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Italian Green Beans

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The simplest, most delicious way to eat green beans! These Italian Green Beans are sauteed in butter, bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese.

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The simplest, most delicious way to eat green beans! These Italian Green Beans are sauteed in butter, bread crumbs and parmesan cheese.

Italian Green Beans Recipe

Thanksgiving is coming! Are you excited? We are! Thanksgiving may just be my favorite holiday.  It’s usually a very low-key day for our family, focused on spending time together and eating unbelievable food.

The traditional veggie casserole at the Thanksgiving dinner table is Green Bean Casserole. It definitely is a hit in our family.  But these Italian Green Beans?  They’re something else. Matt isn’t usually jumping with  excitement if I serve green beans for dinner.  But he loves sauteed Italian Green Beans. When I serve these green beans is one of the only times that we fight over who gets the last little bit of green beans in the bowl.

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The simplest, most delicious way to eat green beans! These Italian Green Beans are sauteed in butter, bread crumbs and parmesan cheese.

These green vegetables are so simple to make. Less than 20 minutes and you’ll have them sitting pretty on your table.

The simplest, most delicious way to eat green beans! These Italian Green Beans are sauteed in butter, bread crumbs and parmesan cheese.

Here’s how you’ll make these buttery, seasoned green beans.

Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a frying pan. Add 1/2 teaspoon of minced garlic and 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning to the butter. Then add 1/2 cup bread crumbs and 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese to the pan.

You may use store-bought bread crumbs if you’d like, but I usually like to crumble my own bread. We always have spare hot dog or hamburger buns in our freezer.  Crumbling one or two up for homemade bread crumbs is a great way to use those random buns.

Saute the bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese in the butter for 3-4 minutes until they are well coated and starting to brown a bit.

The simplest, most delicious way to eat green beans! These Italian Green Beans are sauteed in butter, bread crumbs and parmesan cheese.

While the bread crumbs are sauteing in the frying pan, you can prepare your green beans.  You’ll need a 1 pound bag of frozen green beans.  I love using Ziploc Zip’N Steam Cooking Bags bags to steam our veggies. You can use the bags more than one time and you get perfectly steamed veggies in just minutes.  You can also cook the green beans in a pot of water if you’d like.

Once the green beans are cooked, add them to the frying pan and mix until they are coated with that buttery, garlicky, cheesy mixture.

What to serve with green beans?

Serve these green beans with cheesy potatoes and baked chicken.

Although these green beans are called “Italian” Green Beans, they are versatile and can be served as a side to just about any dinner. Their flavor is so savory and your family will love them!

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The simplest, most delicious way to eat green beans! These Italian Green Beans are sauteed in butter, bread crumbs and parmesan cheese.
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Italian Green Beans
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
15 mins
 

The simplest, most delicious way to eat green beans! These Italian Green Beans are sauteed in butter, bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese.

Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Servings: 5
Calories: 151 kcal
Author: Lizzy T
Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • 1/2 cup bread crumbs
  • 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
  • 16 ounces frozen green beans
  • Salt to taste
US Customary - Metric
Instructions
  1. In a frying pan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the minced garlic, Italian seasoning, bread crumbs and parmesan cheese. Stir to coat and saute over medium heat until the bread crumbs start to brown, about 3-4 minutes.
  2. While the bread crumbs are sauteing, cook the green beans, either in a Ziploc Zip 'n Steam bag (according to package directions) or in a pot of water.
  3. Add the green beans to the frying pan and stir to coat.
  4. Season with salt, to taste, and serve hot.
Nutrition Facts
Italian Green Beans
Amount Per Serving
Calories 151 Calories from Fat 63
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 7g 11%
Saturated Fat 4g 20%
Cholesterol 18mg 6%
Sodium 284mg 12%
Potassium 221mg 6%
Total Carbohydrates 14g 5%
Dietary Fiber 3g 12%
Sugars 3g
Protein 6g 12%
Vitamin A 16.9%
Vitamin C 13.4%
Calcium 17.8%
Iron 9.4%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Comments

    • OMG ignore my comment! I just read through all of the instructions! Cannot wait to try, looks delicious!

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    • Crystal, You should cook the green beans first. Either steam them in the microwave, or cook them in a pan of water until they are tender. We like to steamp them in Ziploc Zip ‘n Steam microwave bags.

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    • I made them with fresh organic green beans.. and made the following changes… I left our the bread crumbs to make more low carb cooked in olive oil instead of butter seemed more Italian… increased the cheese and garlic and instead of Italian Seasoning and Red Pepper flakes used a spaghetti seasoning that includes these ingredients from an Italian store. Everyone went for those very well and enjoyed them at an Italian wine dinner. I will make these again.

      Think next time I may add mushrooms would have this time but ran out of time.. but they really gave me a good idea and had i not seen this recipe wouldn’t have been done green beans for the dinner party and they were a big hit and needed.

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  10. Are the breadcrumbs already toasted when you put them in the butter mixture or do you use fresh breadcrumbs and then they toast as they cook in the butter

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