The most amazing way to cook fresh green beans – SUPER QUICKLY! Roasted Green Beans tossed with garlic, sprinkled with breadcrumbs and parmesan, then roasted OR broiled/grilled until the parmesan is golden and the green beans are tender crisp.
You’ll love how these are crispy yet juicy, savoury and salty…. but the crowning glory is how the topping ends up like crunchy parmesan wafers!!!
SUPER SPEEDY ROASTED GREEN BEANS
These roasted green beans are so speedy to prepare and so darn tasty, you’ll be picking at them straight off the pan!
This is how this recipe goes down:
Trim the ends of the green beans (see video for the way I do this);
Pile on tray drizzle with oil, scatter with garlic, salt & pepper, toss;
Line up on tray, squishing together. Sprinkle over breadcrumbs (panko is best!), parmesan, drizzle with oil, then roast 15 minutes or broil/grill for 8 minutes.
Yes it really is that quick!
THOSE PARMESAN WAFERS!
What you end up with is the ordinary made extraordinary. Unassuming green beans cooked to tender crisp (I don’t like mine floppy and soft) with a touch of caramelisation on the edges and crunchy parmesan / breadcrumb bits stuck all over the beans.
And every now and then, you will strike gold in the form of parmesan wafers.
Assuming someone hasn’t picked them all off the tray…
This is one of my golden nugget veggie recipes. I haven’t been holding onto it out of selfishness. It’s simply because it’s so speedy, it almost feels lazy to be posting this as a recipe!
But having recently prepared a Thanksgiving Recipes Index and realising how depressingly lacking my vegetable sides recipe collection is, I decided it was about time I started to share some of my everyday favourites.
And these Parmesan Roasted Green Beans are right at the top of the list. I make this frequently. With Green Beans, asparagus and broccolini, as well as carrots cut into batons. Basically, anything of similar shape – or cut to this sort of shape where you can line them up next to each other.
As for what to serve these with? Basically anything that’s non-Asian. Or have these as a meal in their own right. That’s what I’ve been doing lately! ~ Nagi x
JUST FOR SOME INSPIRATION….
A few ideas for things to serve with these roasted green beans:
- Crispy Garlic Chicken Thighs or Baked Chicken Breast*, or browse all Chicken recipes
- Meatloaf*
- Roast Chicken ^
- Baked Pork Chops*
- Baked Chicken and Rice*
- Any Roast ^
* Pop the beans in the oven for the last 15 minutes
^ Make these Roasted Green Beans while the roast is resting
WATCH HOW TO MAKE IT
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Parmesan Roasted Green Beans
Ingredients
- 500 g / 1 lb green beans , ends trimmed
- 2 tbsp olive oil , separated
- 2 garlic cloves , finely chopped
- 1/2 tsp each salt and pepper
- 1/3 cup panko breadcrumbs (Note 1)
- 1/3 cup grated parmesan (Note 2)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 220C/425F OR the broiler/grill on high with the shelf about 30cm/12″ from the heat source.
- Pile beans on a tray. Drizzle with 1 tbsp of the oil, garlic, salt and pepper. Toss.
- Line up on the tray, pushing the beans next to each other (I do 2 rows).
- Sprinkle with breadcrumbs then parmesan. Drizzle with remaining oil.
- Roast for 15 minutes or broil/grill for 8 minutes until the parmesan is golden.
- Use a spatula/egg flip to transfer beans to serving platter. Serve immediately!
Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
LIFE OF DOZER
At 5.30 pm on the dot, he comes trotting over with this in his mouth. Subtle reminder: it’s bone time!!!
Lovely recipe. All the family raved about eating beans! Will try with asparagus later in the week.
Pats to Dozer.
That’s great to hear Allison! I will post the asparagus one separately in the coming weeks 🙂 Just makes it easier to browse when people are searching! N x
Delicious! Two of my favourites combined! 🙂
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I wonder if this would be good with asparagus instead?
It is AMAZING and I have that shot already but I didn’t want to put them up side by side! Same cook times 🙂 N x
A hugely welcome recipe as green beans bought always see, to be the last vegetables picked to cook in this house ! Since I can’t get my grill shelf far enough from the heat source not to burn the dish – into the oven it will go . . . with beans or my beloved asparagus or broccolini: a very welcome idea ! Off topic: methinks you better remind many of your readers you ARE Australian and we do not celebrate Thanksgiving 🙂 !!
I know!! I think everyone in the states wishes everyone a happy Thanksgiving regardless of where you are! 😂
I love fresh green beans and broccolini even more! Yum!
Have a great day tomorrow N!
It amazes me how dogs know what time it is to eat or their everyday routine! 😱
Now I can open up my email, but not the 2nd part! So frustrating! 😞
Happy Thanksgiving to all ur readers who celebrate it and to the others that don’t, have a great day! 🍗😀
It’s funny when daylight saving changes over and he gets all confused about what time feeding time is!! 😂
Hi Nagi! I love this idea! I have always hated the stuff made with canned soup and french fried onions! YUCK! I love the Parmesan crisps, I’d have to try really hard not to pick them off as soon as it comes out of the oven! My dogs and cat always let me know when it’s dinner time. It really messes with them when we have daylight saving time changes!
Happy Thanksgiving my friend! PS I’m making your dry brined turkey for tomorrow. 🙂
I thought you’d make a green bean casserole from scratch!! 🙂 And WOAH! You’re skipping Cajun turkey this year??? Dozer is totally messed up when daylight saving changes over! Out by an hour for weeks!!!
Hi Dozer and Nagi, thanks for the green bean recipe..in Canada our Thanksgiving has passed but Happy Thanksgiving to our American Neighbour’s.
it’s minus four celcius now so I am going to make some of your mother’s japanese vegetable soup to warm up. XO Gillian
Woah! It suddenly got so cold!!!!
I love this site and have been visiting almost daily since discovering it a few weeks ago! I am really enjoying working my way through your recipes and am super happy to see this as I often struggle for interesting sides. Thank you!
I hear you Michelle! My sides recipe collection is depressingly short so I’m on a mission to fill it out! N x
Hi Nagi, these look delicious! Thank you for NOT posting a recipe for green bean casserole! This is perfect for Thanksgiviing. Hope you and your family and Dozer have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
I’m not sure I ever will! It’s just not my kind of food 🙂 N x
Hi Nagi! Was wondering if frozen green beans can be used. Dozer has stolen my heart. You both hit the jackpot to have each other!! Happy Thanksgiving!! Thanks!
Hi Vin! I hesitate because I find frozen vegetables are a bit watery once defrosts. So while it will certainly work, the beans will be a bit soft 🙂 To do it, just thaw then dry the beans well! Happy Thanksgiving to you too! N x
I love the white & blue trim pan….where did you get please??!!
Victoria’s Basement! The brand is Falcon 🙂 N x
Green Beans WOW! Super Super Recipe
Thank you! N x
You are speaking my language!! Easy! Tasty! Garlic! Olive oil! Panko Crumbs! It seems like just the veggie to serve for a group or for oneself who wants to indulge in yummy veggies. And as I’ve always known — our sweet pets have a timer in their tummy. It’s more accurate than ours. Sending hugs to you both.
Te he he – that’s such a good way to put it – a timer in their tummies!!! Happy thanksgiving Marisa! N x