15-min Easy Healthy Garlic Green Beans
This quick and easy garlic green beans recipe will make you relish green beans again and again. Perfect for making a healthy side dish that your family will love.
Servings: 4
Calories: 78kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 ½ lb green beans
- ½ small onion or use 2 shallots
- 2 large garlic cloves minced
- ¼ teaspoon red chili flakes optional
- ½ tablespoon olive oil
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Steam green beans for about 5 mins (see notes).
- Heat oil in a frying pan on medium heat. Cook garlic with some chili flakes for few seconds
- Then add onion and cook slightly for about one minute.
- Finally add cooked green beans, salt, and pepper and mix gently. Turn off the heat.
Notes
- Steaming Green Beans - Bring some water to boil in a large frying pan or skillet. Put the steamer basket with green beans, cover and cook until your likings. I use this stainless steel steamer basket to steam vegetables. If you have something like this then you can use it with any large frying pan.
- If you don’t have an option to steam the beans then just boil them in water.
- Cooking onion - do not overcook the onions. Keep them a little crunchy.
- You can also add some extra virgin olive oil or pumpkin oil to the finished beans. I add it sometimes.
Nutrition
Calories: 78kcal