Honey Garlic Green Beans – quick skillet green beans that pack a ton of flavor. Only 6 ingredients! Fresh green beans, butter, honey, garlic, soy sauce, red pepper flakes. Ready to eat in minutes. Can add chicken or shrimp for a one-pan meal!

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Green beans are our go-to green vegetable. We eat them several times a week, so I am always looking for new ways to prepare them. I made a Honey Garlic Pork Tenderloin a while back and thought the flavors in the marinade would be great with green beans. I gave it a try and WOW! SO freaking good. We ended up eating these yummy green beans twice in one week.

How to Make Honey Garlic Green Beans
These green beans are very easy to make. Chop some fresh green beans into bite-size pieces. Melt butter in a skillet and cook the green beans until they start to blister. Add soy sauce, garlic, honey, and red pepper flakes. Cook for a few minutes and serve. Easy peasy!!
- Can I use canned or frozen green beans? Sure! I used fresh green beans. You can substitute 3 cans of green beans, drained. If using frozen, use two pounds of thawed green beans.
- Are these green beans spicy? We didn’t think these green beans were spicy. Feel free to adjust the red pepper flakes to your personal preference. You can omit them if you wish.
- Can add ginger to the sauce.
- Use gluten-free soy sauce for a gluten-free dish.
- You can add chicken or shrimp to make this a one-pan main dish.

What to Serve with Green Beans
These green beans have quickly become a favorite at our house. They are so simple to make and have TONS of amazing flavor. Plus, they go with just about everything. We serve them with chicken, pork, steak, turkey, ham, casseroles. They are great for the holidays and dinner parties alike. Here are a few of our favorite recipes from the blog that go great with these easy green beans:
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Honey Garlic Green Beans
Equipment:
Ingredients:
Instructions:
- In a large skillet, melt butter. Add green beans; cook, stirring constantly, over high heat until slightly blistered, 2-3 minutes.
- Whisk together honey, soy sauce, garlic, salt, and pepper. Pour over green beans. Continue cooking and stirring until beans are coated and the sauce starts to evaporate slightly, 2-3 minutes.
Notes:
Steph
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Perfectly delicious!! Thanks!
Best green beans we ever had! My husband looved these! I made them with your Spicy Pineapple Brown Sugar Chicken and my husband went crazy for the whole meal! Thank you!
Would this be good on asparagus also?
Here is the asparagus version: https://www.plainchicken.com/honey-garlic-asparagus/
love this recipe the green beans are soooo good
Oh my goodness! These are so yummy! I don’t even like green beans and I could eat the entire pan. I only had canned beans and was worried they wouldn’t turn out as good but they were delicious!
My family loves this recipe for green beans. It’s a keeper for me.
Delicious, quick, and easy!!
Are you putting them in a dry pan?
No, read Step 1