Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Fancy-looking and healthy: It looks pretty swishy but this is an easy recipe that anyone can make.
- It’s easy: Minimal preparation is needed and the beans are cooked in under 10 minutes.
- Naturally keto-friendly, low carb, and gluten free.
Frequently Asked Questions
There are only 35 calories in 100g (3.5oz) green beans. Green beans are very low in calories.
100g (3.5oz) green beans has 7 g total carbs per serve or 4g net carbs.
Green beans are low in carbs and keto friendly.
Yes, you can. Cook at the same temperature as the recipe just half the time. You can also cook green beans frozen in the air fryer too.
Key Ingredients
Keep reading for more details on the ingredients, substitutes and instructions on how to make the best fresh green beans recipe.
- Green Beans – when choosing your beans, pick fresh beans that are smooth, green and snap easily when you bend them. Avoid beans that are grey, black or brown in colour. You can use frozen green beans if you prefer.
- This recipe works just the same with French green beans, baby edamame, string beans, wax beans, long beans, Romano beans, purple beans, or snake beans. (So many types of beans).
- Avocado oil – is a delicious oil that is perfect for baking and air frying. You can use olive oil if you prefer or a light coating of cooking spray.
- Lemon – lemon juice and zest is the perfect marriage of flavours with green beans.
Chef’s Tips
Store any leftovers in the fridge for up to 4 days.
Reheat any beans in the microwave or air fryer until warmed through.
Freeze the beans preferably before frying but otherwise, they can be frozen after cooking. To reheat; defrost overnight and gently heat in a pan or microwave.
Substitutes
You can, of course, leave out the feta and walnuts. I add them to make this simple side dish into something pretty fancy. Swap the feta for parmesan or goat cheese, or leave it out completely for a dairy-free vegan green bean recipe. The walnuts can be left out completely too.
How to Cook Green Beans in an Air Fryer
Easy air fryer vegetable dishes are always a winner and these truly are the best fresh green bean recipe.
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- Preheat the air fryer to 180°C. Trim the ends of the beans and place them into a large mixing bowl. Add the avocado oil and garlic, toss to combine.
- Place into the air fryer basket in a single layer; bake 6-8 minutes shaking the beans halfway through the cooking time. Cook longer if you prefer your beans well cooked.
- Divide between serving plates or platter. Drizzle with lemon juice and serve topped with zest, nuts and feta. Serve with delicious Creamy Garlic Chicken or Smothered Chicken for an epic comfort meal!
COOKS TIP – there are so many ways to serve beans. Serve with any protein of choice. Or mix it with a combination of air fryer sides like Air Fryer Cauliflower with Lemon and Cumin or Air Fryer Tofu Fries. If you don’t have an air fryer, try sauteed green beans or baked in the oven.
Beans pair beautifully with chicken, beef, pork, lamb or fish. The Easy Keto Cheese Sauce is a perfect sauce to pair with the beans. Eat them hot or cold, both ways are equally amazing!
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Want some great keto recipes to serve with green beans? Here are just a few of my favourites.
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Green Beans in Air Fryer
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Ingredients
- 200 g (7 oz) green beans, ends trimmed 7oz
- 1 tablespoon (1 tablespoon) avocado oil 15g
- 1 clove (1 clove) garlic finely chopped
- Zest and juice of half a lemon
- Salt flakes and black pepper
- 2 tablespoons (2 tablespoons) crushed walnuts, or nuts of choice 10g
- ¼ cup (0.25 cup) crumbled feta 30g
Instructions
AIR FRYER GREEN BEANS
- Preheat the air fryer to 180°C. Trim the ends of the beans and place them into a large mixing bowl. Add the avocado oil and garlic, toss to combine.
- Place into the air fryer basket in a single layer; bake 6-8 minutes shaking the beans halfway through the cooking time. Cook longer if you prefer your beans well cooked.
- Divide between serving plates or platter. Drizzle with lemon juice and serve topped with zest, nuts and feta.
STOVETOP METHOD GREEN BEANS
- Bring a saucepan of water to a boil. Add the beans to the boiling water and cook for 1-3 minutes (as you prefer). Strain and plunge them into ice-cold water to stop them from overcooking and keep them nice and bright green. Drain and pat dry with paper towel.
- Add the avocado oil, garlic, lemon juice, and zest to the saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the beans to the oil; season to taste and toss to coat. Remove from the heat. Divide between serving plates or platter and serve topped with nuts and feta.
THERMAL METHOD GREEN BEANS
- Pour 500g of water into the mixer. Place the green beans into the steamer dish and lock into place; steam 6-10 min/120°C/speed 1 until the beans are cooked to your liking. Transfer to a colander and cover in ice to stop the beans from overcooking.
- Add the avocado oil, garlic, lemon juice, and zest to the saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the beans to the oil; season to taste and toss to coat. Remove from the heat. Divide between serving plates or platter and serve topped with nuts and feta.
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Megan Ellam is an Australian keto recipes blogger and author of amazing keto cookbooks such as Keto Mojo, Slow Cook Keto, Keto Loco, The Healthy Family Keto Cookbook and Every Day Keto.
Megan has been following a ketogenic diet since being diagnosed with insulin resistance in early 2017.
65 responses to “Air Fryer Green Beans”
Looks yummy 🤤
Love your recipes Megan, gives me a bit of variety
A great sides recipe love it with a BBQ
love this easy & quick recipe
Excellent side dish.
So tasty and fast to add at last minute
(as I did when extra people came for dinner unexpectedly)
Highly recommend you try this one, it is now one of my regular weekly addsLove these beans quick easy side.
Going to serve these with lamb shanks tonight
Healthy, delicious and so easy in the air fryer! Had never occurred to me to use an air fryer for fresh veg, it’s a game changer 🙂
I absolutely love this as a side with any protein we are having. This is a side that elevates any meal.
Love green beans & this recipe is a cracker! Yum!
This is a 5 star for me. These beans are ridiculously easy to make but so delicious. Looks so great for entertaining. You will love these if you try them.Love this recipe… easy and healthy!!
These were delicious in the air fryer! Seconds were requested by everyone! Thanks for sharing!You are very welcome Liz
These green beans were so easy and delicious in my air fryer! Such a great side dish.So happy you enjoyed them Addie
These green beans are so delicious and so easy to prepare! Next time I’m going to swap out the feta for Parmesan, as suggested, just to try it out. Thanks for such a detailed post with so many great tips and substitution ideas!They are so good with parmesan too
These green beans turned out so well in the air fryer and they came out super crips and tender. Loved the garlic and lemon flavours. Great recipe.Yay!
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing green beans recipe! Will surely have this again! It’s really easy to make and it tasted so delicious! Highly recommended!
I love green beans, perfect for the air fryer to maintain their crispiness and less oil needed.
love that this is for the air fryer! makes everything so easy and they come out so so good!
I’m obsessed with feta and green beans, so this is perfection! And it really does look fancy, despite being so simple. Thank you!Me too Michelle!
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