Super Easy Pan Fried Fresh Green Beans is an easy, healthy, and tasty side dish!
My favorite side dishes to make are like this Super Easy Pan Fried Fresh Green Beans. This dish only requires a few ingredients, is inexpensive, is healthy, and is quick and easy. I love it when that happens!
These green beans differ from the canned type because these are firmer. I do eat the canned variety at times, and when my kids were little, and we were on a budget, that is all we ate. These are packed with vitamins, and I can feel better about feeding them to my family.
You could use vegetable oil, but olive oil has the “healthy fat”, so these are better for you if you use olive oil. Since we are trying to eat healthier I make little tweaks like swapping oils, using fresh instead of canned, and using less salt.
I figure if I make little changes here and there it will add up to an overall healthier lifestyle. So far I haven’t made any changes that I haven’t liked, and felt good about making.
For this recipe I used the kind of garlic that comes in a jar, it is chopped and ready to go. I find myself using this more and more because it is so convenient.
I tend to go with a less is more philosophy when I cook (most of the time), so a little garlic, salt and pepper works for me. But you could certainly use some other spices in this recipe if you wanted.
Onion powder or a little seasoning salt would taste great on these Super Easy Pan Fried Fresh Green Beans.
I also make these Parmesan Roasted Green Beans, and they are tasty too.
Super Easy Pan Fried Fresh Green Beans
Ingredients
- 1 pound fresh green beans washed and trimmed
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Heat a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add green beans and water, bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium, cover and cook for 8-10 minutes or until beans are tender, stirring occasionally.
- Uncover, raise heat to medium-high, add olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper; cook until water evaporates, stirring often, about 2 minutes.
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Looking forward to trying these!
Can I use frozen green beans?
I think so, not sure of the cooking time though. Thanks, Mindy
Thanks for the easy recipe. Being reading other recipes but they didnt go into details like your. Thanks again I’ll be watching for more recipes by you. Love fried green beans
Thanks so much!
These have become a staple in my house and in my dinner rotation at least once a week. This is a fantastic recipe and everyone I serve them to loves them!
They are good, aren’t they!? It is a great feeling to feed our loved ones food we know is healthy and tastes good too. Thanks!
Easy and looks good, Mindy. Would try it with adding some sesame oil.
I love sesame oil, so that sounds yummy!
Can you use can beans?
I think they would break apart because they are much softer than fresh beans.
These look awesome! I love recipes that are so easy like this! I do buy fresh garlic but I definitely have a jar of the stuff in the fridge to make dinners even quicker!
I buy fresh also, but sometimes I am too lazy to use it! Isn’t that terrible? Thanks for stopping by!
Simple and very delicious! I usually made mine with lots of minced garlic and a bit of chilli flakes.
Chili flakes will definitely give it a kick. I will have to try that sometime. Thanks, Angie!