Texas Roadhouse Green Beans Recipe

Texas Roadhouse Green Beans Recipe at a Glance

Texas Roadhouse green beans are slow-simmered with bacon, onion and a little sugar until tender and full of flavor. This copycat green beans recipe uses canned or fresh beans and is ready in about 40 minutes.

Texas Roadhouse Green Beans Ingredients

• 4 slices bacon, chopped
• ½ medium onion, diced
• 2 cans (14.5 oz each) cut green beans, drained, or 1½ lb fresh beans
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1 tbsp sugar
• ½ tsp black pepper
• ¼ tsp garlic powder
• 1 tbsp butter
• Salt to taste

How to Make Texas Roadhouse Green Beans

1. Cook the bacon in a pot over medium heat until crisp.
2. Add the onion and cook 3 to 4 minutes until soft.
3. Add the green beans, broth, sugar, pepper and garlic powder.
4. Simmer uncovered for 20 to 25 minutes, stirring now and then, until most of the liquid is gone.
5. Stir in the butter, taste for salt and serve.

Tips for the Best Copycat Result

• Fresh beans need about 10 minutes more simmering.
• Make them a day ahead, the flavor is even better.

Homemade Green Beans Nutrition

Each serving of this homemade version has roughly 110 calories, depending on your exact ingredients. In the restaurant, the Green Beans costs $3.49 and has about 100 calories.

Texas Roadhouse Green Beans Recipe Variations

• Slow cooker: add everything and cook on low for 4 to 6 hours.
• Smoky: use smoked bacon and a pinch of smoked paprika.
• Vegetarian: skip the bacon, use vegetable broth and a little olive oil.

How to Store and Reheat

• Fridge: 3 to 4 days in a covered container.
• Reheat on the stove or in the microwave until hot.

What to Serve It With

Grilled Pork Chops

$14.49

440 cal

Seasoned boneless pork chops off the grill, served with Peppercorn sauce.

Read more about the Texas Roadhouse Grilled Pork Chops →

Country Fried Chicken

$16.99

$15.02 (NC) to $19.59 (WA)

770 cal

A white-meat chicken breast battered by hand, fried crisp and covered in your choice of gravy, with two sides.

Read more about the Texas Roadhouse Country Fried Chicken →

Hand-Cut Sirloin

$14.49

250 (6oz) cal

A lean, flavorful sirloin cut in the restaurant, one of the best-value steaks, with two sides.

Read more about the Texas Roadhouse Hand-Cut Sirloin →

More Texas Roadhouse Copycat Recipes

• Texas Roadhouse Rolls recipe, 2 hr 37 min
• Texas Roadhouse Cinnamon Butter recipe, 5 min
• Texas Roadhouse Steak Seasoning recipe, 5 min
• Texas Roadhouse Seasoned Rice recipe, 35 min

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