Honey Garlic Green Beans

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!

Easy Skillet Green Beans

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

Author: Plain Chicken

Yield: 4 people

Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

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! #glutenfree #sidedish #greenbeans #honey

Equipment:

• 10-inch Skillet

Ingredients:

• 2 pounds fresh green beans, cut into bite-sized pieces
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 4 Tbsp honey
• 2 Tbsp soy sauce
• 4 garlic cloves minced
• ¼ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp crushed red pepper flakes

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:

I used fresh green beans. You can substitute 3 cans of green beans, drained. If using frozen, use two pounds of thawed green beans.

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.

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Steph