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    Home » Side dishes

    Easy Butter Garlic Sautéed Green Beans Recipe

    Published: Nov 15, 2022 by Kushi · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Easy butter garlic sautéed green beans recipe is so simple to make yet tastes amazingly delicious that you can make it frequently as your dinner side.

    What is Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner without atleast one recipe with green beans?

    Easy dinner side dish - butter garlic green beans for Thanksgiving and Christmas

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    • About the recipe
    • Ingredients
    • How to make Easy Lemon Butter Garlic Sautéed Green Beans Recipe
    • Pro Tips
    • Variations
    • Some more healthy side dishes
    • FAQ
    • Video
    • Recipe card
    • User Reviews

    About the recipe

    Sautéed green beans recipe is one of my favorites as it is ready in less than 10 minutes and hardly needs 5 minutes to actual work. Yes. You read it right.

    For this sautéed green beans recipe, you have to wash and trim the ends of green beans. Blanch it in hot water for 6 mins, toss it in the garlic butter and lemon juice, and serve. It is a perfect side for any meat dish, and I also like to serve it as a side with rice/roti and dal (lentil).

    Also, I have shared 10+ variations of green beans. Make sure to check out the options below! Choose any variation based on your liking.

    Ingredients

    • 1 pound Fresh green beans (approx. 500 grams)
    • 2 tablespoon Butter
    • 6 to 8 Garlic cloves, finely chopped
    • 1 tablespoon Spring onions or Green onions
    • Juice of 1 lemon
    • ¼ teaspoon Salt

    How to make Easy Lemon Butter Garlic Sautéed Green Beans Recipe

    Cut the green beans

    Nicely wash the green beans. Grab a few at a time and trim off both ends. Now you can leave it as it is or cut the beans further into halves or thirds if you like it smaller in length.

    Blanch Green Beans

    In a pot on medium-high heat, add enough water (1.5 to 2 liters) and bring it to a boil. Add the green beans and cook until tender for 6 minutes.

    Transfer it to a colander to drain any excess water. Keep this aside.

    step by step images on how to blanch green beans

    Make Garlic butter

    Melt butter in a pan. Add garlic cloves to it and saute until light golden in color. Add spring onions to it and mix. Switch off the flame.

    step by step images on making of garlic butter

    Toss

    In a bowl, add blanched green beans, a pinch of salt, lemon juice, and garlic butter, and toss until combined.

    Serve and enjoy.

    step by step images on lemon garlic butter green beans

    Pro Tips

    I blanch green beans for 6 minutes and drain. This keeps it crisp and tender. If you are looking for softer green beans, then cook them a little longer, say 8 minutes.

    You can see in the picture that the butter became semi-solid as soon as I mixed it with green beans. The room temperature was also freezing. In this case, you can microwave for 10 seconds.

    Variations

    • To make it vegan, use olive oil instead of butter.
    • If you like it spicy, add green chilies, jalapenos, pepper flakes, or pepper powder.
    • Make onion and garlic green beans by adding onion along with garlic cloves.
    • Love cheese? Drizzle a little bit of freshly grated parmesan at the end.
    • If you like pesto or sun-dried tomatoes, simply add a tablespoon of pesto or finely chopped sun-dried tomatoes and toss it along with the blanched green beans.
    • Make browned butter lemon garlic green beans by adding brown butter (ghee) instead of regular butter.
    • Add boiled potatoes to make sauteed potato and green beans.
    • Love bacon? Either add some crispy bacon bits and toss OR first cook chopped bacon on a medium flame until the fat melts and the bacon bits turn crispy. Set aside the bacon bits. Add chopped garlic and saute it in bacon fat. Add back the crispy bacon when tossing blanched green beans.
    • Fan of nuts? You can even add toasted almonds, peanuts, pecans, or walnuts.
    • You can use turkey or any vegetable stock to blanch green beans.
    Best and easy lemon garlic butter sauteed green beans recipe

    Some more healthy side dishes

    • Christmas tree platter with vegan mayonnaise
    • Simple apple salad recipe
    • Healthy quinoa salad
    • Keto garlic chicken

    FAQ

    What can I add to fresh green beans for more flavor?

    You can add onion powder, garlic powder, thyme, pizza seasoning, pepper, etc.

    Is blanching green beans necessary?

    Blanching is optional but will give you the right tender and crispy texture, ensuring you are not overcooking and retaining the green color. 

    Alternatively, you can even saute it on medium flame with a splash of water and cover it with a lid for 10 minutes. This is a standard method used in Indian cooking to make green beans stir fry.

    Video

    Check out the simple video on making Sauteed Buttery Garlic Green Beans.

    Recipe card

    easy lemon garlic butter green beans recipe

    Best Buttery Garlic Green Beans | Christmas, Thanksgiving Green Beans

    Kushi
    Easy butter garlic sautéed green beans recipe is so simple to make yet tastes amazingly delicious that you can make it frequently as your dinner side.
    What is Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner without atleast one recipe with green beans?
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    Prep Time 5 minutes mins
    Cook Time 10 minutes mins
    Total Time 15 minutes mins
    Course Dinner, Lunch, Side Dish, sides
    Cuisine American, Indian
    Servings 4
    Calories 100 kcal

    Equipment

    • 1 Pan
    • 1 Pot

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 Pound Fresh green beans (500 gram)
    • 2 tablespoon Butter
    • 6 to 8 Garlic cloves, finely chopped
    • 1 tablespoon Spring onions or Green onions
    • Juice of 1 lemon
    • ¼ teaspoon Salt

    Instructions
     

    Cut the green beans

    • Nicely wash the green beans. Grab a few at a time and trim off both ends. Now you can leave it as it is or cut the beans further into halves or thirds if you like it smaller in length.
      1 Pound Fresh green beans (500 gram)

    Blanch green beans

    • In a pot on medium-high heat, add enough water (1.5 to 2 liters) and bring it to a boil. Add the green beans and cook until tender for 6 minutes.
    • Transfer it to a colander to drain any excess water. Keep this aside.

    Make Garlic Butter

    • Melt butter in a pan. Add garlic cloves to it and saute until light golden in color. Add spring onions to it and mix. Switch off the flame.
      2 tablespoon Butter, 6 to 8 Garlic cloves, finely chopped, 1 tablespoon Spring onions or Green onions

    Toss

    • In a bowl, add blanched green beans, a pinch of salt, lemon juice, and garlic butter, and toss until combined.
      Juice of 1 lemon, ¼ teaspoon Salt
    • Serve and enjoy.

    Video

    Notes

    I blanch green beans for 6 minutes and drain. This keeps it crisp and tender. If you are looking for softer green beans, then cook them a little longer, say 8 minutes.
    You can see in the picture that the butter became semi-solid as soon as I mixed it with green beans. The room temperature was also freezing. In this case, you can microwave for 10 seconds.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 100kcalCarbohydrates: 12gProtein: 3gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 15mgSodium: 199mgPotassium: 300mgFiber: 4gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 979IUVitamin C: 30mgCalcium: 60mgIron: 1mg
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