Name: Garlic Lover's Green Beans
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon olive oil; 16 oz. (1 pound) green beans, ends trimmed; 4-6 cloves garlic, minced – more or less to taste; 2 tablespoons butter; ½ teaspoon salt; Pinch pepper

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These Garlic Green Beans are crisp-tender, buttery, and infused with garlic! The crispy bits of sautéd garlic become irresistibly crunchy.

These garlic green beans are quickly becoming a go-to side dish! They are easy peasy, healthy to boot, irresistibly garlicky, and pair with just about every kind of dinner entree.

As the green beans cook to the perfect crisp-tender texture, the bits of minced garlic fry in the butter turning golden brown, fragrant, and crisp. The cherry on top of these beans!

Reasons to love this recipe!

It’s a 30 minute one pan recipe!
You can customize the level of garlic from mild to full blown crazy! (I am definitely team crazy here.)
Requires just 6 ingredients – including salt & pepper!
They are paleo, easily vegan, keto, and gluten free.

Ingredients and Substitutions:

Olive oil – or another oil like grapeseed or avocado.
Green beans – you can also use haricot verts. And I even think frozen beans could work here too!
Butter – regular or vegan.
Garlic – add more or less to taste.
Salt
Pepper

How to make this recipe:

Prep the green beans: Some brands, like Trader Joe’s, sell the beans already trimmed. If not, line up your green beans, trim off one end. Aim to remove about 1/4 inch of the beans. Then repeat with the second side. Continue until all the beans are trimmed.

Sauté: Cook the beans on medium-high heat with the oilve oil until they start to brown and blacken slightly in some parts – this adds great flavor!

Infuse with flavor: Turn the head down to medium low and add in the butter, garlic, salt and pepper. Sauté, stirring often, until the garlic is browned and the beans are infused with their flavor. Serve, topped with the garlic from the pan!

The best skillet for cooking green beans:

You can cook these green beans in any skillet, but the best option, in my opinion, is to use a 12-inch cast iron skillet. It heats evenly and helps to get that irresistible char on the beans like no other pan can. Plus, cast iron is affordable and lasts for years!

What to serve:

These garlic green beans are the perfect accompaniment to so many entrees! Here are some pairing from the blog, but the sky’s the limit:

Leftovers?

Store leftovers refrigerated in a lidded container for up to 5 days. Reheat in the microwave, or a skillet on medium-low heat. If using a skillet, be careful to heat gently so the garlic doesn’t burn.

More side recipes!

Artisan Gluten Free Bread
Perfect Roast Cauliflower – aka Cauliflower Crack
Gluten Free Cornbread
Glazed Asian Brussel Sprouts
Dairy Free Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes
Sweet & Spicy Seasoned Sweet Potato Fries