Easy Fresh Green Beans the Whole Family will Love

Easy Fresh Green Beans the Whole Family will Love

Hey y’all! Welcome to the third installment of Side Dish Saturdays. The recipe today is Fresh Green Beans. Have you ever opened a can of green beans and found stems? What about grayish, brownish beans? Yuck! I kept finding this and I thought why am I buying canned green beans? Fresh is easy and takes just a few minutes to cook.

Fresh green beans can be frozen, used in casseroles or enjoyed steamed and sauteed. I usually add garlic and onion powder to mine! So good! But the best part is the flavor! Fresh green beans have an entirely different flavor. They can also absorb any seasoning you add to them while they cook.

Swaps & Specs:

• Cook the beans in chicken broth instead of water for a all day cooked flavor.

• Add other spices, like garlic, onion, bacon, or lemon zest. Use vinegar and make them into a cold salad!

• To freeze, cook them just under done. Cool and then put in a freezer container. To cook after freezing, just heat up in a pan of broth and butter.

• Leave the beans whole for a more elegant look or snap them for easier eating. It’s the cook choice here and depends of the use of them I think.

• To use them in casseroles, just watch the seasonings so it doesn’t conflict with the casserole seasoning. Wouldn’t want to add too much salt! Cook the beans just to under so they don’t get overcooked when adding to a casserole or other dish.

• Try these beans in my Green Bean Casserole recipe in the link below!

I hope you give this recipe a try, once you do I have no doubt you will love them! Whether eaten hot, cold or mixed in another dish, green beans are the unsung side dish hero! Enjoy!

Green bean Casserole

A holiday tradition remade to leave behind the canned soup but not the flavor.

Check out this recipe

Fresh Green Beans

Tasty fresh green beans cooked in chicken broth for added flavor

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 15 minutes mins

Course Side Dish

Cuisine American

Servings 6 people

Calories 31 kcal

Equipment

• medium saucepan

Ingredients

  

• 1 lbs. fresh green beans
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• 1/2 tsp. black pepper
• 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 2 tbsp. butter

Instructions

 

• Start by rinsing the green beans. Then snap off each end. At this point you can cook them as is or break them into bite size pieces.
  
• Put the beans in a saucepan and add broth. Season with salt and pepper. Heat to boiling, then reduce to a simmer for 20 minutes or until desired doneness is reached.
• Remove from heat and add butter. Serve
  

Notes

• You can add crushed garlic to beans while cooking for flavor
• Add onion powder, bacon pieces or even top with French’s Fried Onions
• You can also use them in casseroles or freeze for future use

Keyword green beans