Crazy Good Chilli Garlic Green Bean Recipe {Gluten-free, Vegan, Paleo, Whole 30, Low Carb}

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You only need 5 ingredients to whip up this tasty Chili Garlic Green Bean Recipe that makes a great side to any lunch or supper menu. It is suitable for gluten-free, vegan, Paleo and Whole 30 diets. Post includes Weight Watchers points.

Chilli Garlic Green bean recipe on plate with some salt and napkin

Let’s whip up an easy, fast, tasty, made-from-scratch Green Bean Recipe. And to spice things up a little bit we are going to add some crunchy fried chilli and garlic to a turn this into an over the top delicious Chili Garlic Green Bean Recipe. 

Yes, we will turn 5 simple ingredients into one perfect gluten-free and vegan side dish in less than 10 mins.

So gather all your ingredients and let’s get cooking….

How To Cook Green Beans

Guys let me show you How To Cook Green Beans. It is really, really easy.

Green beans on a table for chilli garlic green bean recipe

Step 1. Select the best beans and discard any that don’t look fresh.

Step 2. Then rinse and top and tail them.

Step 3. Bring a pot of salted water pot of water to the boil, add in the green beans and cook 3-4 mins until they are tender but have a little bite.

Step 4. Drain the water and plunge the beans into some cold water and drain again before seasoning and serving.

green beans in a white pot with some water for green bean recipe

Chef’s Tip – Ice cold water is best as this cools the beans quickest and keeps them from cooking further as they cool down.

Chili Garlic Green Bean Recipe

Now that you know how to Cook Green Beans, let’s set these aside and do the next stage.

Garlic and chilli in a frying pan to make a green bean recipe

Step 1. Heat the oil and add the garlic and chillies and season with salt and fry stirring frequently until the garlic becomes crunchy and just starts changing colour.

Step 2. Take off the heat immediately and pour into a cool container.

Step 3. In the same frying pan quickly stir-fry beans for a min.

Step 4. Return the all the garlic and chilli and half the seasoned oil to the pan and mix.

Chilli garlic green beans in a frying pan while making green bean recipeChef’s Tip – If you pour all the oil on the beans it might be too much so if you want to add a bit more then mix in an extra 1/2 tbsp of oil at a time.

Chef’s Tip – Fried chillies and garlic make such a good vegetable topping combo. It is great with of pretty much any vegetables including Broccoli, Roasted Carrots, Instant Pot Sweet Potato and Roasted Okra. Feel free to experiment away.

This Garlic Chili Green Bean Recipe is so easy that you will come back to it again and again and again. Leftovers are great chucked into a salad or omelette.

How To Cook Green Beans In The Oven

Simply preheat the oven to 2ooc / 4oof / gas 6. Add the beans to a lined baking tray, drizzle some oil and some salt, mix well and bake for about 20 mins.

Close up of chilli garlic green beans on a white plate

How To Cook Green Beans With Bacon

Cooking green beans with bacon is easy. Simply follow the How To Cook Geen Beans section above, then cook your bacon till done before adding in the chill and garlic for a further min or so. Then add in your green beans and you are good to go.

Canned Green Beans

This Chilli Green Beans recipe calls for fresh beans but you can easily use canned green beans if that is what you have to hand. Simply drain the beans, put them in a saucepan and cover with water. Heat until warmed through or cook for a further few mins if you prefer softer beans. Then continue with making the chilli garlic oil.

Weight Watchers Points in Chill Green Beans

If you use olive oil as the vegetable oil, there are 6 Weight Watchers Freestyle per serving.

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Green Bean Recipes

I hope you enjoy this third Green Bean Recipe in the pantry staple spotlight on green beans recipes (aka french beans or string beans). Find other green bean recipes below.

Green bean, roasted vegetable and almond salad.

Thoran.

Thank you for reading my chilli garlic green bean recipe post. And please come visit again as I continue dreaming up recipes, traditional African recipes, African fusion recipes, Sierra Leone recipes, travel plans and much more for you.

Post originally published August 2013.

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Chilli and Garlic Green Beans

Chilli and Garlic Green Beans
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Side Dish
Servings: 2
Calories: 240kcal
Author: Bintu Hardy

Ingredients

  • 250 g of green beans topped and tailed
  • 3 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 2 mild chillies
  • Salt

Instructions

  • Boil the beans in some salted water for up to 5 mins depending on their size until cooked but not over done.
  • Then plunged cooked beans into ice cold water to stop cooking, drain and set aside.
  • Peel and slice the garlic cloves, de-seed and chop the chilli.
  • Heat oil in a frying pan and add the garlic and chillies and season with salt. Fry on low to medium heat, stirring frequently until the garlic becomes crunchy and starts changing colour.
  • Take off the heat immediately and poor into a cool container.
  • In the same frying pan with only the residual leftover oil quickly stir fry beans for a min.
  • Return the all the garlic and chilli and half the seasoned oil to the pan and mix. If you pour all the oil on the beans it might be too much so if you want to add a bit more then mix in an extra 1/2 tbsp of oil at a time.
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Notes

Please watch the garlic carefully as you are frying it. It goes from sweet crunchy perfect to burnt and bitter very quickly.
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Weight Watchers Points in Chill Green Beans
If you use olive oil as the vegetable oil, there are 6 Weight Watchers Freestyle points per serving.
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More Green Bean Recipes
Green bean, roasted vegetable and almond salad.
Thoran.

Nutrition

Calories: 240kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Sodium: 10mg | Potassium: 354mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 1075IU | Vitamin C: 49mg | Calcium: 54mg | Iron: 1.6mg

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25 Comments

  1. I really love healthy and delicious recipes.
    This one reminds me of the way I cook fresh asparagus.
    The process is very similar! I’ve just never dunked them in cold water before.
    Have you tried cooking asparagus with this method?

  2. 5 stars
    Yummmm, so simple, elegant, healthy, and flavorful! I love it that you can do this with only 4 ingredients…and I love chilis! Pinning now and bookmarking for later! Thanks for the great idea! 🙂

  3. 5 stars
    This sounds like such an awesome side dish! Adding chili and garlic to green beans would be so good!

  4. 5 stars
    Oh yum! I don’t often cook greeen beans (except in curries) as I find them just a bit dull, but this would totally get my vote, (in fact anything with chilli and garlic gets my vote!). Yum.

  5. 5 stars
    When I met my husband he loathed green beans – but it was because he had only ever had canned ones before. I gotta try this variation for him, he would just love these. Already pinned these to try soon. 🙂 Thanks for sharing at #GetHimFed Fridays, hope you have a nice week!

  6. 5 stars
    OH is right, it’s the perfect combo, closely followed by garlic and Parmesan. Delicious. GG

  7. I found you through GYB hop but I was actually looking for different ways to make green beans and here I go! Several for me to try! Chili peppers is one I haven’t added to mine yet. I’ve got a few in my bunch that love spicy foods. Following you through bloglovin

  8. How delicious! I have never thought to fry garlic, but it sounds wonderful! I bet the fried garlic and chilies go perfectly with green beans. Yum!

    PS – Thanks for the kind comment about my photography! You are too sweet 🙂

  9. Love the vibrant reds and greens in your picture! Anything with chilli and garlic gets my vote.

  10. I love green beans! I often fry them on a little bit of butter sprinkle with breadcrumbs 🙂