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Garlic Green Beans

Beans cooked just until bright, with garlic slices that go golden in the same pan.

Submitted by Malik JordanUpdated on October 3, 2026

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

8 mins

Total Time

18 mins

Servings

4

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Benefits

• A fast side that stays bright green.
• Garlic cooked in the same pan, so there is no second pot.
• Chili is a pinch, not a sauce, so the beans still taste like beans.

Ingredients

Original recipe (1X) yields 4 servings

• 400 g green beans, trimmed
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 garlic cloves, sliced thin
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• A pinch of chili flakes

Directions

1. Put the beans in a wide skillet with 1/4 cup water and the salt. Cover and cook over medium heat for 4 minutes.
2. Uncover. If water is left, let it cook off.
3. Push the beans to the side. Add the oil and garlic and cook until the slices are pale gold, about 1 minute.
4. Toss everything together with the chili flakes and take the pan off the heat.

Tips

• Cover them only for the first few minutes. After that, uncovered keeps them from going olive.
• Pull the garlic as soon as the slices turn gold.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

Figures are estimates for the amounts written above.

110 home cooks made it

Reviews

• June F.

  ★★★★★★★★★★

  The garlic went from gold to bitter fast. I pull the pan as soon as I see color.

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