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These garlic green beans are a delicious side dish. They are quick and easy to make and full of all garlicky buttery goodness.

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Why This Recipe Works

  • Vibrant green beans teamed with garlic butter goodness
  • Easy and delicious vegetable side dish
  • The BEST way to serve frozen green beans


Ingredients you will need

  • salt
  • green beans
  • olive oil
  • butter
  • garlic
  • almonds
  • salt & pepper
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Ingredient Notes and Substitutes

  • Green beans: I generally use frozen beans when I make this recipe. You can of course use fresh green beans. Just be sure to top and tail them and trim them as necessary. I usually use whole baby beans but you can use sliced mature beans. This same recipe works equally well with broccoli florets.
  • Olive oil and butter: I like to use a combination of olive oil and butter but you could of course use all olive oil or all butter.
  • Almonds: I love the crunch nuts add to green beans, walnuts or sesame seeds are also nice.


Step-by-step instructions

Below are illustrated step-by-step instructions to make my Garlic Green Bean recipe, if you prefer just the written instructions then head straight to the printable recipe card below.

Prep: Blanch the beans. Bring a pot of salted water to the boil. Add the beans and blanch for 1-2 minutes until they are vibrant green in colour. Remove from the water (drain) and cool quickly by running them under cold water or putting them in a bowl of iced water.

A large saucepan of rapid boiling water and green beans.

Step one: Heat the olive oil and butter in a large skillet or frypan. Add the crushed garlic and chopped almonds, then pan fry until fragrant.

A cast iron skillet with chopped nuts sautรฉeing in butter and oil.

Step two: Add the blanched green beans to the hot garlicky butter. Cook/toss until the beans are tender and heated through and are coated in butter, garlic and almonds.

A cast iron skillet of garlic butter coated green beans.

Enjoy!


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Top Tips & FAQs

Here is how you can make this garlic green beans recipe perfectly every time!

  • Taking the time to blanch the beans will give this easy side dish the perfect texture and a beautiful green color.
  • Crushing your whole garlic cloves rather than using store-bought minced garlic will give you the best flavor, and will mean a lot less splattering when you add the garlic to the oil and butter.

A cast iron skillet of garlic butter coated green beans draped with a pink tea towel sitting on a grey marble bench top.
A cast iron skillet of green beans glistening with butter and small pieces of chopped almond.

Garlic Green Beans

Garlic green beans is an easy side dish that works perfectly for a family meal.
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Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: New Zealalnd
Keyword: garlic green beans, green beans and almonds, garlic butter green beans
Servings: 4 serves
Calories: 157kcal
Author: Stacey

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Ingredients

Blanched green beans

  • water
  • 2 teaspoons salt
  • 500 grams green beans
  • iced water

Garlic Green Beans

  • 2 Tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 Tablepsoon butter
  • 4 cloves garlic crushed
  • ยผ cup almonds finely chopped
  • salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

Prep

  • Blanch the beans. Bring a pot of salted water to the boil. Add the beans and blanch for 1-2 minutes until they are vibrant green in colour. Remove from the water (drain) and cool quickly by running them under cold water or putting them in a bowl of iced water.

Cook

  • Heat the olive oil and butter in a skillet or frypan.
  • Add the crushed garlic and chopped almonds, pan fry until fragrant.
  • Add the blanched green beans to the hot garlicky butter. Cook/toss until the beans are heated through and are coated in butter, garlic and almonds.
    Season with salt and pepper

Notes

  • Taking the time to blanch the beans will give this easy side dish the perfect texture and a beautiful green color.
  • Crushing your whole garlic cloves rather than using store-bought minced garlic will give you the best flavor, and will mean a lot less splattering when you add the garlic to the oil and butter.
  • Green beans: I generally use frozen beans when I make this recipe. You can of course use fresh green beans. Just be sure to top and tail them and trim them as necessary. I usually use whole baby beans but you can use sliced mature beans. This same recipe works equally well with broccoli florets.
  • Olive oil and butter: I like to use a combination of olive oil and butter but you could of course use all olive oil or all butter.
  • Almonds: I love the crunch nuts add to green beans, walnuts or sesame seeds are also nice.

Nutrition

Serving: 1serve | Calories: 157kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 0.03mg | Sodium: 1171mg | Potassium: 342mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 863IU | Vitamin C: 16mg | Calcium: 77mg | Iron: 2mg
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