SAUSAGE, GREEN BEANS & POTATOES
This Sausage, Green Beans, and Potatoes made in the crock pot are a hearty dish your family will love.
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SAUSAGE, GREEN BEANS & POTATOES IN THE CROCK POT
This dish is super easy to make which is one of the reasons why we love it. If you are using fresh garden green beans then you are in for a real treat. I believe that is the best way to make these but sometimes you don’t have them on hand.
Canned green beans work just as well and it’s the low slow cooking that takes these beans to the next level. I feel that you must make Fried Cornbread or Cornbread Muffins to go with this hearty dish.
⭐KEY INGREDIENTS
Smoked Sausage – There are many different types of smoked sausage you can use what you prefer.
Green Beans – We love garden fresh green beans of any kind, there are MANY different variations and all will work in this recipe. You can use fresh, frozen, or canned.
Beef Broth – This adds a good flavor to this recipe, and it gives a great flavor to the potatoes
Potatoes – You can use russet, red, or any potatoes you like. It’s your choice to peel them or not. They will work either way.
Bacon Drippings – This ONE ingredient does add a lot of flavor, and we love it.
🔪SWAPS
You can use andouille sausage for more spice or turkey sausage for less fat and more protein. You can also leave the sausage out and enjoy the beans made without it. This is one of our most popular recipes and it’s just Green Beans and Potatoes.
If you don’t have beef broth you can always use chicken broth. I have even made it with just water in the past, so this is a very versatile recipe.
As far as the onion in this recipe, if you don’t like onion, you can leave it out. Also, play with any of the spices to your liking.
🍽️HOW TO MAKE
This dish is super simple since it is made in a crock pot, but there is a little bit of prep. It’s simple and just makes the dish better.
PREPARATIONS
I usually brown my sausage and onion in bacon drippings on top of the stove before putting them in the crock pot. You don’t have to do this, but I feel like it adds great flavor to the sausage and onions.
If you are using fresh garden beans, be sure to wash them, remove strings as best you can, and snap them. If you are using canned or frozen, you won’t need to do anything.
COOKING INSTRUCTIONS
This is where crock pot recipes come in so handy; once all the prep is done, you just throw everything in the pot and let it do the work!
We used a 3-quart crock pot, but you can use a 4-quart it will still cook just fine. You just want to put it in a pot that it will fit in.
Cook in crock pot on low for 5 to 6 hours or high for 4 hours or until the potatoes are done.
❤️CROCK POT COOKING TIP ❤️
Do not continue to take the top off and on during the cooking process. Yes, you will want to stir it, and you can but don’t overdo it. The heat escapes from the pot and it has to reheat all over again, which prolongs the cooking process.
WHAT TO SERVE THIS WITH SAUSAGE, GREEN BEANS & POTATOES
Many would consider this a main dish and that is how we serve it. Adding a salad with this is always delicious and these are two of our most popular.
This Amish Pasta Salad is one of our most popular recipes.
BLT Cracker Salad is a wonderful way to enjoy summer tomatoes.
❓FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
CAN I MAKE THIS ON THE TOP OF THE STOVE
Yes, you can make this on top of the stove, bring it to a boil, then turn it down to a simmer and cook until the potatoes and the beans are done. If you want to cook the beans way down like country green beans, then add the smoked sausage about 30 minutes before the cooking process is done.
WHAT MAKES CANNED GREEN BEANS TASTE BETTER
Seasoning is what makes green beans taste better. That can be spices, onion, beef broth and meat. We love to cook with ham and bacon to add flavor. Saving bacon drippings is for recipes like this.
🍴HOW TO STORE THIS DISH
This dish will keep in the refrigerator for a few days and I love to reheat it in the crock pot. Just add it back and turn it on warm and let it all heat up. I find that it heats it up well, and the potatoes and everything get warm.
I find that this dish doesn’t freeze that well because of the potatoes. They don’t hold up very well and honestly, we never have any left over. However, some have commented they freeze this dish all the time and it will keep for a few months.
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HOW MANY DOES THIS SERVE
This dish serves 6-8 and you can easily double it. This sausage, green beans, and potatoes are wonderful for any potluck or to make on a Sunday and enjoy for a few days.
Sausage, Green Beans and Potatoes
Ingredients
- 1 pound smoked sausage can use Polish sausage, turkey sausage, Andouille sausage, cut into slices
- 4 cups frozen green beans or fresh green beans or 2 15 ounce cans
- 1 14.5 ounce can beef broth
- 2 cups water
- 3 to 4 large potatoes peeled or unpeeled and cut up (can use russet or red potatoes)
- 1 large onion peeled and cut in rings
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 teaspoons bacon drippings Optional
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients and place in 3 quart crock pot or a pan on top of the stove.
- Cook in crock pot on low for 5 to 6 hours or high for 4 hours or until the potatoes are done.
- If making on stove cook until potatoes are done about 45 minutes to an hour. Makes 6 to 8 servings.
Notes
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This is one of my favorite meals to make! My great grandma made it for us when we would visit them and it has always been my go to on days that I can’t decide what to make or if im not feeling well!
We love it too Brandi! Glad you have great memories of this dish.
I made this tonight as written. Comfort food at its best- it was delicious! I made it on the stove. Since I don’t cook for 3 or 4, I will use fewer potatoes. I cooked it on the stove. I cooked covered for part of the time and then uncovered for about 20 minutes.
I have been eating this meal for longer than I can remember! I also brown the sausage and onions before putting them in the crock pot. I have never used beef broth – I use chicken broth! The only other ingredient I add is a whole stick of butter on top of everything before putting the lid on. I just started doing that a few years ago – and holy cow. YUM.
I made this using a broth cooked for 24 hours in my crockpot with a ham bone, celery, garlic, peppercorns, onion and sweet potato. Strained and then added red potatoes quartered with skins, fresh French green beans, kielbasa sausage and beef smoked sausage cooked in bacon drippings, and some quartered baby portobello mushrooms also sautéed in the drippings before adding. Per other comments, I added some brown sugar and brought it all home with skillet cornbread. This might be the best thing we’ve ever eaten! I feel like a true southern lady
YAY! Sounds delicious!
I add a little brown sugar, it really adds great flavor.
Can I use canned potatoes?
Sure.
Is there a substitute for beef broth? I do not have any at home and do not want to go buy if I don’t have to.
You can easily use chicken broth or vegetable broth.
Keep beef, bullion, cubes and chicken bullion, cubes in your cabinet. You mix those with hot water whenever you need to use a cube. Easy to store I don’t use anything else.
This is one of my all time favorite recipes from y’all! I’m making it again today with fresh green beans from my garden.
YAY!! Enjoy!!! It’s such a good one!
One of my all time favorites. Easy and so delicious! Perfect for these chilly winter days. Southern cooking is my favorite type of food! Thanks for the amazing recipes!!
Can you make this with fresh polish sausage
Yes, you may want to cook it first or cook it long enough in the crockpot so that it cooks the meat.
I make this year around, it’s one of our favorites! I do use andouille sausage, Cajun seasoning, butter and Yukon gold baby potatoes with skins on and canned green beans not drained! Corn bread muffins on the side are a must!
When using canned, store bought green beans, do you drain the juice or not?
You can if you like.. but you don’t have to.
I made it with Slap Ya Mama Cajun seasoning and it was so good!!! I loved the added spice.
When cooking on stovetop, do you put lid on pot or not?
I never cover mine.
DELICIOUS! I made this today with a quart of home canned green beans and potatoes. It was a hit!
If doubling or tripling in a crock pot, do I need to double or triple the water and beef bouillon?
I would.
why can’t you pin your recipes? I keep trying, but no luck.
I have no idea, there is a pin icon above EVERY recipe and at the bottom. What happens when you click it?
I didn’t see a mention of cutting up the sausage, but every picture shows the sausage cut into bite sized pieces. Is this post cooking or before it goes in the pot?
I do it before and I added that to recipe. Thanks!
I grew up with this and I’ve never seen it posted as a real recipe. We always assumed it was Mom’s “dump everything in a pot” creation for when she didn’t have much time to make dinner. Thank you for sharing!!
I grew up with this (just made it tonight). I always thought it was something my mom threw together with her using sausage instead of ham.. we named it after our Mother. So we say we are making “Dolly Soup”. I never knew there was a recipe for this.
My mother made it with cut-up chubs of bologna… and I’ve been talking to my husband about it for years–and he made fun of the idea mercilessly. Tonight, nearly 21 years into our marriage, I made it using high quality hot dogs–assuming it was as close as I was going to get to what I remember. My fresh green beans had a single teeny tiny pepper in the bag–which my kids selected at the store. On a whim, I cut up half of that pepper and threw it in without the seeds. It added a lovely amount of heat.
My family who figured it would be gross–but, everyone loved it. We dubbed it “Poor Man’s Boil… “
Delicious. My husband loved it. Your recipes are awesome. I really enjoy your website. Keep the recipes coming. Thank you
This was so delicious. I made it on the stove top and did use the bacon grease which added the perfect flavor❤
I had never heard of this combination, but my husband grew up with it. The first recipe I found was okay but bland. I tried yours, and it’s SO good and flavorful. Now we have a recipe that we both can love! Thank you. Pre-sauteeing the sausage was good, and add the bacon grease.
Love th I s recipe I use it with turnips due to diabetes and potatoes spiking my blood sugar. So good either way though especially in the fall in front of a nice fire in the fireplace.