If you are looking for an easy side dish recipe, this easy Oven Baked Green Beans recipe is made with basic ingredients, a few simple seasonings, and takes only minutes to prep. With simple ingredients, this delicious side dish recipe makes a great addition to any holiday meal or weeknight dinner, and pairs perfectly with most main dish recipes. If you need a little encouragement to get in a full serving of veggies, this easy oven side dish has many different variations to keep oven roasted green beans a fun and fresh recipe to serve.
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make oven baked green beans, you will need the following ingredients:
- Beans: get a bag of fresh green beans from the produce section in the grocery store
- Oil: we prefer to use olive oil but avocado oil will work too
- Seasonings: use sea salt or kosher salt and black pepper to season the pound of green beans
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to Make Baked Green Beans
- Preheat oven to 400℉.
- Line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil and lightly spray with non-stick cooking spray.
- Spread beans in a single layer on a large baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper, then using your hands (or a large spatula), lightly toss beans until they are coated with oil and seasonings. Spread the beans back out in a single layer.
- Cook for 20-25 minutes in the preheated oven, or until beans are tender and start getting brown spots on the outside.
Recipe Notes
- Toss with pine nuts
- Toss with parmesan cheese
- Squeeze fresh lemon juice on top or lemon zest
- Add fresh garlic, garlic salt, or garlic powder
- Add red pepper flakes
- Add balsamic vinegar
- Add cooked and crumbled bacon
- Try our Green Beans with Candied Pecans (these are incredible!)
Frequently Asked Questions
Out of personal preference, we like to “snap” the ends off of the fresh green beans. However, it really is your choice if you choose to cut off the ends of the green beans or not. We prefer these beans without the extra string, especially as these green beans in the oven may cause the strings to burn.
We would not recommend roasting frozen beans for this recipe. While you could attempt to cook them thoroughly by thawing them, patting them dry, and adding an extra 10-15 minutes, the extra moisture from frozen beans tends to make them mushy.
No, this recipe does not require blanching. Just make sure that you rinse the beans and dry them well before you dress the beans.
This could be one of two things. Before you placed the beans on the large baking sheet they weren’t dried well enough so the beans had added moisture. The other issue would be that they could have used a little olive oil before putting them in the hot oven.
Storage and Reheating Instructions
Fridge: Any leftovers from the easy roasted green beans recipe can be placed in an airtight container and stored in the fridge for 4-5 days.
Reheat: Place the green beans in the microwave and reheat them in 30-second increments or in the air fryer at 350℉ for 3-4 minutes. You can also reheat the green beans in the oven by placing them on a baking dish at 350℉ for 5-10 minutes, just until heated through.
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Oven Baked Green Beans Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 pounds fresh green beans
- 2 Tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt, to taste
- ½ teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400℉.
- Line large baking sheet with aluminum foil and lightly spray with non-stick cooking spray.
- Spread beans in a single layer on a large baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper, then using your hands (or a large spatula), lightly toss beans until they are coated with oil and seasonings. Spread beans back out in a single layer.
- Cook for 20-25 minutes, or until beans are tender and start getting brown spots on the outside.
Notes
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I’ll bet they taste awesome! I make my asparagus this way but I add a little garlic powder, as well.
Thanks for the tip.
Sinea from Ducks ‘n a Row
What a wonderfully easy, tasty way to prepare fresh green beans! This is especially useful when making more complicated main dishes. Our whole family enjoyed these green beans, and are big fans of this vegetable!
The cooking time and temp is way off on this recipe. 400 degrees at 20 mins they are barely even warm.