Easy Garlic Green Beans Recipe

The operative word is easy. This recipe celebrates the beans. The more ingredients and steps you add, the more you change the essence of the recipe. My only suggestion to those using fresh beans is that blanching is unnecessary - 10 to 15 minutes of sautéing gets them pretty tender, unless you like them totally soft, which I don't. Otherwise save yourself the time and effort and enjoy this very simple and delicious recipe.

I use French cut frozen green beans and I love this! As a southerner, I probably like my beans more done than others and I can do that with these. I add a little water at the end if they start to stick and even put a lid on to steam them a bit. I use my cast iron skillet.

This was a very easy recipe and my family and friends loved it! I made a few additions. I used fresh green beans instead of frozen, added some lemon juice at the beginning, and I added a liberal sprinkling of a grated blend of Parmesan, Romano Asiago cheeses a few minutes before it was finished cooking. This was really yummy~ I've had requests to make it for next Thanksgiving-

This was absolutely delicious!!! You made my day! I melted 2 Tbsps of butter, added the green beans, 2 cloves of garlic (I love garlic!), salt, and 1 Tbsp of lemon juice. I sauteed the whole thing for about 15 minutes, stirring it frequently and adjusting the salt to my personal preference. My wife and kids loved it! It was a winner! Thank you for a great and simple recipe!

You could still tell it was with frozen green beans. It would definitely work better with fresh!

This is perfect when your cooking and realize you would like a vegetable to go with the meal but didn’t plan ahead. We loved it! I did used about 1/4c minced red onion that I had over-chopped from another recipe and added that first for a few minutes before adding the green beans and garlic - for which I doubled the garlic. While this is not the best green bean side dish I ever had, it IS impressive that it all comes together so wonderfully with 4 ingredients and 10 minutes! 5 stars Nichka!

I know this is altering the original recipe, but I used fresh green beans and they were delicious! simply blanch (and drain) the fresh green beans for 3-4 minutes before adding to the skillet. I also added plenty of fresh ground black pepper - some while they were cooking and a bit more to finish them off. absolutely wonderful flavor! some mushrooms or onions could easily be added to make it even more flavorful. these can only get better! thank you, Nichka.

This recipe needed something more. The second time I made it I used fresh green beans and blanched them first, as another user suggested. I increased the garlic and also added shallots and sauted them in butter and olive oil. Then I added the beans and cooked until just tender. I finished off with some black pepper. This was much more flavorful and appealed to my tastes.

I have always fixed my green beans this way. The only difference is that I let my frozen beans thaw for about 5 minutes and it cuts down on the amount of time that I need to cook them. I like my beans al dente so this is a perfect recipe. I have used this recipe with fresh green beans but I microwave them with a teaspoon of water for two minutes first before I put them in the fry pan. That way they are not tough.

Added a half cup of mushrooms during first step to sauté... a splash of lemon juice at end for the win. So much better than just microwaving the steamer bag of green beans, and so little work. It's a keeper.

I add roasted cashew nuts to the beans. I also season with light soy sauce. I blanch and then lightly fry the beans as I like to keep the bright green colour.

We used fresh green beans. They were done closer to the 10 minutes.

I made my own frozen green beans, so I was lacking instructions for cooking them. Thank you.

These are the best green beans I've ever tasted. I could eat them as a snack instead of chips.

Made it for lunch — perfection.

Not really the best. It’s still soggy and overcooked even at 10 minutes

These were so easy and so good! Definitely going on my must serve list!!!

Super easy to make!!

3/16/21: Good. Used fresh green beans. Would cook longer next time.

Simply delicious!!!