33 Green Bean Recipes: Crispy, Creamy Or Loaded
Green beans are one of those ingredients that fit seamlessly into just about any meal.
🥗 Fresh, Flavorful & Easy: Green Bean Recipes You’ll Love
Green beans don’t have to be boring — in fact, they might just be one of the most underrated sides out there.
Crisp, colorful, and totally versatile, green beans can go from simple everyday dinners to holiday-worthy dishes with just a few delicious upgrades.
Whether you like them roasted, sautéed, tossed in garlic butter, or baked into a creamy casserole, there’s a green bean recipe for every mood and meal.
This roundup brings together the best green bean recipes that are easy to make, full of flavor, and guaranteed to pair beautifully with just about anything on your table.
Get ready for fresh, cozy, and completely crave-worthy dishes you’ll want to make again and again.
Chinese Stir Fry Garlic Green Beans (Din Tai Fung Copycat)
This garlic green bean stir fry is your go-to for a quick, crunchy side dish that’s full of flavor! With a perfect blend of crisp-tender green beans and a savory garlic punch, this Din Tai Fung copycat will have you coming back for seconds.
Ready in minutes, it’s perfect for any meal or as a tasty snack! Go to recipe.
Crack Green Beans Recipe
This Crack Green Beans is a mouthwatering side dish made with just six ingredients. It’s quick to prepare, irresistibly delicious, and healthy enough to feel good about indulging!
Perfect for busy weeknights, potlucks, or holiday dinners, this dish is guaranteed to become your favorite way to serve green beans. Go to recipe.
Easy Oven Roasted Green Beans
Nothing could be better or easier to make than roasted green beans. Salty and crisp and better than potato chips! Go to recipe.
Instant Pot Green Beans with Garlic
When you don’t have time to make green beans on the stove or in the oven, your Instant Pot will come to the rescue. They turn out crispy and delicious. Go to recipe.
Brown Sugar Bacon Green Beans
This recipe for brown sugar bacon green beans brings a sweet and savory twist to traditional green beans with the addition of crispy bacon, caramelized onions, and a buttery brown sugar glaze.
This easy side dish is perfect for holiday dinners, Thanksgiving or as a crowd pleasing side dish, adding just the right amount of richness to fresh green beans while keeping them fresh and crisp-tender. Go to recipe.
Mediterranean Bean Salad
Simple, flavorful ingredients combine to make this Mediterranean Bean Salad a wonderful light dinner on its own or fresh side dish served alongside your favorite protein!
Mediterranean Green Bean Salad Recipe
This Mediterranean-style green bean salad is fresh, flavorful, and ready in just 20 minutes! Topped with crispy shallots and creamy feta, it offers the perfect mix of crunch and tang in every bite.
Plus, it keeps well, making it a great make-ahead option for meal prep or gatherings. Go to recipe.
Parmesan Roasted Green Beans with Bacon
Tangy, cheesy, and with a touch of crispy bacon, these Parmesan Roasted Green Beans are an easy and flavorful 20-minute side dish that steals the show! Go to recipe.
Italian Green Beans Recipe with Tomatoes
Italian Green Beans are roasted until tender and flavorful, creating a simple yet irresistible side dish for any meal. Go to recipe.
Roasted Green Beans Recipe
Green beans with mushrooms is an amazing taste combination. Tahini sauce adds amazing flavors to this green beans recipe.
It’s perfect side dish to your Thanksgiving dinner. Go to recipe.
Easy Crockpot Green Beans (Southern Style)
Crafted with flavorful bacon, aromatics, and umami-rich seasoning, you’ll want to make this recipe as often as possible.
It’s great for weeknight dinners, holidays, and any meals where you want a side that doesn’t take up extra space in the oven. Go to recipe.
Vegan Green Bean Curry with Coconut Milk
A classic Sri Lankan vegan curry that is healthy and creamy with coconut milk, serves with rice. Go to recipe.
Southern Style Green Beans
These classic Southern Style Green Beans are cooked with onion, garlic and bacon until tender and melt in your mouth delicious! A quintessential side dish for any southern gathering or BBQ! Go to recipe.
French Green Bean Salad
This delicious French This French Green Bean Salad is light, fresh, and full of bold flavor thanks to a garlicky mustard vinaigrette and thinly sliced shallots.
It comes together quickly, holds up well in the fridge, and makes an easy (but elegant) side for everything from weeknight dinners to holiday spreads. Go to recipe.
Garlic Parmesan Green Beans
These Garlic Parmesan Green Beans are the perfect side dish for a weeknight meal or a special holiday dinner.
Ready in minutes, these green beans are boiled to crisp-tender, sautéed with a delicious garlic butter seasoning, and finished with a sprinkle of Parmesan. Go to recipe.
Lebanese Green Beans
Lebanese Green Beans are a warm, spiced green bean dish, combining tomatoes, green beans, cinnamon and cumin. This is a Lebanese family recipe that has been passed down through the years.
We love pairing the green beans with rice, pita and a side of yogurt sauce. These make great leftovers too! Go to recipe.
The Easiest Mexican Green Beans (Ejotes a la Mexicana)
Healthy, easy to make, and bursting wit flavor these Mexican-style green beans are a must try! Go to recipe.
Easy Mexican Green Beans with Eggs: Ejotes con Huevos
These green beans are unlike anything you’ve ever had, they are tender and cooked with eggs to create a filling and inexpensive main dish.
Serve with refried beans for a complete meal. Go to recipe.
Pesto Green Beans
Fresh, vibrant, and full of basil goodness, Pesto Green Beans are an easy favorite for dinner or gatherings. Go to recipe.
Green Bean Casserole with Bacon and Mushrooms
This Green Bean Casserole with Bacon and Mushrooms is a homemade version of the classic. It is made without any canned cream of mushroom soup.
The perfect holiday side dish! Go to recipe.
Southern-Style Green Beans
This nutty, delicious southern style green beans are the perfect family dinner’s side dish. It’s delicious side to your Thanksgiving turkey. Go to recipe.
Ultimate Green Bean Casserole Recipe (No Mushroom Soup)
No Thanksgiving and holiday dinner table is complete without a green bean casserole.
This is the traditional southern recipe made with pantry ingredients and it will impress everyone at your dinner table. Go to recipe.
Dairy-Free Green Bean Casserole
This Dairy-Free Green Bean Casserole recipe is so much better than making it with the canned stuff- plus, it’s also secretly gluten-free, too!
Thanks to making your own cream of mushroom soup and “fried” onions, you’ll get a much healthier and flavorful Thanksgiving dish! Go to recipe.
Green Beans Almondine
This classic Green Beans Almondine recipe is secretly easy to make (in under 20 minutes!) and has so much flavor! Simply boil and blanch fresh green beans, toss in a lemon and garlic sauce, and serve with slivered almonds.
This quick yet impressive-looking side dish is perfect for Thanksgiving, holidays and busy weeknights alike! Go to recipe.
Air Fryer Green Beans
These Air Fryer Green Beans are a fast, easy, and healthy side dish recipe, plus I offer three different flavors to cover all the bases of what you are making for dinner! Go to recipe.
Easy Air Fried Green Beans with Garlic Butter Sauce
A simple and easy recipe for air fryer green beans with garlic butter sauce requires only a few ingredients; fresh green beans, onions powder, salt, pepper, avocado oil as well a drizzle of garlicky, buttery sauce!
This recipe is is easy, quick, tender, crisp, deliciously delightful, and perfect with any main dish. Go to recipe.
Polish Green Beans with Buttery Bread Crumb Topping
Fasolka Szparagowa, aka Green Beans à la Polonaise, is simple green beans topped toasted buttery breadcrumbs on top.
It’s easy and elegant, and a great way to make green beans special. Go to recipe.
Cheesy Green Beans
These cheesy green beans with garlic and bacon are a quick one-pan side dish that’s perfect for both weeknight dinners and holidays like Thanksgiving or Christmas.
Green Beans Almondine (Whole30)
Green Beans Almondine is the perfect side dish for the holiday or any time of year! Enjoy tender green beans cooked in ghee and topped with toasted almonds.
Are looking for a way to elevate your green beans? Then this is the recipe for you! Go to recipe.
Green Bean Casserole Recipe
This flavorful and comforting Green Bean Casserole Recipe is easy to make in less than 30 minutes. It’s the perfect side dish for any meal! Go to recipe.
Crack Green Beans
These Crack Green Beans make an amazing side dish for special occasions, get togethers, or any weeknight meal! They are loaded with bacon, onions, and a homemade sauce that is totally addicting.
You’ll never want to go back to plain green beans again! Go to recipe.
Grilled Bacon Wrapped Green Beans
Grilled Bacon Wrapped Green Beans – tender green beans are marinated and wrapped in bacon, grilled to perfection and topped with tangy bleu cheese!
This is an incredible Summer side dish you will love! Go to recipe.
Slow Cooker Ham and Green Bean Chowder
Creamy and comforting, Ham and Green Bean Chowder is a vintage recipe adapted for the slow cooker that would make Grandma proud. Go to recipe.
Dairy-Free Green Bean Casserole
This Dairy-Free Green Bean Casserole is a great-tasting makeover of the traditional version of this classic Thanksgiving side dish recipe. Go to recipe.
Green Bean Casserole with Bacon
The creamy and savory classic Thanksgiving side dish that you know and love leveled up with everybody’s favorite ingredient, bacon!
Be sure to add this delicious dish to your holiday menu and get ready for the recipe requests to flood in. Go to recipe.
Cheesy Green Bean Casserole Recipe Without Mushroom Soup
These are perfect hearty green beans loaded with creamy and cheesy goodness that’s just perfect for side dish for any occasion baked with pantry ingredients, without canned mushroom soup! Go to recipe.
Green Bean Smashed Potatoes
Green Bean Smashed Potatoes takes fresh green beans and adds it to a classic side dish, smashed potatoes.
This simple side dish is an easy way to get more fresh green veggies in your diet, all the while enhancing the flavor of your crispy smashed potatoes. Go to recipe.
Potato and Green Bean Salad
This light and simple Potato and Green Bean Salad is fresh, vibrant, and satisfying – it’s perfect as a side dish or a light lunch that’s healthy, has lots of flavor, and takes no time to bring together.
Tender new potatoes, crisp green beans, juicy cherry tomatoes, and creamy borlotti beans are tossed with a bright herby pesto dressing and finished with hard-boiled eggs. Go to recipe.
Pork And Green Bean Stew
This pork and green bean stew is absolutely delicious and a nutritious way incorporate more green beans into your meals. Make it all year long with fresh or frozen beans. Go to recipe.
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Green beans are one of those sides you can count on — simple, dependable, and always welcome on the plate. Whether you’re planning a laid-back weeknight dinner or setting the table for a holiday feast, these recipes make it easy to add something fresh, flavorful, and a little bit special.
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