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Why You’ll Love My Recipe
Green beans are already an easy vegetable to cook quickly. Try cooking these vibrant, nutrition-packed beans in an air fryer to make them crispy and even more delicious.
Why not serve your green beans with some protein using this Air Fryer Salmon or Air Fryer Chicken Thighs recipe? Or, while your air fryer is otherwise occupied, make some Mushroom Soup Baked Pork Chops and Rice.
Karlynn’s Recipe Notes
- Skill Level: This recipe is incredibly easy to make and to clean up.
- Total Time: Depending exactly how many beans you want to make and how crispy you like them, this recipe will take approximately 15 minutes.
- Variations: Try different varieties of fresh beans, add a sliced onion and some fresh garlic. Sprinkle in some red pepper flakes or onion powder. Add some parmesan cheese. Toss the beans in a flavored oil. Try frying up some bacon extra crispy and crumbling it into the beans.
- Tools Needed: For this recipe, you’ll need an air fryer, some tongs, a knife, and some paper towel.
What You’ll Need For Ingredients
Green Beans: Use fresh green beans for this recipe. Frozen ones will get too mushy. If you have some purple beans or yellow wax beans, those will work too. Make sure to rinse the beans well and trim the ends off.
Flavour: This recipe just lists salt and pepper, but you can put almost any seasoning you like on to these beans. Try seasoning salt, garlic powder, or onion powder. Add some chili flakes for heat or Italian seasoning for depth.
Lemon: You only need a slice or two for this recipe, but feel free to cut up a whole lemon. Another option would be to use lemon juice from a bottle and just splash a tiny bit on to the beans. The acidity of the lemon will brighten up both the colour and the taste of the beans.
How To Make Air Fryer Green Beans
This is a brief overview of the recipe. The full list of ingredients and step-by-step instructions are in the recipe card below.
- Preheat air fryer to 375°F.
- Wash beans. Trim the ends off. Pat dry with a towel.
- Put beans in a medium bowl. Add oil, salt, and pepper. Mix until beans are well coated.
- Put half the beans in the air fryer. Cook for 5 minutes, stir, then cook for 3-5 more minutes. Repeat with the second half of the beans. Serve with a slice of lemon.
Karlynn’s Tips and Tricks for Making Air Fryer Green Beans
Don’t use too much oil for this recipe. Green beans already have a lot of moisture and you don’t want to end up with a greasy, mushy mess in your air fryer. One of the cool things about air fryers is how little oil you have to add to get a nice golden colour on food.
Do add plenty of seasonings. Beans can be a little boring on their own, unless you’re picking them straight off the vines in your garden, so load these up with plenty of flavour. Try a splash or Worcestershire sauce or some parmesan. If you have any lard, tallow, or bacon fat, melt some to drizzle into the beans for a wonderfully meaty taste.
Pay Attention: Check the air fryer frequently and give the basket a jiggle to make sure there’s air flow and the beans aren’t all stuck to the bottom. Remember, things can go from perfectly crispy to burnt very quickly. Crispy beans are yummy but charred beans are definitely not.
Storage Instructions
Store leftover beans in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 3 days. Don’t freeze them or they’ll end up mushy when you try to defrost them.
More Delicious Air Fryer Recipes
Looking for more Air Fryer recipes? You’re in luck.
Try these Crispy Air Fryer Brussels Sprouts or Air Fryer Kale Chips.
Make some Air Fryer Baked Potatoes to go with Air Fryer Steak, and get some Air Fryer Doughnuts on the go for dessert.
There you go, everyone. A quick and easy recipe for beans that makes use of your air fryer. Add all the flavours you want and make this recipe your own. Let me know how it turns out.
Happy Cooking!
Karlynn
Air Fryer Green Beans
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound green beans
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground pepper
- ½ lemon, (sliced into wedges)
Instructions
- Preheat your air fryer to 375° if necessary.
- Wash and trim the ends off your green beans. Thoroughly dry the green beans with paper towel.
- In a medium bowl add your green beans and drizzle the oil over top. Sprinkle the salt and pepper over and mix well until the green beans are coated completely.
- Add 1/2 the green beans to the air fryer basket in a single layer. Cook for 5 minutes, then shake the basket and stir, then keep cooking for another 3-5 minutes until they are tender.
- Serve with a slice of lemon to squeeze over top and enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Mikki says
If you only put half of the green beans in the air fryer, why not just prepare a half pound? If making two batches, how do you keep the first batch warm without them becoming too soft?