How to make slow cooker ham, green beans and potatoes

Kate Elliott

Contributing Writer

Tons of wonderful slow cooker recipes exist, but with too many of them, you still have to make a couple of side dishes. One starch and one vegetable, at least. The recipe below, however, makes it possible to get a complete meal right out of the slow cooker. You don't even need to add anything at the end or keep an eye on it. Just add all the ingredients, and enjoy a homemade meal that you actually didn't have to sweat over.

This recipe uses small potatoes, but you can use any potatoes you'd like. And whether you use frozen green beans or fresh is also completely up to you. The main thing is that the ham and the potatoes are cut into pieces the same size so that they cook evenly. Otherwise, one might become tender long before the other and eventually turn to mush.

Some who have made this recipe have said they sauté the entire thing afterward to get it a bit crisper, but it's fine the way it is. To be honest, isn't the point of using a slow cooker to not have to sweat over the stove?

Cooktop Cove

Slow Cooker Ham, Green Beans and Potatoes

10 minutes

6 hours

6 hours, 10 minutes

2 cups frozen green beans

2 pounds ham, skin removed and cut in a large dice

1-1/2 pounds new potatoes

1-1/2 cups chicken broth

Salt

Ground black pepper

Place the ham, green beans and potatoes in a 6-quart slow cooker.

Add the chicken broth and season with salt and pepper.

Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook on low for 6 hours or on high for 3 hours.

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