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    Garlic Butter Green Beans

    Published: Nov 24, 2021 · Modified: Dec 9, 2022 by Helene Dsouza

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    Classic garlic butter green beans to serve up as a vegetarian side dish. These can be prepared in one-pot.
    Total Time: 18 minutes
    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Cook Time: 13 minutes
    4 servings
    5 from 1 vote
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    Sautéed garlic butter green beans are a great healthy side dish.

    Preparing this string bean dish is super easy and if done the right way, also very delicious.

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    🧅 Ingredients

    Here is an overview of what you will need to make this.

    The full recipe with detailed US and metric ingredients measurements is located further below in the recipe card.

    • green beans - fresh tender looking beans. The older and larger they are, the more fiberouse they will turn out.
    • butter - if you use salted butter, skip or reduce salt.
    • garlic - fresh garlic only
    • salt and black pepper

    You may want to garnish your finished dish with freshly chopped parsley. Choose between flat-leaf parsley and curly parsley.

    🔪 How to make it?

    It only takes 3 steps for you to prepare these garlic butter green beans from scratch. Find the complete instructions in the recipe card to print further below.

    Step 1

    Rinse your green beans and cut off ends.

    cut off green bean ends

    Step 2

    Bring a pot with water and salt to boil.

    Cook beans al dente (to the bite, not all too soft).

    Take out when done and place into ice water to stop the cooking process.

    boil green beans

    Step 3

    Chop garlic. Melt butter and sauté chopped garlic.

    Stir in strained cooked green beans and season with salt and black pepper.

    Mix it all and serve up hot.

    💡 Tips

    • green beans are also called string beans or french beans and they come in other colors such as yellow and purple-black. It's fun to use different bean colors to make this side dish.
    • don't over boil the string beans or else they will get mushy. Try to use all same-sized beans. Of course, this is hard to achieve with home-grown french beans.
    • you can also add boiled potatoes to this side dish and fried onions or caramelized onions.
    • To retain the green color of your green beans, cook in plenty of water and don't cover the pot because this may destroy the chlorophyl (the green color) in the vegetables. Also, avoid over cooking them! Placing the cooked vegetables in ice water after cooking helps in retaining the bright green colors too. Adding a pinch of baking soda was said to help in preserving the greens but this may also destroy the vitamins and mineral nutrients in your vegetables.

    🍴 Serving

    In France, we prepare and serve up this side dish all year round but we do so more commonly during the summer months, when our home-grown beans are ready to be harvested.

    Green beans really go well with all kinds of steaks, Salisbury steak, filet mignon, tenderloin roast, chicken roast, and other meat main course meals.

    You can also serve it up with roasted turkey during the holidays and fish, such as I did with the pan-fried trout.

    boiled string beans with butter garlic

    🍱 Storing

    You can store leftovers in an airtight container in your fridge for up to 4-5 days.

    Reheat it in a glass container in your oven or over the stovetop in a skillet and some more butter (so that it doesn't stick on).

    I don't recommend freezing your garlic butter green beans, the whole finished dish.

    Instead, you can use clean frozen green beans. Just thaw them as per package instructions and coat them with garlic and butter, as explained in the recipe card.

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    • Green Bean Salad with Vinaigrette
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    Garlic Butter Green Beans Recipe

    Classic garlic butter green beans to serve up as a vegetarian side dish. These can be prepared in one-pot.
    5 from 1 vote
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    Course: Side Dish
    Cuisine: French
    Diet: Diabetic
    garlic butter green beans recipe, How to make garlic butter green beans
    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Cook Time: 13 minutes
    Total Time: 18 minutes
    Servings: 4 servings
    Calories: 88kcal
    Recipe by: Helene Dsouza

    Ingredients

    To boil beans

    • 1 pound Green Beans
    • Water to boil and ice water to cool after boiling
    • Salt for the salt water

    To sauté beans

    • 2-3 pieces Garlic Cloves freshly chopped
    • 2-3 Tablespoon Butter
    • ½ Teaspoon Salt skip salt if you use salted butter
    • ¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground

    To garnish

    • Parsley Fresh freshly chopped, optional
    US - Metric

    Instructions

    • Rinse your green beans to get rid of impurities. Cut off ends of green beans.
      1 pound Green Beans
    • Bring water with salt to boil and place green beans into the cooking water. Cook beans al dente, that means until cooked but not too soft. This take about 6-8 minutes over a medium to high heat setting.
      Water, Salt
    • Take out cooked beans and place them into a bowl prepared with ice water. The ice water will stop the cooking process instantly.
      Water
    • When cooled, take green beans out from the water and strain to get rid of excess water. Pat green beans dry with a clean kitchen towel.
    • Chop fresh garlic and keep it aside.
      2-3 pieces Garlic Cloves
    • Heat up a pan, add the butter. Melt the butter over a slow heat setting.
      2-3 Tablespoon Butter
    • Stir in chopped garlic. Sauté garlic for a few minutes over a low heat setting. Stir occassionally so that the garlic doesn't get brown.
      2-3 pieces Garlic Cloves
    • Add cooked green beans to the garlic butter and turn off the heat.
      1 pound Green Beans
    • Season with salt and black pepper. Stir and mix everything.
      ½ Teaspoon Salt, ¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground
    • As an option, garnish with chopped green parsley. Serve up hot.

    Equipment

    • Medium Pot with Lid (5 qt)

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    Garlic Butter Green Beans Recipe
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 88 Calories from Fat 54
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 6g9%
    Saturated Fat 4g20%
    Trans Fat 1g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
    Monounsaturated Fat 1g
    Cholesterol 15mg5%
    Sodium 348mg15%
    Potassium 249mg7%
    Carbohydrates 8g3%
    Fiber 3g12%
    Sugar 4g4%
    Protein 2g4%
    Vitamin A 958IU19%
    Vitamin C 14mg17%
    Calcium 47mg5%
    Iron 1mg6%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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