There are some surprisingly easy, delicious recipes with green beans. These range from range from healthy to indulgent – from green bean fries to bacon-wrapped green beans. Even green bean salads.
This is one green veggie that doesn’t have to be boring! Include these healthy and flavorful beans as part of your next meal or special occasion menu. Incorporate them into your big batch cooking, too.
Be sure to also check out these green bean salad recipes.
Easy Tasty Recipes with Green Beans
These green bean fries are coated with potato flakes and seasoning before you cook them. It's a wonderful and unique appetizer that is sure to be delicious.
Cheese, tater tots, green beans. What's not to love in this family-friendly dish that will have even the kids enjoying their vegetables?
This is a South Indian dish called Beans Poriyal. It's basically stir-fried green beans with coconut. It makes for a really interesting way to enjoy green beans.
These delicious tarts make a great appetizer or side dish for any meal. It uses puff pastry, so you know it's going to be a crowd pleaser.
This version of Green Beans Casserole adds Pillsbury Grands Flaky Biscuits to take it to a whole new level of flavor and texture.
Looking for a low carb, gluten free, keto friendly way to enjoy green bean fries? How about if it's also super easy because it's done in the air fryer?
Yet another take on the traditional green bean casserole, this one uses Ritz crackers to give us an extra battery flavor.
This is a dish called ejotes con huevos, or Mexican green beans with eggs. It's spiced with cloves for an unexpected savory flavor.
Healthy Gluten-Free + Vegan Green Bean Casserole (Allergy-Free)
This recipe is a healthy makeover of the more heavy traditional green bean casserole. It has a crunchy topping made from baked onions instead of bread. The base is coconut milk and mushroom instead of dairy, making it vegan.
This delicious tried and true recipe blends green beans with ham. Or bacon. Or any kind of smoked meat you like. The point is a delicious smoky flavor for the beans.
These sweet and sour green beans are made with canned green beans, smokey bacon, water chestnuts, and sweet onions. The flavor is a little bit sweet, a little bit sour, and just delicious.
Not your typical green bean recipe, this one blends pecans and green beans with orange zest and juice. It's roasted to a crispy texture, and the flavor is subtly sweet.
These are so easy to make. You roast the beans on high heat which gives them a complex caramelized flavor that's surprising. They are great as a side dish with most meals.
The crunch to this recipe will make it impossible to stop eating them. But that's okay, because they're healthy. Cook them in an oven or air fryer with just a few ingredients you probably already have on hand.
As you'd expect from anything with lemongrass and chili in the title, this dish is spicy and pungent and so flavorful.
This is a vegan dish that's served in Turkey during the summer. It's all about the beans plus summer tomatoes, onions, and good olive oil.
This one is made with frozen French cut green beans to make your cooking easier. Seasoned with Indian spices to give it an unforgetable flavor.
Tofu is seasoned with lime juice, pepper and soy sauce to give it unexpected flavor. Then you combine it with green beans and shallots.
This is a dry stir fry recipe with Indian spices, potatoes and green beans. Don't worry - you have these spices on hand already.
A silky mascarpone sauce turns steamed green beans into something moutwatering. Then is adds almonds and dried cranberries.
Green beans with potatoes and tomato, braised in extra virgin olive oil. It's an easy vegan recipe you can make in half an hour. And you can serve it as a meatless entree or as a side dish.
This traditional Middle Eastern green bean dish is made with simple ingredients. Tomatoes and garlic, along with some other seasonings, provide lots of flavor.
This is comfort food, and it only takes about 25 minutes to cook. What's it smothered in? A creamy garlic sauce and some crispy bacon.
This is a dump and start Instant Pot meal or side dish. It's all about the garlic and butter, sure, but there's also the deep nutty flavor of toasted sesame seeds.
The flavor of balcalmic vinegar makes a wonderful contrast to the green beans. Add bacon and olive oil and some seasonings, and you've got a fantastic side dish.
In this recipe, the seasonings do the heavy lifting. It's just green beans and potatoes roasted in olive oil with a special seasoning blend. Hearty and comforting.
This is quick to make, but such an ooey gooey comfort food recipe. Green beans meet hamburger meat, garlic, onions and mushrooms... well. you get the idea.
And you can even use frozen green beans this one to keep things simple.
Roasted Green Beans and Mushrooms with Herbed Breadcrumbs Recipe
This is another one that takes the traditional casserole to a new level. Herbed panko bread crumbs add a special oomph to the flavor of this dish.
Lebanese Green Beans are spiced with cinnamon and cumin and combined with tomatoes. It's a unique flavor you will come to love.
To transform traditional green bean casserole into BBQ Green Bean Casserole, simply add a few key ingredients. This delicious and versatile side dish is perfect for any holiday meal or casual dinner.
Oven roasted green beans with garlic, mozzarella and parmesan cheese is an excellent side dish. Full of crunch and flavor.
This beautiful, buttery tender side dish is created by slow braising fresh green beans with tomatoes, onions, garlic, and a generous amount of olive oil.
Steamed green beans tossed with homemade walnut basil pesto and toasted walnuts make for a perfect, simple yet elegant vegetable side dish. This can be served as a quick weeknight dinner side or as part of a large holiday feast.
After just 10 minutes, you can enjoy tender green beans that are mixed with crispy and spicy chorizo sausage. This side dish is fresh and smokey with a hint of heat, making it a great addition to fish and chicken dishes.