throughout the dish. Any type of onion is fine to use - whatever you like and have on hand.