Quick and Easy Roasted Green Beans are an easy side dish your kids will love. They’re crisp-tender and a great alternative to steamed!
Green Beans are a super popular vegetable to enjoy during the holidays, like this Green Bean Casserole. Broccoli is normally the king of the green vegetables in our house but these green beans are a hit!
Green beans have a bad reputation thanks to the canned green beans we all grew up hating. These Roasted Green Beans are browned and crispy while still tender, a fun departure from the regular steamed or sautéed green beans you usually see on your holiday table.
Why Roast?
Roasting green beans lets you add a fun texture. It’s also a nice change from the classic roasted vegetables we’re all used to. This is a healthy and easy vegetable side dish your guests will love. It has the feel of French fries but is Low-carb and has fewer calories.
These green beans are seasoned simply but you can certainly add different spices and flavors:
- Minced Garlic and Rosemary: 3 cloves of garlic and 1 tablespoon of fresh rosemary minced well.
- Parmesan and Garlic: 3 cloves garlic minced well and finished with shaved parmesan after cooking.
- Lemon juice and Parmesan Cheese: ½ lemon squeezed over cooked green beans and finished with shaved parmesan.
- Balsamic Glaze: Drizzle over balsamic glaze over cooked green beans.
There are also many easy swaps for these ingredients. You can use garlic powder in place of fresh garlic, balsamic vinegar tossed with the oil before roasting instead of the balsamic glaze, or frozen green beans.
When it comes to adding fat to the green beans, you can use canola oil, as I do, for an option that doesn’t taste of oil. But if you want the flavors of olive oil, you can certainly roast these green beans with olive oil, too.
Can you roast frozen green beans?
Yes, you can, but they must first be rinsed under cold water and dried well. If roasted from frozen, all the extra water will prevent the green beans from roasting well and browning.

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How to make crunchy?
- First, make sure your green beans are dry.
- Second, ensure you have enough oil to coat the green beans.
- Place the beans in a single layer on your cookie sheet or baking sheet so they have more opportunity to brown.
- Roast at a high temperature like 425 degrees.
Can you use different vegetables?
Yes, asparagus would be an easy swap for green beans, and it would roast just as easily. You can also roast Brussels sprouts, which will take longer to cook.
Can you prep for last-minute cooking?
Yes, add the green beans, olive oil or canola oil, salt, and pepper to a large Ziploc bag and shake to coat. Roast them on a tray for 20 minutes before serving.
If you want to roast the green beans ahead of time, roast them for 4-5 minutes less than directed, and then add them to the oven or microwave to heat through before serving. These beans won’t be as crispy as freshly roasted, but they’ll still be delicious.


Ingredients
- 2 pounds fresh green beans edges trimmed
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- Toss the green beans with the oil, salt and pepper and put them onto a baking sheet, baking them for 18-20 minutes or until slightly wrinkled looking.
Perfect!! Family loved these. I have been instructed to make green beans this way only from now on.
LOL…You’ve been instructed eh?! Love it. Thanks so much Gina, for the 5 star rating 🙂
Thank you so much for this fantastic recipe, Sabrina! I never considered myself to be a big fan of green beans, but this recipe changed it all. So easy to prepare and so yummy! I use olive oil instead of canola oil and usually season my beans with lemon and parmesan. I appreciate that it can be made using frozen beans, which I now have always at hand. My one-and-a-half-year-old is a big fan, too. Five stars!
Did both the baked green beans and the OJ, soy, garlic, and honey chicken (crock pot)… Didn’t like either one…Beans were so so…but both were devoid of flavor…very bland and unappetizing.
I’m sorry you didn’t enjoy them.
Easy to make and delicious! I used the garlic lemon variation.. After I took them out i also threw walnuts on top of them and roasted for another 1-2 minutes.
Glad to know it was such a hit!
I thought I had roasted every type of feasible veggie until last night when I found this recipe. So easy and so yummy! I did over oil a bit so I will adjust down tonight as I try again. Either way, I never want to eat green beans any other way again. Thank you!!
Yay!! So glad you love them so much.
My favorite way to eat green beans roasted! Yum! These look so beautiful and caramelized to perfection ?
Thanks, Andie!
Yum!! These look amazing! Thank you for sharing!!
You’re welcome, Jessica!
These are so good and so easy to make!
So glad you enjoyed them!
These green beans are so easy and delicious! Perfect for Thanksgiving.