There are many ways to cook fresh garden green beans, but roasted green beans offer a delicious and simple preparation that enhances their natural flavors.
Here are a few popular methods for cooking green beans:
- Blanching: Boil green beans briefly until they turn bright green, then plunge them into ice water to stop cooking. This keeps them crisp and bright. These are tossed into bean salads or served cold on a veggie platter.
- Steaming: Steam green beans until tender-crisp. This method retains nutrients well but make sure you get them El Dente and shock in cold water to stop the cookig process
- Sautéing: Heat a bit of olive oil or butter in a pan, add green beans, and cook over medium-high heat until they’re tender and slightly browned – add a squeeze of lemon to finish.
- Stir-Frying: Cook green beans quickly in a hot pan with other vegetables and seasonings. This stir fry method keeps them crunchy and flavorful. Try pairing with other veggies like red peppers and onions
- Grilling: Brush green beans with oil and grill them over medium-high heat until they’re charred and tender.
Roasting vegetables is a simple method. It is always my go-to for hearty vegetables like carrots, cauliflower, cabbage, brussels sprouts, potatoes, and broccoli. Now, I’m adding garden-fresh green beans to the list. Oven roasted green beans are easy, hands-off, and ready in 12-15 minutes. They’re a perfect side to meat dishes, too.
To Roast toss green beans with olive oil, salt, and pepper, then roast in the oven until caramelized and crispy
Other flavors that are delicious tossed with roasted green beans:
- Parmesan cheese
- Basil Walnut pesto
- Butter and toasted almonds
- Chopped Kalamata olives and sun-dried tomatoes
- Feta and dill
- Garlic Scape Pesto
- Green onion ginger sauce
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Roasted Green Beans
Roasting vegetables is always my go-to for hearty vegetables like carrots, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, potatoes, and broccoli. Now, I'm adding garden-fresh green beans to the list. It's easy, hands-off, and ready in 12-15 minutes.
Ingredients
- 1 lb fresh green beans
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 2 smashed garlic cloves.
- Lemon juice and zest
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
- Wash and trim the ends off the green beans and pat with a paper towel to dry.
- Place the prepared green beans on your baking sheet. Drizzle the olive oil over the beans and sprinkle the salt all over. Use your hands to toss until all of the beans are lightly coated in oil. Arrange the green beans across the pan in a single layer.
- Toss in the smashed garlic cloves.
- Roast for 12-15 minutes, undisturbed, until they are crisp-tender with some golden, caramelized spots.
- Top with black pepper and zest some lemon over the beans.
