These Roasted Green Beans are the perfect side dish for any meal! This easy recipe is full of flavor – baked green beans are the best vegetable, especially when they’re covered in bacon and onions!
I actually love vegetables however they’re cooked, roasting them is my absolute favorite. From broccoli to asparagus to green beans, roasting vegetables brings out a delicious flavor that’s so much better than just steaming or sautéing. I’ve discovered I like so many more vegetables when I roast them, including Brussels sprouts and cauliflower.
This simple side dish is easy to prepare and even easier to clean up, and will add a bit of green on your dinner table. There are so many ways you can make these roasted green beans: with bacon, with onions, or even with parmesan. Adding the bacon makes it the ultimate comfort food side dish.
Ingredients for Baked Green Beans
- Green Beans: I prefer using fresh green beans and buy the bag so they already come cut or trimmed. But you can substitute thawed frozen green beans.
- Onion: White or yellow onions are great in this dish but you can also use a shallot.
- Bacon: I prefer center cut bacon, but use your favorite kind.
- Salt and Pepper: This should be to taste.
How to make Roasted Green Beans
- You start this dish by frying up some bacon. Dice it up firs, then cook it to however crispy you like it. Reserve the bacon fat to season the vegetables with!
- Make sure your onion is chopped bite size. And you can chop the green beans or leave them long.
- Toss green beans and onions in the bacon fat and add some pepper and a pinch of salt.
- Place the green beans and onions on a cookie sheet covered with foil and sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Bake until cooked through.
- Once the green beans and onions are roasted, toss them with the bacon bits and serve. The bacon grease adds extra flavor and everyone will love that they have a green side dish that’s not a boring one!
Expert Tips
Make the perfect crunchy roasted green beans:
- Try to place the green beans on the baking sheet in an even layer.
- Stir at least twice during cooking to ensure even roasting.
- Toss your green beans with bacon grease for extra flavor.
- Serve hot, but store in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
- Be sure to stir them at least once or twice during cooking to make sure they cook evenly.
FAQs
Using frozen green beans in this recipe: thaw and drain them. They will need less time to roast than fresh beans.
Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
Roasted Green Beans Recipe
Ingredients
- 5 strips center cut bacon diced
- 1 ½ pounds green beans trimmed and washed
- 1 medium yellow onion sliced
- 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
- ½ teaspoon pepper or to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Cook bacon in a small frying pan until crispy. Remove from pan to drain on paper towels. Reserve bacon grease.
- Place green beans and onions in a large bowl. Add about 2 tablespoons of the reserved bacon grease. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, toss to coat.
- Cover a cookie sheet with Reynolds Wrap® Non-Stick Aluminum Foil. Spread green beans in single layer on cookie sheet.
- Roast for 20-30 minutes, or until green beans are browned and cooked. Toss with bacon and serve hot.
