Frozen Roasted Green Beans are a delicious and budget-friendly vegetable side dish. Just toss the frozen green beans onto a baking sheet, add savory spices, and olive oil with a touch of lemon juice, and bake until crisp.
I absolutely love savory veggies. Marinated Brussels Sprouts and Air Fryer Broccoli and Cauliflower are the other two veggie recipes I've posted on the blog so far, and they are so savory and delicious!
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❤️Why You'll Love this Recipe
- Quick and easy: This recipe only requires a few ingredients and only a couple of minutes of prep work. The oven does the rest of the work. In less than 25 minutes, you have an easy, healthy, and delicious side dish.
- Budget-friendly: Frozen vegetables are typically cheaper than fresh. They may also have more servings in a single bag.
- Delicious: Using spices like garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper, and then a splash of fresh lemon juices, creates a bright and savory veggie dish.
📝Ingredient Notes
- Frozen green beans: I use whole green beans, but you can use cut.
- Fresh lemon juice: Adding a small amount of lemon juice adds a bit of brightness to the vegetables, which balances the savory flavors nicely.
🥓Variations
- Bacon: If you want to make frozen roasted green beans with bacon, line your baking sheet with aluminum foil, cut about 2 strips of bacon into 1-inch pieces, and bake at 425 degrees Fahrenheit for 10 minutes. Flip the bacon pieces and the green beans around in the pan, and bake for another 10 minutes or until the green beans and bacon are crisp.
- Garlic: Minced garlic adds great flavor to vegetables. You can use the pre-minced garlic in the jar. It has a higher water content, which can prevent burning. Or just use garlic powder as the recipe follows. It's simple and delicious!
🥜Toppings to Add
- Crispy bacon: This can be cooked with the green beans or separately. Instructions for cooking them together are noted above.
- Sliced almonds: Any nuts that are added to the green beans can be added raw or toasted. You can toast them in a pan on the stove over medium heat until fragrant.
- Pecans
- Pomegranate seeds: These should be added fresh if used. Don't cook them with the green beans!
- Crushed red pepper flakes: These can be added after the green beans are finished cooking or before roasting them.
🥣Equipment
- Baking sheet
- Flipper/turner
🔪How to Make Frozen Roasted Green Beans
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a baking sheet with oil and add the frozen green beans. Toss the green beans, oil, fresh lemon juice, and spices together until evenly coated.
2. When the oven is preheated, bake the green beans for about 20 minutes or until fully heated/crisp. Enjoy!
🧊Storing
Store leftover green beans in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days for best quality.
Reheating: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit and reheat them on a sheet pan for 5 to 10 minutes or until warm.
Freezing: Place the cooled green beans in a freezer-safe ziplock or freezer-safe container and freeze for up to 2 months. To reheat, preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit and roast them on a baking sheet for 15 to 20 minutes, or until heated through.
✅Pro Tips
- Be sure to preheat your oven: The oven needs to be hot and at the right temperature before trying to roast the green beans. Otherwise, they'll start to thaw before they crisp up, which won't give you the perfect crispy texture.
- Don't thaw the green beans: Thawing the green beans before roasting can leave you with mushy vegetables. It should be cooked at once at a high temperature to achieve crisp greens.
- Don't under-cook them: Under-cooking frozen green beans in the oven will not leave them crispy. You want to roast out any extra water.
- Don't under-season: Build the flavor and don't skimp on the seasonings!
⁉️Frequently Asked Question
No. You should not thaw frozen green beans before cooking them. Doing so can leave them mushy.
Yes. You can use the same method as instructed in this recipe, but fresh green beans may not take as long to cook as frozen.
Yes. Let them cool to room temperature and place them in a freezer-safe container or ziplock. Freeze for up to 2 months.
Yes. Frozen roasted green beans can be made up to 2 days in advance. Store them in an airtight container until ready to use, then roast them on a baking sheet at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 5 to 10 minutes until warm.
The oven temperature and how long you cook the green beans will determine how crispy they are. Some recipes call for cooking them at temperatures as high as 450 degrees Fahrenheit for up to 24 minutes. There is such a thing as "too crispy" though. I roast these at 425 degrees for about 20 minutes, but you can certainly roast them longer. I wouldn't roast them past 25 minutes, because they will start to burn.
Frozen green beans take about 20 minutes in the oven at 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
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📖 Recipe
Frozen Roasted Green Beans
Ingredients
- 10 ounces frozen green beans
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease a baking sheet with oil and add the frozen green beans. Toss the green beans, oil, fresh lemon juice, and spices together until evenly coated.
- When the oven is preheated, bake the green beans for about 20 minutes or until fully heated/crisp. Enjoy!
Notes
- Store leftover green beans in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days for best quality.
Nutrition
Nutrition Disclaimer: The nutrition label is only an estimate. Amounts may vary based on products used and different nutrition calculators. If tracking nutrition information is important to you, it's recommended that you plug these ingredients into an online nutritional calculator.
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