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These roasted green beans with bacon are a great one pan side dish you can make in for the holidays or for a side to go with your next weeknight meal! They’re perfectly charred and blistered and carry tons of flavor from the rendered, crispy bacon and caramelized onions – done in less than 30 minutes and so easy to make! Skip the green bean casserole this year and make these roasted green beans instead!
Watch the Roasted Green Beans with Bacon Recipe Video Below!
Ingredients for Roasted Green Beans
Here’s everything you’ll need to make the BEST roasted green beans!
- Green Beans (FRESH Green Beans are best! Also known as haricots verts)
- Bacon
- 1/2 of a large onion
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground Black pepper
- Garlic powder
- Olive oil
Can I use frozen green beans?
I would not recommend using frozen green beans for this recipe. Frozen green beans contain more water than fresh green beans, which will prevent them from roasting properly. I always recommend using fresh green beans for this recipe!
Can these roast green beans be made in the air fryer or instant pot?
Yes, these can be made in the air fryer! If you are making these in the air fryer, I would recommend air frying them at 400F for 20-30 minutes until blistered. This should give the bacon and onions enough time to cook in the bacon fat and season the green beans. I would not recommend making these green beans in the instant pot.
INGREDIENTS TIPS
SEASONING
I used a pretty basic seasoning (kosher salt, black pepper, garlic powder), but if you want to adjust the seasonings you definitely can! Add some red pepper flakes to kick up the heat or some onion powder to really reinforce that onion flavor throughout the dish.
EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL
I recommend using a high quality extra virgin olive oil for this recipe. Aside from the seasonings, your oil is the key ingredient that will turn your green beans into a showstopper of a side, so you want to use a good quality oil.
Cooking Roasted Green Beans with Bacon: Recipe Instructions
1. Prepare the green beans, onions, and bacon
The first step in this recipe is to wash and trim your green beans of the stems if necessary. Next, dice your onion and the bacon and set them aside.
2. Mix the ingredients and place on a rimmed baking sheet
Once the ingredients are prepped, add the green beans to your rimmed baking sheet or roasting tray, in a single layer if possible, followed by the bacon and onions. Season everything with kosher salt, ground black pepper, garlic powder and olive oil. Mix together thoroughly and spread them out evenly across the baking sheet so the bacon is evenly distributed.
I love this dish because the bacon fat will render and create so much flavor throughout the onions and green beans! There’s no need to bring out the big pot of water for boiled green beans!
3. Roast the green beans
Roast the green beans at 425F for about 20-25 minutes or the bacon fat has render and is crispy and the green beans are nicely blistered. That’s it!
4. Garnish and serve
Once you cook green beans in the oven, you’ll never roast them any other way! Plate them up and top with your bacon and onions and serve immediately. You could also garnish them with extras like toasted sliced almonds, grated parmesan cheese, or lemon juice and lemon zest! These are so delicious and go with just about anything, so I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!
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RECIPE TIPS
COOKING TIMES MAY VARY!
Depending on your oven and the size of your green beans, cooking times may vary. If possible use similar size green beans to ensure even cooking throughout and check the green beans occasionally until they are crispy to your liking!
SPREAD THE INGREDIENTS EVENLY IN THE PAN!
The key tip here is making sure the ingredients are spread evenly throughout the pan. You want to make sure there are little bits of bacon and onion evenly dispersed throughout so when the bacon fat renders, it will evenly coat the onions and green beans to roasted perfection!
Roasted Green Beans with Bacon (SUPER EASY!)
Ingredients
- 2 lbs green beans, washed and trimmed
- 1/2 lb bacon, about 6 strips, diced into 1/4" pieces
- 1/2 large onion, finely diced
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tbsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425F.
- Dice bacon into 1/4" pieces and finely dice onion. Set aside with the washed and trimmed green beans.
- In a baking tray, add the green beans, bacon, and onions combine with olive oil, garlic powder, kosher salt and black pepper. Mix the green beans, bacon and onions and spread the ingredients evenly on the tray.
- Roast the green beans for 20-25 minutes until the bacon is crisp and the green beans are golden brown and blistered.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
I love to try simple recipe but still delicious! tried this recipe and love it.
Thank you, Thank you.
I hope you keep posting something simple recipe like this one. cheers ❤️
thank you CJ for this recipe, it was such a hit with my fiancée! green beans is one of our favorite veggies to eat with almost everything and i really love how this turned out!! i can’t wait to try your other recipes!
My whole family loved this recipe! Will make again! @grace_appelo
Made these for Thanksgiving dinner, they were a hit!
Made this recipe… loved it and will be making it again real soon! It’s a must… if you like vegetables and want something with flavor.
Easy side that my kids never tire of having no matter what the main dish is!
Super easy that my girl made it herself. Bacon makes everything better.
Very tasty. So many recipes I want to try. The videos are so helpful.
Loved this one ❤ Perfect for Christmas eve
Perfect except we are missing some reheat instructions…. 😀