Garlic Green Beans

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Garlic Green Beans - 10-min sauteed green beans with garlic, salt and pepper. This green bean recipe is perfect as a side dish and so healthy, easy and quick.

Green beans with garlic, ready to serve.
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Green Beans

Green bean, or string bean, is one of my favorite vegetables. They are very easy to make at home. This green bean recipe is so fast, it takes me 5 minutes from start to finish!

Spring is a wonderful time to try this recipe as farmers market offers an abundant supply of them. They are also available at supermarkets and food stores throughout the year.


How To Cook Green Beans

This Garlic Green Bean calls for just a few ingredients:

  • Minced garlic
  • Salt
  • Ground pepper

I am using Chinese techniques on this recipe. For the best texture, you want to flash cook the beans. A quick stir-fry and saute in a hot wok or skillet will make sure they remain crisp, with a gorgeous and vibrant green color.

You can cook them longer if you like. They are called “dry-fried” green beans in Chinese and the surface become wrinkly and slightly brown. Both are delicious ways to cook fresh green beans.

This recipe is the super quick, easy and anyone can make in a jiffy. Pick up a bunch of them from the store today and make this amazing side dish.


Frequently Asked Questions

How many calories per serving?

This recipe is only 98 calories per serving with nutrition such as potassium, vitamin A, C, calcium, iron and fiber. It has 9 grams of carbs per serving, which is very healthy!

Sauteed green beans in a skillet.

What To Serve With Garlic Green Beans

This meal is best served with any main dish. For a wholesome meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.

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4.78 from 9 votes

Garlic Green Beans

Garlic Green Beans – 10-min stir-fry green beans recipe with garlic. Super healthy, easy and budget-friendly for the entire family.
Prep Time: 3 minutes
Cook Time: 2 minutes
Total Time: 5 minutes
Servings: 2 people
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Ingredients  

  • 8 oz (230g) green beans
  • 1 tablespoon oil
  • 2 cloves garlic, finely minced
  • salt, to taste
  • 3 dashes ground white pepper, or black pepper

Instructions 

  • Trim the top and bottom ends of the green beans, rinse them, and set aside.
  • In a pan, add the oil and sauté the garlic until light brown. Add the green beans, salt, and pepper, and continue stirring until they are cooked. Transfer to a serving plate and serve immediately.

Nutrition

Serving: 2people, Calories: 98kcal, Carbohydrates: 9g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 7g, Saturated Fat: 5g, Sodium: 7mg, Fiber: 3g, Sugar: 3g

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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16 Comments

  1. Amy in Iowa says:

    We make these all the time but I add soy sauce the last minute and skip the salt. So delicious!!

  2. Yeh Ximin says:

    5 stars

  3. Varun Sharma says:

    5 stars
    This recipe can be prepared in just 5 minutes??? Wow, Then i can make this recipe too.

  4. Anjali says:

    5 stars
    Simple and lovely recipe. Thank you.

  5. Debbie says:

    Are these fresh green beans?

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Yes green beans but cooked.

  6. Dulce says:

    Hello Bee, I plan to make this this week but have a question. Do I cook the green beans on a medium high heat or medium? I have tried many of your recipes and they’re delicious! Thanks for sharing with us.

  7. Neli Howard | Delicious Meets Healthy says:

    5 stars
    Iโ€™ve made this a few times (and making them tonight) and we love love love them! So simple and really delicious. I may even enjoy them more leftover!

  8. Peter says:

    5 stars
    After reading your bean recipe I just had to try it out. I’m a big fan of green beans. Followed your recipe to the T the first time I cooked them. All I can say is lovely lovely. The second time I cooked them I put a heeped teaspoon of black bean sauce in and wow that gave the old taste buds a treat. Peter in NZ

    1. Rasa Malaysia says:

      Hi Peter, that’s great to hear! :)

      1. Robert Schmidt says:

        5 stars
        My friend from China shared this recipe with my family in the 80s and it is a vegetable staple meal! Simple but delicious. This IS stringbeans!

        1. Rasa Malaysia says:

          Hi Robert, I am very confused by what Americans call these beans – French beans, string beans, green beans, haricot vert…;)

          1. SJam says:

            I can’t get these beans — whatever they are called — in Belize. The ones that look like this are very tough and have to be stewed. But we have snake beans (aka long beans) that are sweet and tender; this recipe should work for those too! Thank you.

            1. Rasa Malaysia says:

              Yes, correct snake beans will work just fine. :)

  9. Brooke says:

    You can’t go wrong with garlic and green beans! I never say, “No” to garlic!