Smoked Green Beans with Bacon
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Smoked Green Beans are heavenly! The best part is you can put it together in minutes and then pop it on your smoker! I added bacon, onion and my favorite BBQ rub just to make it even more delicious.
These Traeger Smoked Green Beans are also a copycat of the Texas Roadhouse Green Beans. They have a delicious smoky flavor and these definitely match up to that! It’s the layers of flavors that make them so decadent – with onions, bacon, BBQ Rub seasoning and even a touch of apple cider vinegar and finished with butter. How can they not be good?
What’s in Smoked Green Beans?
- frozen green beans – I used 2 bags of whole green beans – but you could use canned or fresh as well
- Using fresh? They will take a little longer and more water in the pan – I would start with 2.5 hours and see if they’re fork tender
- Using canned? They will take less time – I would go for 1.5 hours and be sure to drain the beans.
- diced bacon & onion – uncooked! Put it in raw – it cooks while it’s smoking
- your favorite BBQ seasoning – I love Historic BBQ – they’re local and work great on anything
- a touch of water & apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 stick butter because butter makes everything better
How do you make Smoked Green Beans?
- Get your smoker ready! I use a Traeger pellet grill but you can use any type of smoker
- While it’s heating up, toss green beans in a baking dish
- Sprinkle diced onion and bacon on top of beans and stir
- Sprinkle BBQ Rub all over beans
- Add water and vinegar to dish
- When smoker/Traeger is up to temp at 225 – place pan in smoker
- Smoke at 225 for 2 hours – checking at 1 hour and stir
- Raise temp to 400 on Traeger
- Add butter slices to top of beans and add more seasoning if you’d like
- Smoke for 30 minutes at 400 degrees
Tips, Tricks & FAQs
Yes – you can make them in a crock pot or the oven. If you do in the crock pot – I would definitely cook the onion and bacon first. In the oven – you could put them in raw. Either way I would add a few dashes of Liquid Smoke to add that flavor and scent.
Yes – they’ll just need 30-60 minutes more in the smoker. Check them to your preferred doneness.
Yup! They’ll need LESS time – by 30-60 minutes! They’ll be much softer – so they would be my last choice.
Nope! When you kick the smoker up to 400- they’ll finish cooking and be just right! You can cook them a little if you’d like but do NOT cook them all the way through.
Salt, pepper, garlic – always works!
What to serve with Traeger Green Beans
- Traeger Pork Chops – pop them on for the last bit of cooking!
- Air Fryer Whole Chicken
- Texas Roadhouse Steak Seasoning – if you’re having TXR Green Beans – might as well have some steak too!
Other Delicious Traeger Recipes
Smoked Green Beans with Bacon
Ingredients
- 32 oz frozen green beans
- 4 strips bacon diced
- 1/2 yellow onion diced
- 2-4 tbsp Historic BBQ Red seasoning (or your favorite BBQ seasoning)
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 stick butter cut into slices
Instructions
- Preheat Traeger/smoker to smoke – after 5 minutes when smoke dissipates – change temp to 225
- Spread green beans in a baking dish
- Sprinkle diced onion and bacon on top of beans and stir
- Sprinkle BBQ Rub all over dish
- Add water and vinegar to dish
- When smoker/Traeger is up to temp at 225 – add pan of green beans
- Smoke at 225 for 2 hours – checking at 1 hour and stirring
- Raise temp to 400 on Traeger
- Add butter slices to top of beans and add more seasoning if you'd like
- Smoke for 30 minutes at 400 degrees
This Thanksgiving recipe is so delicious! I tested it out last night to see if it would make the make the cut for this year’s holiday dinner. It is wonderful! So flavorful and delicious! Adding it to the Thanksgiving menu.
I used to LOVE these beans from Texas Roadhouse, so happy I can recreate them at home now. That smoky flavor is just the best with the beans!
The recipe turned out delicious! Thanks for sharing such a great one!
I am always looking for new smoker recipes! I am excited about how easy this is and am putting it on the Thanksgiving Day menu! Yum!
The flavor sounds absolutely amazing with the use of the smoker! I especially love the addition of the bacon. Yum!
What temperature if cooked in the oven and how long for canned green beans?
In the oven with canned – add liquid smoke – just a few dashes to get the smoky flavor – 300 for 1 hour and turn up to 400 for 30 minutes
do you put the green beans in the pan frozen or thaw them out? also what type of wood chips are best and do you smoke the entire time?
yes – frozen in the pan
i don’t use wood chips – i use pellets – I use the Traeger mix but maple & cherry are good for veggies
yes – smoke entire time
Absolutely loved these. I will partially cook the bacon first next time because it took a long time for it to crisp up – but wow. Flavor heaven!
So fabulous! Made this at the campground on our Traeger and it rocked. Would partook the bacon first next time.
Iโm making today for Thanksgiving and precooked the bacon and starting it on the stove until the turkey is done and then will finish on the Smokefire.
Adore this recipe!!