Learn to make oven roasted inexperienced beans! Tender, caramelized, and prepared in quarter-hour, they seem to be a recent, straightforward, and scrumptious facet dish.
Let’s make roasted inexperienced beans! These tender, caramelized beauties roast in simply quarter-hour within the oven, in order that they’re an ideal veggie facet dish for busy weeknights. Topped with flavorful garnishes like lemon zest, toasted almonds, and/or Parmesan cheese, they match proper in on a vacation desk too.
To be completely trustworthy, when I’ve recent inexperienced beans readily available, my first intuition isn’t normally to roast them. Blanched and sautéed inexperienced beans are my typical go-tos. However a couple of weeks again, I used to be making a frittata for dinner. With the oven already on, I figured I’d as properly roast a facet of inexperienced beans as a substitute of cooking them on the range.
The roasted inexperienced beans had been fast, straightforward, and SO scrumptious, the browning from the new oven bringing out their nutty taste. I’m sharing the recipe beneath. Easy and recent, it’s positively joined the ranks of my go-to inexperienced bean recipes. Attempt it the following time it is advisable to brighten up your facet dish rotation. Should you’re something like me, you’ll adore it!
Roast Inexperienced Beans within the Oven
My methodology for roast inexperienced beans is much like how I roast different greens. So excellent news: in the event you’ve mastered my roasted Brussels sprouts or roasted zucchini, you’ll be capable to nail these roasted inexperienced beans too!
Begin by trimming the inexperienced beans. Use a pointy knife or your fingers to take away the powerful stems.
- Tip: To avoid wasting time, purchase pre-trimmed inexperienced beans (I like haricots verts) on the grocery retailer. You received’t should do any chopping earlier than you get the inexperienced beans within the oven!
Place them on a baking sheet (or sheets!) lined with parchment paper. The trick to excellent roasted inexperienced beans is leaving sufficient area on the baking sheet for the beans to brown. Prepare them in a single layer, leaving a bit of area round each. In the event that they’re too crowded, they’ll steam in one another’s moisture as they prepare dinner. Steaming=zero browning!
If wanted, use two sheet pans as a substitute of 1. For reference, I exploit two giant sheet pans after I roast a pound of inexperienced beans.
Season the beans with olive oil, salt, and pepper.
Then, roast them in a 425°F oven till they’re tender and browned in locations, 14 to 16 minutes.
- Tip: Don’t use a decrease oven temp! Roasting the beans in a sizzling oven—at 425°F—implies that they’ll be browned and caramelized by the point they’re tender. At a decrease temperature, they’ll prepare dinner by way of earlier than they begin to brown.
Season to style and serve!
Discover the whole recipe with measurements beneath.
Favourite Seasonings for Roasted Inexperienced Beans
I like roasted inexperienced beans seasoned merely with olive oil, salt, and pepper. For savory depth of taste, I typically toss them with a grated garlic clove whereas they’re nonetheless heat from the oven.
They go properly with all kinds of different seasonings too. Gown them up with toppings like these:
- a squeeze of recent lemon juice and/or lemon zest
- freshly grated Parmesan cheese
- toasted almonds, pine nuts, or sesame seeds
- recent herbs like parsley or tarragon
- drizzles of a sauce like creamy dill sauce or tahini dressing
Just a few of those garnishes will remodel them from a fast weeknight facet to at least one that’s holiday-worthy. Have enjoyable discovering a topping mixture you’re keen on! (My favourite is toasted thinly sliced almonds, lemon zest, and Parm, pictured beneath.)
What to Serve with Roasted Inexperienced Beans
You’ll be able to serve this roasted inexperienced beans recipe as a facet dish with almost any meal. I adore it with comforting soups and pastas like these:
It additionally pairs properly with a merely cooked protein or frittata for a fast weeknight dinner. Or serve it as a vacation facet dish alongside classics like stuffing and mashed potatoes.
How do you wish to serve roasted inexperienced beans? Let me know within the feedback!
Extra Roasted Greens to Attempt
Should you love these roasted inexperienced beans, strive making one in every of these straightforward roasted greens subsequent:
