Description
Smoked Green Beans – a delicious and easy smoked green bean recipe. Easy step-by-step directions and photos! Perfect side dish!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb fresh green beans
- 1–2 tablespoons olive or avocado oil
- 1–2 teaspoons kosher salt (more to taste)
- (optional) 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- (optional) 1 tablespoon butter, ghee or plant-based butter
- (optional) 2 teaspoons lemon zest, minced
- (optional) 2-3 teaspoons garlic, minced
Instructions
- Set smoker temp to 225 degrees F.
- Trim your green beans, as necessary, and set aside.
- Bring a large pot of water to boil and have an ice bath ready. When water is boiling, add green beans and set timer for 2-3 minutes (the longer you blanche the softer your green beans will be). Remove and immediately transfer to an ice bath. Let soak in the ice bath until cooled through.
- Prepare a grill basket or use a piece of heavy duty foil to create a tray; if using foil I recommend spraying with olive oil to prevent sticking.
- Pat green beans dry with a paper towel and then place in the basket in an even layer.
- Drizzle green beans with olive oil and sprinkle generously with kosher salt. Toss to coat. (optional: add some ground black pepper, garlic, lemon zest and/or 1-2 tabs of butter or ghee).
- Place basket of prepared green beans on the smoker and close the lid.
- Let smoke for 30-60 minutes or until they have reached your desired doneness.*
- Remove and toss the green bean mixture in the melted butter with a pair of tongs.
Notes
- Blanching Green Beans: yes, this is necessary! We tested without blanching and found that initial cook time was needed. Without it, by the time the green beans were done, they were so shriveled they were almost inedible. Blanching first works perfectly!
- Smoke Time: the ultimate smoke time will depend upon a variety of factors including humidity, outdoor temp, hot spots on your smoker, etc. It will also depend upon how you like your green beans cooked.
- Cooked but a little crisp: blanche for 2 minutes and smoke for 30 minutes or so.
- In the middle: Blanch for 2 1/2 minutes and smoke for about 45 minutes.
- Softer: I would recommend blanching for 3 minutes and smoking for 45-60 minutes. The green beans may start to get a bit wrinkly with this method.
- Check along they way: given the nature of smoking I would check their progress along the way using these times as your guideline!
- Variations: feel free to add in some sliced onions, bacon or even some shredded parmesan cheese! So many different ways you can go with this base recipe.
- Pellet + Wood Chips: I would recommend hickory or pecan for this recipe, but you really can’t go wrong!