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Easy Roasted Garlic Green Beans with Walnuts (as a vegan main dish)

Published: Nov 6, 2020 · Updated: Nov 8, 2020 · This post may contain affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you.

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Creamy, roasted green beans topped with crunchy toasted, walnuts make an easy, nutritious meal served with rice. Simply season with garlic and soy sauce for a quick sheet pan dinner.

close up of roasted green beans, walnuts, and brown rice in a white bowl

Sometimes, it’s too hard to think about what to eat for dinner.

You don’t have a lot of ingredients and don’t want to spend a lot of time in the kitchen.

Sheet pan meal alert!

Nothing warms my heart more than making an oven do all the work for me.

Instead of snacking on a handful of walnuts, try adding them to this green bean recipe made in one pan.

It works as a Thanksgiving side dish or a very simple main dish served with rice.

How do you them taste good?

The short answer is salt and plenty of it.

The better answer is soy sauce.

In addition to salt, soy sauce has fermented soybeans that add umami missiles of joy, without any animal products.

How to cook fresh green beans

I have many not so fond memories of cooking fresh green beans in restaurants.

It is a very popular side dish to serve and sell because it looks much better than broccoli.

Unfortunately, the conventional method of cooking green beans involves blanching them in a large, bubbling pot of water, fishing them out at just the right time before they discolor, and developing little beads of salty sweat from unnecessary stress.

Learn to roast these skinny green suckers in the oven, and be done with dinner in 15 minutes.

How to Roast Green Beans

Time needed: 20 minutes.

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

  2. Trim green beans

    Cut the stem end of the green beans off with scissors or a knife. Put the beans into a pan.

  3. Mince garlic and add to the pan along with soy sauce and oil.

    raw green beans and minced garlic in a pan

  4. Add walnuts, and toss everything together.

    raw green beans and walnuts in gray pan

  5. Put pan in the oven and cook to desired doneness.

    Cook for 10-15 minutes in the oven. 10 minutes if you like your beans still crunchy. 15 minutes if you like them creamier. soy roasted green beans in a pan

  6. Roast longer if you like your green beans completely tender but they will lose some of their bright green color.

    roasted walnuts and green beans in a pan

  7. Serve hot

    This works as an easy side dish or main dish alongside steamed ric.e green beans and walnuts with brown jasmine rice

Helpful Tips

  1. To make this a main dish, serve with steamed rice or cauliflower rice.
  2. For very crunchy beans, roast for 10 minutes. For softer green beans, roast for 20 minutes. for something in between, roast for 15 minutes.
  3. Instead of green beans, substitute broccoli, carrots, or cauliflower.
  4. The smoking point of most sesame oils is at least 350 degrees F, so we think it’s ok to cook with it in this recipe.
  5. Use a nonstick pan for parchment paper to avoid too much sticky soy sauce baking onto the pan.

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Roasted Garlic Green Beans with Walnuts

Creamy, roasted green beans topped with crunchy toasted, walnuts make an easy, nutritious meal served with rice. Simply season with garlic and soy sauce for a quick sheet pan dinner.
Course Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine Asian
Diet Low Fat, Low Lactose, Vegan
Keyword green bean side main dishes, thanksgiving side dishes
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Servings 2
Calories 296kcal
Author Asian Test Kitchen

Ingredients

  • 1/2 lb green beans stems removed
  • 1/2 c walnuts toasted
  • 1 Tb soy sauce or tamari
  • 1 Tb sesame oil or other cooking oil
  • 1 clove garlic minced

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Toss green beans and walnuts with oil, soy sauce, and garlic.
  • Roast in oven for 10-15 minutes until cooked through and slightly browned.

Notes

  1. To make this a main dish, serve with steamed rice or cauliflower rice.
  2. For very crunchy beans, roast for 10 minutes. For softer green beans, roast for 20 minutes. for something in between, roast for 15 minutes.
  3. Instead of green beans, substitute broccoli, carrots, or cauliflower.
  4. The smoking point of most sesame oils is at least 350 degrees F, so we think it’s ok to cook with it in this recipe.
  5. Use a nonstick pan for parchment paper to avoid too much sticky soy sauce baking onto the pan.

Nutrition

Calories: 296kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Sodium: 510mg | Potassium: 387mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 782IU | Vitamin C: 14mg | Calcium: 71mg | Iron: 2mg
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