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If you’re looking for an easy side dish that disappears fast at every family dinner, these Crack Green Beans are about to become one of your favorite recipes. Tender green beans are coated in a rich buttery brown sugar glaze with soy sauce, garlic, onion, and crispy bacon, then baked until perfectly caramelized. The sweet and savory combination is incredibly hard to resist, making this recipe a holiday favorite, potluck staple, and weeknight dinner winner.

Crack Green Beans

Whether you’re serving them for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Sunday dinner, or alongside your favorite grilled meats, these baked green beans always earn rave reviews.

Why Are They Called “Crack” Green Beans?

The name “Crack Green Beans” has been used online for years to describe recipes that people simply can’t stop eating. The word “crack” isn’t meant to make light of addiction or offend anyone. It’s simply internet shorthand for a recipe that’s incredibly delicious and highly addictive in flavor.

If you’ve been around Sparkles to Sprinkles for a while, you’ve probably also seen my popular Crack Candy recipes. The name follows the same tradition—it simply means they’re so good everyone keeps coming back for another bite.

No offense is ever intended, and if you’d rather, you can always think of these as Sweet and Savory Bacon Green Beans!

Ingredients

• 3 (14.5-ounce) cans cut green beans, drained
• 6–8 slices bacon, cooked until crispy
• ⅔ cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup melted butter
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 2 teaspoons onion powder

How to Make Crack Green Beans

• Preheat your oven to 350°F.
• Spray your baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a bowl, combine the brown sugar, melted butter, soy sauce, garlic powder, and onion powder. Mix well until combined.

Add the drained green beans to the baking dish.

• Pour the mixture as evenly as possible over the green beans. Gently spread the sauce over the top so the green beans are evenly coated.

• Sprinkle the cooked bacon, broken into medium-sized pieces, over the top.

• Bake uncovered for 25 minutes.

Tips for the Best Crack Green Beans

• Drain the canned green beans well so the sauce doesn’t become watery.
• Cook the bacon until crispy so it stays crisp after baking.
• Stir gently before serving to coat every green bean in the delicious sauce.
• If you like a little extra caramelization, bake for an additional 5 minutes.

Variations

• Add a pinch of red pepper flakes for a little heat.
• Use thick-cut bacon for extra smoky flavor.
• Substitute fresh or frozen green beans if preferred (cook until tender before baking).
• Sprinkle with freshly cracked black pepper before serving.

Storage

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4 days. Reheat in the microwave or in a 350°F oven until warmed through.

Crack Green Beans

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Ingredients

• 3 (14.5-ounce) cans cut green beans, drained
• 6–8 slices bacon, cooked until crispy
• ⅔ cup brown sugar
• ¼ cup melted butter
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 2 teaspoons onion powder

Instructions

• Preheat your oven to 350°F.
• Spray your baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a bowl, combine the brown sugar, melted butter, soy sauce, garlic powder, and onion powder. Mix well until combined.
• Add the drained green beans to the baking dish.
• Pour the mixture as evenly as possible over the green beans. Gently spread the sauce over the top so the green beans are evenly coated.
• Sprinkle the cooked bacon, broken into medium-sized pieces, over the top.
• Bake uncovered for 25 minutes.

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