Oven Roasted Green Beans

These quick and easy Oven Roasted Green Beans are a delicious side dish to serve with any meal! It only takes 3 simple ingredients to make these crispy oven roasted green beans that the whole family is going to love!

The Best Roasted Green Beans

This easy side dish will become a weekly staple in your house when you see how simple it is! Green beans are always on our weekly menu as an easy side for a variety of meals. This simple side is so versatile and can be paired with anything! We love to toss a pan of green beans in the oven on busy weeknights to add a family favorite vegetable to any easy dinner recipe. We also have a variety of other ways to cook this classic vegetable – steamed green beans, air fryer green beans, smoked green beans, grilled green beans, etc. Enjoy any way you want!

What You Will Need

regular green beans – pick-up some fresh beans at your local grocery stores, farmer’s market, or grown your own in a backyard garden!
olive oil – rub some of your favorite oil on the outside of the green beans.
kosher salt – this is our preferred salt, but you can also use sea salt, table salt, etc.

How To Make Oven Roasted Green Beans

The first steps to making this easy recipe are to wash the green beans under cold water and pat dry with a clean paper towel. Trim the ends of the beans, if you want, and place them on a rimmed baking sheet.

A parchment-lined baking sheet with fresh green beans and small bowls of oil and salt.

Now drizzle the oil on top of the beans and use your hands to rub the oil over all sides of the beans. Sprinkle generously with kosher salt and spread in an even layer on the sheet pan.

Green beans coated with oil and salt on a parchment-lined sheet pan.

Place the entire cookie sheet in the preheated oven to bake at 400 degrees F for about 20 minutes of cooking time.

Green beans on the sheet pan after roasting in the oven.

Best Ways To Serve Oven Roasted Green Beans

This easy vegetable side dish can be served with pretty much any main dish – chicken breasts, grilled steaks, pork chops. Or a few other favorites, like Easy Short Rib Ragu or a Whole Roasted Chicken! We live in the midwest, so we typically serve these up with a protein of choice and then a potato, like homemade french fries or mashed potatoes.

Oven roasted green beans on a white plate.

Flavor Variations

We kept this recipe card simple by using only oil and salt, but you can easily add a variety of different flavors to these roasted green beans!

Flavors to add before cooking: minced garlic, garlic powder, onions, shallots, Italian seasoning, or red pepper flakes for a little kick of heat.
Flavors to add after cooking: parmesan cheese, balsamic vinegar, pine nuts, lemon juice, lemon zest, etc.

Roasted green beans on a plate with some lemon.

Recipe FAQ

When are green beans in season?

Here is nice article from The Food Network on when green beans are in season as well as other shopping tips, etc.

Can this green bean recipe be doubled?

Absolutely! This recipe can easily be adjusted to more or less, depending on how much you want to make. If you are going to use more than 24oz green beans, we would use another baking sheet. That way they aren’t piled on top of each other – that can effect how they cook!

Should you blanch green beans before baking in the oven?

No, green beans don’t NEED to be blanched before roasting in the oven. You can blanch green beans, if you want to. If you do, you won’t need to bake them for as long.

How to store leftover green beans?

Place in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-5 days.

Pinterest image for oven roasted green beans.

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