Green Beans Recipes
Browse our collection of recipes featuring green beans. Each recipe has been kitchen-tested and includes detailed instructions.
18 Recipes
Using green beans
South African Bunny Chow
A hollowed-out loaf of white bread filled with rich, fiery lamb or bean curry. Durban's legendary street food where the bread is both bowl and utensil.
Paella Valenciana
The original paella from Valencia made with chicken, rabbit, green beans, white beans, and saffron rice. No seafood—this is the traditional recipe that started it all.
Vegetable & Shrimp Tempura
Shrimp and assorted vegetables coated in an ethereally light, shatteringly crisp tempura batter. Served with warm tentsuyu dipping sauce and grated daikon.
Classic Green Bean Casserole
The iconic Thanksgiving side dish—tender green beans in a creamy mushroom sauce topped with crunchy fried onions. Simple, nostalgic, and always the first dish to disappear.
Tuna Niçoise Salad
An elegant French Niçoise salad with seared ahi tuna, haricots verts, boiled potatoes, hard-boiled eggs, olives, and a Dijon vinaigrette.
Nicoise Salad
A beautiful French Nicoise salad with seared tuna, green beans, potatoes, olives, and hard-boiled eggs over butter lettuce.
Gado Gado
A hearty Indonesian salad of blanched vegetables, tofu, hard-boiled eggs, and fried tempeh, all drenched in a spiced peanut dressing. A complete vegetarian meal.
Sheet Pan Chicken Meal Prep
Seasoned chicken thighs roasted alongside baby potatoes and green beans on a single sheet pan. The ultimate hands-off, minimal-cleanup meal prep that delivers maximum flavor.
Chinese Garlic Green Beans with Pork
A fast Chinese-style stir-fry of blistered green beans and minced pork in a garlicky savory sauce.
Som Tum (Green Papaya Salad)
Thailand's most famous salad — shredded green papaya pounded with tomatoes, long beans, peanuts, dried shrimp, and a fiery lime-palm sugar-fish sauce dressing.
Filipino Kare Kare
A luxurious Filipino stew of fall-off-the-bone oxtail in a thick, golden peanut sauce with eggplant, green beans, and banana blossoms. Served with fermented shrimp paste on the side.
Healthy Honey Mustard Salmon and Quinoa
A healthy salmon plate with quinoa, green beans, and a restrained honey-mustard glaze that keeps the dinner bright.
Vegetable Paella
Short-grain rice cooked with saffron, smoked paprika, artichoke hearts, roasted peppers, and green beans until it develops the coveted socarrat — a crispy, caramelized bottom crust.
Indonesian Nasi Campur
A festive plate of steamed rice surrounded by an array of Indonesian side dishes — sambal, fried tempeh, shredded chicken, egg, vegetables, and crispy shallots. A little bit of everything.
Garlic Sauteed Green Beans
Fresh green beans sauteed until crisp-tender with golden toasted garlic, a squeeze of lemon, and a sprinkle of almonds.
Thai Fish Cakes (Tod Mun Pla)
Bouncy, flavorful Thai fish cakes made with white fish, red curry paste, and green beans, served with a tangy cucumber relish.
Classic Green Bean Casserole
Tender green beans in a velvety mushroom cream sauce topped with shatteringly crispy fried onions. This Thanksgiving classic has earned its permanent spot on the holiday table.
Filipino Sinigang
A sour and savory Filipino soup loaded with pork ribs, tomatoes, radish, green beans, and leafy greens in a tangy tamarind broth. The ultimate Filipino comfort soup.