What Are Green beans and How Can I Use Them?

Green beans rewards a little know-how: how to choose them, cook them, store them, and substitute in a pinch. Browse 543 recipes to cook with them.

What are green beans?

Major sources in the US are Florida, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, and California.

Purchasing Guide

Look for straight pods that are crisp enough to snap easily, free from scars and rust, as well as smooth and we

Usually green beans are sold by weight. 1 pound or ½ kg of green beans, cooked yields about 2 cups.ll filled but with immature seeds.

Green beans are also sold dried but are only available in limited quantities. They are a Pennsylvania Dutch specialty.

Storage

Place in the refrigerator in a bag or moisture proof covered container. Plan to use them as soon as possible. Beans may seem indestructible, but in time they will toughen and lose some of their fresh flavor and color.

Refrigerator shelf, raw: 3 to 5 days

Refrigerator shelf, cooked and covered: 1 to 4 days

Refrigerator freezer, prepare for freezing: 1 month

Deep Freezer, prepared for freezing: 10 months

Basic Preparation

Wash well in cold water; sort according to size if necessary. Rem

ove stems and tops (if desired) with a paring knife and

Leave whole

Snap or cut straight across into 1 inch (2 ½ cm) pieces

Cut on the diagonal into thin shreds of slices

French cut: sliced one or more times lengthwise with a shape knife, or but through a bean slicer.

To Cook

Heat about 1 inch (2 ½ cm) of water in a saucepan to a boil. Add ½

teaspon of salt per pound of beans to the water. Add the beans and bring to a rapid boil and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, continue cooking testing

periodically until just tender crisp. Depending on the beans it may take up to 10 minutes. Cook the green beans for the shortest amount of time possible to “just barely tender” for the maximum flavor. Drain and dunk into an ice-water bath to stop the cooking and lock in an appealing bring green color. See photos.

When ready to serve quickly reheat with butter in a skillet, taste adjust seasonings and serve.

To Freeze

Wash and trim beans. Leave young beans whole, or cut into 1-inch (2 ½ cm) pieces, or French cut. Blanch in a large pot of boiling water for 3 minutes. Cool quickly in an ice-water bath. Drain in a colander and pack with ½ headspace in freezer containers. Refrigerate for an hour or more then freeze.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 cup (110g)

Amount per Serving

Calories 34Calories from Fat 1

% Daily Value *

Total Fat 0.1g 0%

Saturated Fat 0.0g 0%

Trans Fat ~

Cholesterol 0mg 0%

Sodium 6mg 0%

Total Carbohydrate 7.8g 3%

Dietary Fiber 4g 15%

Sugars 1.5

Protein 2.0g

Vitamin A 15% Vitamin C 30%

Calcium 4% • Iron 6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your caloric needs.

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Quick facts

Where to find green beans: Green beans are usually found in the asian section or aisle of the grocery store or supermarket.

Food group: Green beans are a member of the Vegetables and Vegetable Products US Department of Agriculture nutritional food group.

In Chinese: 绿豆
British (UK) term: Green beans
en français: haricots verts
en español: judías verdes

How much do green beans weigh?

Amount	Weight
1 cup	110 grams
10 beans (4" long)	55 grams

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Recipes using green beans

There are 543 recipes that contain this ingredient.

Asian Salad Nicoise

This Nicoise Salad is a beautiful play off its French counterpart. It keeps the traditional string beans, potatoes, boiled eggs and tuna, but it adds an Asian inspired dressing that elevates this salad to the next level. By changing the usual white potatoes to sweet potatoes, it becomes a healthier version of the recipe. Sweet potatoes provide more vitamins and minerals than regular potatoes and they have fewer calories. Add in the Omega-3 benefits in the tuna, the protein of the eggs, and fibre-packed beans, and you have got a power packed lunch that tastes like a million dollars. This recipe will certainly be singing to your taste buds tuna.

Moghul Style Mixed Vegetables with Paneer

Mughlai-style mixed vegetable curry with paneer, cream, pineapple, and golden raisins. A rich, mildly spiced North Indian dish that finishes with a sprinkle of fried nuts for royal-court flair.

Golden Polenta & Egg with Mustard Sauce

Crispy polenta is served with tender green beans, a soft-boiled egg, and a tangy yogurt mustard sauce. An easy yet sophisticated gluten-free breakfast to impress.

Beef & Vegetable Soup No. 2 (Instant Pot or not)

A beef vegetable soup made with homemade stock made one day ahead, featuring tender shredded beef, diced vegetables, and fresh herbs. A comforting and flavorful meal loaded with beefy goodness.

Green Beans with Shallots

Green beans with shallots, blanched crisp-tender then tossed in butter with sweet shallots and brightened with lemon and parsley. A simple, elegant French side dish that comes together fast.

Shrimp & Fish with Green Vegetables in Orange Sauce

delicate, a bit spicy dish inspired by Asian cuisine, and stir-fried in my favorite old wok..

Green Beans with Sesame Dressing

Tender crisp green beans tossed in a simple Asian dressing.

Loaded Veggie Oat Burgers

Veggie oat burgers loaded with grated carrot, broccoli, cabbage, green beans, mushrooms, and onion held together with rolled oats, soy sauce, and a touch of flour. Pan-browned then oven-baked for a hearty meatless patty.

Bratwurst Stew

Hearty bratwurst stew with potatoes, green beans, and a creamy cream-of-mushroom base finished with melted cheddar. A quick one-pot supper for cool fall evenings.

Roasted New Potato Salad with Basil Vinaigrette

Roasted new potatoes are soft on the inside, and crispy on the outside, tossed with a flavorful basil vinaigrette. Serve it with any your favorite main courses. If it's too hot to cook indoor, grill the potatoes over your barbeque instead.

Simply Seared Tilapia with Green Beans & Toasted Walnuts

Make this simple and tasty tilapia dish for a quick dinner with some lemony green beans and toasted walnuts aside.

Easy Apple Cider Glazed Green Beans

Crisp yet tender green beans glazed a coating of reduced apple cider. Brings your green bean side dish to life.

Green Beans Supreme (Modern Low Fat Version)

The original version that inspired this recipe was incredibly rich using whipping cream for the cream sauce and delivering a whopping 16 grams of saturated fat per serving. 85% of the calories came from fat! This version has only 4 grams of saturated fat and cuts the calorie count from 269 to 121, is still delicious and rich tasting.

Shiitake, Green Bean & Potato Miso Stew

Shiitake mushrooms, tofu and potatoes are like sponge that soak all the great flavor from the miso stew. Green beans add bright color and nice crisp, and the glass noodles give a bit chewiness and some healthy calories that are good for you.

Bacon, Green Beans & Onions

An easy make-ahead side dish. Highlights the flavor of each ingredient.

Lemony-Garlicky Green Beans

This quick, easy and refreshing dish is a perfect side dish with a pan-seared or oven-baked fish dish.

Lentil Soup with Steamed Vegetables

I like natural flavors of veggies without any seasoning inc. salt.. I often steam them and serve them as a side to other dishes.. sometimes they are tossed into the soup like in this example.. you may steam various veggies in various seasons of the year..

Skillet Pot Roast with Vegetables

My mother's recipe from a page torn out of a cookbook years ago. Great for leftovers.

Green Beans with Shallots, Tomatoes & Mushrooms

Green Beans tossed with Shallots, Tomatoes and Mushrooms. An easy side for nearly any main dish.

Green Beans with Toasted Almond Gremolata

Quick, easy and tasty. Fresh lemon zest and juice add lots of refreshness, a few garlic cloves give the fragrance, and the toasted almonds bring some nutty taste and another layer of the crunch texture. Serve it with any main course.

Parmesan, Paprika, & Herbs Roasted Green Beans

This recipe is inspired by parmesan roasted potato and roasted green beans recipes we made last week. Then we came out this idea, and it definitely worked out. Roasting gives the green beans both great flavor and texture, parmesan, paprika and fresh herbs add tons of yumminess. A versatile recipe that can go well with any kind of main dish!

Roasted Vegetables

These are very healthy vegetables, whenever it is a nice recipe, worth to keep.

Hot Chinese Fried Rice

I've always thought of fried rice as the quintessential comfort food. Think of it - a bowl of steaming white rice cooked to just the right consistency, filled with full of vegetable. No wonder fried rice is one of the world's most popular rice dishes!

Indian Rice Pilaf

Indian vegetable rice pilaf with potatoes, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, peas, green beans, and cashews bloomed in mustard seeds, ginger, garlic, and curry powder. A one-pot oven-baked pilau ready in 35 minutes.

Green Beans Supreme

Quick, easy and tasty. A great way to make green beans into a delicious side dish.

New Potato & Green Bean Salad with Grape Tomatoes & Feta

Make this quick, easy and tasty salad as your side-dish with any of your BBQ main course. Light and refreshing, wonderful in a warm summer day.

Green Bean & Tomato Salad with Basil Vinaigrette

This is a great cold salad. The basil and cherry tomatoes marry perfectly with a high-quality sweet balsamic vinegar along with tender-crisp green and yellow wax beans.

Brussel Sprouts & Green Bean Frittata

Love frittata for breakfast, lunch or sometimes dinner. It's so versatile to make, and it never lets me down :) The combination in this frittata is delicious, you can substitute other vegetables you have on hand, and it will be still very tasty.

Dry Sauteed Green Beans

I did prefer a tenderer texture, so I steamed green beans for a few minutes, then cooked in the pan with all the spices. Still had great flavour and tender-crisp texture.

Algerian Green Beans with Almonds

This is a nice change of pace for green beans, with an interesting, complex flavor. I steamed the beans instead of boiling to retain more of the nutrients. Lightly toasting the almonds boosted the nutty flavor.

Best Veggie Burger

Best veggie burger with bulgur, chickpeas, tahini, and grated zucchini, carrot, and apple. A vegan burger with real texture and Middle Eastern flavor that holds together on the grill.

Mediterranean Roasted Green beans with Goat Cheese

Sun-dried tomatoes, black olives and goat cheese give the already delicious roasted green beans another layers of tasty flavors. Quick, easy and scrumptious!

Beetroot, Green Bean & Preserved Lemon Salad

Tender-crisp green beans added the nice crunch to the salad. The peppery arugula and the final touch of creamy goat cheese were the musts. Definitely will make it again!

Mama Leilas Jalapeno Soup

This recipe comes from our friend Leila Best in Facebook, it is one of her favorite recipes; we really appreciate that she shares the recipe with us here, thanks Leilas! And hope everyone will enjoy this delicious recipe!

Pineapple Vegetarian Fried Rice

Definitely a dish that is easy to make and impresses your family! Also a great way to use up your leftover rice.

Thai Cauliflower Curry

A bit sweet, sour with slightly spicy, this Thai cauliflower curry has lots of deliciousness that coconut milk, fish sauce and Thai curry paste have delivered. Serve it over a bed of rice that helps to soak up all the goodness.

Green Beans in Spicy Miso Sauce

Crisp green beans tossed in a spicy white miso glaze with garlic, mirin, and hot sesame oil. This quick Japanese-inspired side dish is ready in 15 minutes and works over rice, noodles, or straight from the skillet.

Green Bean & Fried Onion Casserole

"This all time family favorite has stood the test of time. You just can't beat this delicious combination of flavors."

Vegetarian Chili Con Carne

Instead of baking in the oven, I cooked it in a skillet. Browned the onions with a bit olive oil and garlic first, next browned carrots and celeries; then added remaining ingredients, brought to a boil, and simmered for about 30 minutes. Very tasty and filling, I had it with a few warm corn tortillas. Yum!

Delicious Four Bean Salad (Instant Pot)

Delicious four-bean salad with Instant Pot bean cooking directions.

Anne's Original Green Bean Casserole

Anne's best, easy green bean casserole with french fried onions.

Stir Fry Ginger Chicken

Delicious stir-fry chicken with varieties of vegetables. Serve over a bed of rice to make a complete meal.

Balsamic Red Onions with Glazed Green Beans

Red onions are cooked with balsamic vineger, brown sugar, vegetable broth, turn out very tasty, adding into the lightly boiled green beans, it is a wonderful side dish.

Vegetarian Pot Pie

Yes, this is a vegetarian pot pie. Not only just vegetarians love it, but also meat-lovers enjoy it. Flavorful and tasty, a delicious, warm yet light main dish during a cold winter day.

Braised Green Beans in Tomato-Garlic Sauce

Simply braise green beans in a tomato sauce that is cooked with garlic and onion, tasty, juicy and refreshing!

Chinese Vegetable Stir-Fry

Quick, easy and tasty, nothing is quite like a Chinese stir-fry. This dish has several kinds of vegetables and soy-sesame sauce that are stir-fried together. Serve it over a bed of rice to make a simply delicious meal.

Stir-fried Long Beans with Red Chile & Garlic

This is one of the popular Chinese dishes, and it is very easy to make. The spiciness and garlicky taste give the green beans some outstanding flavor!

Pan Seared Tilapia with Lemony Green Beans

This delicious dish takes no time to cook, and it comes out super tasty. The fish is very moist on the inside with a nice texture on the outside, packed with great flavors. A lemony green beans are a perfectly refreshing and tasty side dish along with it.

Green Bean, Roasted Pepper, & Cherry Tomato Salad with Goat Cheese

These green beans, roasted sweet bell pepper, juicy cherry tomatoes, and topped with goat cheese, drizzling with some fresh lemon juice, olive oil, mustard and chopped parsley, it can be a side dish or a light and tasty snack.