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Instant Pot Green Beans and Potatoes

Instant Pot Bacon Green Beans with Potatoes will be a hit on Thanksgiving! Easy to make (only 20 minutes!) and is packed full of flavor.

A DELICIOUSLY QUICK SIDE DISH RECIPE

The cool, crisp air of fall has me dreaming of comfort food and Thanksgiving meals. A classic must-have at any dinner table is green beans with potatoes and – of course – bacon. Normally, it requires snapping off the ends of the green beans and cutting them and dirtying up a few separate pots to cook the bacon and boil the beans and potatoes. Not to mention taking up precious stove space. Not anymore!

Instant Pot Garlic Green Beans and Bacon with Potatoes shown in a brown and white bowl.

CAN I USE HAM INSTEAD OF BACON?

Absolutely! You can use diced ham, ham shanks or ham hocks to infuse flavor. You can just skip the dicing and browning part. I am keeping the green beans whole to save myself some time in prepping.

Instant Pot Bacon Green Beans with Potatoes recipe from The Country Cook.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)

  • bacon
  • vegetable or light olive oil
  • shallot
  • garlic
  • salt & pepper
  • water
  • fresh green beans
  • baby red potatoes
bacon, vegetable, shallot, garlic, salt and pepper, water, fresh green beans, Blushing Belle Little Potatoes.

HOW TO MAKE INSTANT POT GREEN BEANS AND POTATOES:

Slice bacon into 1/2-inch slices. Turn on the sauté feature of a 6-quart (or larger) Instant Pot electric pressure cooker. Add two tablespoons of oil to the bottom of the pot insert. Add in sliced bacon. Cook and stir until bacon starts to turn light brown in color and lightly crispy.

cooking chopped bacon in an Instant Pot.

Cook’s Note: If you want your bacon to be crispy in the final dish, you will want to remove the bacon with a slotted spoon at this point and place on a paper towel to drain excess grease. Then continue with the directions. When the beans and potatoes are finished cooking in the Instant Pot, remove and then top with the crispy bacon you set aside in this step. 

Add in diced shallot. Season with salt and pepper and stir well. Once shallot has softened, stir in the minced garlic and turn off the sauté feature.

diced shallot added to cooked bacon in pressure cooker pot.

Pour in the water and scrape the bottom of the pot to de-glaze. Try to scrap off all the brown bits on the bottom.

water added to deglaze the pot.

Add in green beans and potatoes and stir gently to combine.

Instant Pot Green Beans and Potatoes seasoned with salt and pepper.

Place the lid on the Instant Pot, taking care to lock it into place. Turn the steam release knob into the “Sealing” position. Press the Pressure Cook button and adjust the time to 5 minutes on the high setting. 

6-quart Instant Pot set on high pressure for 5 minutes.

Pressure cooker will take about 10 minutes to come to pressure then it will begin counting down the cooking time. When cooking is finished, do a quick pressure release (turning the steam release knob to “venting”). Remove the lid.

Electric Pressure Cooker Bacon Green Beans and Potatoes.

When ready to serve, gently pour it all into a large serving bowl. Beans should be soft and potatoes will be fork-tender. 

green beans, bacon and potatoes in a serving bowl.

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Instant Pot Bacon Green Beans and Potatoes

Instant Pot Green Beans and Potatoes

Instant Pot Bacon Green Beans with little Potatoes will be a hit on Thanksgiving! Easy to make (only 20 minutes!) and is packed full of flavor.
5 from 7 votes
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Pressurization: 10 minutes
Total Time: 30 minutes
Servings: 6

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Slice bacon into 1/2-inch slices.
  • Turn on the sauté feature of a 6-quart (or larger) Instant Pot electric pressure cooker. 
  • Add two tablespoons of oil to the bottom of the pot insert.
  • Add in sliced bacon. Cook and stir until bacon starts to turn light brown in color and lightly crispy.
  • Cook’s Note: If you want your bacon to be crispy in the final dish, you will want to remove the bacon with a slotted spoon at this point and place on a paper towel to drain excess grease. Then continue with the directions. When the beans and potatoes are finished cooking in the Instant Pot, remove and then top with the crispy bacon you set aside in this step. 
  • Add in diced shallot. Season with salt and pepper and stir well. Once shallot has softened, stir in the minced garlic and turn off the sauté feature.
  • Pour in the water and scrape the bottom of the pot to de-glaze.
  • Add in green beans and Little potatoes and stir gently to combine.
  • Place the lid on the Instant Pot, taking care to lock it into place. Turn the steam release knob into the “Sealing” position.
  • Press the Pressure Cook button and adjust the time to 5 minutes on the high setting.  
  • Pressure cooker will take about 10 minutes to come to pressure then it will begin counting down the cooking time. 
  • When cooking is finished, do a quick pressure release (turning the steam release knob to “venting”).
  • When ready to serve, gently pour it all into a large serving bowl. Beans should be soft and potatoes will be fork-tender.
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American

Nutrition

Calories: 288kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 17g | Sodium: 211mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 5g

Nutritional Disclaimer

“The Country Cook” is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. If calorie count and other nutritional values are important to you, we recommend running the ingredients through whichever online nutritional calculator you prefer. Calories and other nutritional values can vary quite a bit depending on which brands were used.

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12 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    This is my favorite “go to” side dish!!!!! Thank you so much and instead of water …..I use Chicken BROTH or Stock and some Louisiana cajun spice instead of salt/pepper to taste and I add baby carrots. But either way……its delicious!!!! Instant Pot the way to GO. Oh and this is a 5 star for me!!!!!!!

  2. 5 stars
    This recipe was delicious. Beans and potatoes were perfect but I had so much liquid when it was finished. Are you supposed to boil off the water at the end? Or do you take veggies out and Bill down for a sauce?

  3. 5 stars
    My 1st Instant pot recipe! I’m old enough to remember my mom using the old school style presser cooker, so I a bit hesitant. I also questioned whether 5 minutes would actually cook the veggies The bacon was crisp, which I also question that it would. LOL. Mom likes her food softer so I added 1 minute. This dish came out perfect!! THANK YOU FOR BEING MY GUIDE. I LOVE THIS NEW MACHINE!

    1. Hi Merry, I have not tested this with frozen green beans. However, you could certainly use them. I don’t think you have to add much time for frozen. Just depends on how soft you like your green beans. Try adding one more minute onto the pressure cooking time.

  4. I don’t have an instant pot. Can I do the potatoes and green beans in slow cooker? They look so good, I would like to try them.

    1. Hi Kathy, You sure can! Just follow the directions above for the bacon, shallots and garlic, then put it all in a slow cooker toss together with green beans, potatoes and water (or chicken broth) and cook on low for about 6 hours or until it reaches your desired level of tenderness. 🙂