Crispy Baked Green Bean Fries made with bread crumbs are oven 'fried' and make for a great crunchy appetizer. These are also perfect as a healthy side dish, and they pair well with just about any main dish! They are quick and easy and the kids will eat them up!
If you are looking for fresh green bean recipes, you are in the right place! This recipe won't work well with canned or even frozen green beans, but it works best with super fresh green beans.
These crispy green beans are so easy to make and turn out super delicious without being oily or greasy.
These crispy green beans are THE BEST way to get your kids to love veggies!
These baked green bean fries are a no-fuss type of side dish or appetizer. Basically, I just coat them in a simple bread crumbs mixture and oven bake them for about 10 minutes.
Crispy green beans provide all the fun and even more flavor than regular fries, with none of the calories and fat! My kids do not care much for green beans in general, but this recipe had them not only enjoying them, but reaching for more.
The coating is delicious and, just like French fries, you can't eat just one!
I love that all kinds of veggies can be turned into oven baked fries. Just check out my baked eggplant fries (which also features a recipe for a yummy basil dipping sauce) or my air fryer eggplant fries, which turn even the biggest eggplant hater into a fan.
And here's a recipe for some simple but delicious Air Fryer Green Beans!
Oven baked green bean fries are quick and easy and healthy!
Sometimes, we do make the more traditional type of French fries by coating russet potatoes in a dill mixture. Even then, I like to oven bake them instead of frying. Not only is it healthier, but I also prefer to avoid all the splattered mess that results from dealing with hot oil.
Useful Tips for Making These Crispy Baked Green Bean Fries
Over the years, I have made this breaded green bean recipe many times, and I have found a few tips and tricks to share with you!
- If you like to dip your appetizers, you can serve these with my Chipotle Cheese Dip or my Cilantro Lime Dip for even more addictive deliciousness. You have to try it!
- These bean fries really are best served immediately. You get the maximum crunch and flavor when they are fresh out of the oven.
- However, in the unlikely event that you have leftovers, store them in the fridge, then reheat them in your oven or toaster oven and they will turn out almost as good as the originals, although maybe not quite as crispy.
- If you are making a double or triple batch for a lot of people, you might want to use a large zipper-close bag so you can coat a bunch of greens beans at once. Coating them a few at a time would take too long with a large number of green beans!
- Looking to change the flavors up a bit? Substitute this homemade French fry seasoning for the seasoning in this recipe. YUM!
- Hate the thought of trimming a bunch of green beans at the end of a long day? Yeah, me too! Luckily, now you can buy bags of fresh green beans that are already washed and trimmed. Sure, they are more expensive, but I know myself and I know that it's very likely that I will bail on serving a vegetable if I have to do a lot of tedious work to get it ready, so to me it's worth paying the extra money!
This breaded fresh green bean recipe is on the table in less than 30 minutes and your whole family will love it!
How to Get Crispy Green Beans Every Time
- Purchase really fresh green beans. They should easily break when you try to bend them. If they are limp and bend without breaking, they aren't as fresh as they could be.
- First, make sure your green beans are washed, well-dried, and then trimmed by cutting off the edges.
- You may want to use panko bread crumbs instead of regular bread crumbs. They tend to get the crispiest in the oven!
- Use large tweezers or small tongs (or even a fork) to dip the fresh green beans in the beaten egg and transfer to the bread crumb mixture. That way you will get a much cleaner coating of bread crumbs on the green beans.
- Make sure you aren't crowding the breaded green beans on the baking sheet or stacking them on top of each other. The more room they have, the crispier they will get.
- Serve them right away. If they sit on the baking tray for a while before serving, they lose some of their crispiness.
PRO-TIP: If you are in a big hurry and need to get your crispy green beans prepared in a snap, substitute seasoned bread crumbs in this recipe instead of having to get out all the seasoning, measure them, and combine them.
Then just dip your green beans in the beaten egg, coat with the seasoned bread crumbs, and bake as directed. Easy peasy!
Looking for more fresh green bean recipes? Check out this Green Beans with Glazed Pecans recipe or this recipe for Roasted Green Beans!
Crispy Baked Green Bean Fries
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Crispy Baked Green Bean Fries
Ingredients
- ¾ cup breadcrumbs (recommend to use panko bread crumbs)
- 1 tablespoon ranch dressing mix
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon paprika
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1 pound fresh green beans washed and trimmed
- olive oil spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (218 degrees C).
- Combine the breadcrumbs, ranch mix, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, salt and pepper in a medium bowl.¾ cup breadcrumbs, 1 tablespoon ranch dressing mix, ¼ teaspoon garlic powder, ¼ teaspoon onion powder, ¼ teaspoon paprika, ¼ teaspoon salt, ½ teaspoon pepper
- Dip the green beans in the egg, then in the breadcrumb mixture to coat. Place then on the baking sheet in a single layer.2 eggs, 1 pound fresh green beans
- When all green beans are coated, spray them lightly with olive oil spray.olive oil spray
- Place the baking sheet in the oven, and bake for 10 minutes.
- Remove and flip them before putting them back in the oven, then bake for about 2-5 minutes until crispy.
Notes
- Shortcut: Buy your green beans already washed and trimmed.
- If you are making a large amount, use a gallon-sized plastic zipper bag so you can coat a bunch of greens beans at once.
- Dip the green beans in the beaten egg using large tweezers or small tongs (or even a fork) and then transfer to the bread crumb mixture to coat, which helps to keep your bread crumbs from clumping.
- After flipping the green beans, to get them really crispy, you can turn on the broiler for about 2 minutes (just watch them carefully to prevent burning).
- These are definitely best served immediately
- Store leftovers in a container in the refrigerator, then reheat them in the oven or toaster oven (not the microwave) to get them crispy again.
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Petra
A great way to make beans even more delicious! Perfect for sharing. Thank you for bringing this to Fiesta Friday! 🙂
Donna @ Modern on Monticello
We always order these when we find a restaurant that serves them as appetizers. They are so yummy. So glad you shared this so I can finally try to make these myself. Visiting from #HomeMattersParty
Miz Helen
I just pinned your awesome Crispy Baked Green Bean Fries! Hope you have a great weekend and thanks so much for sharing your post with us at Full Plate Thursday!
Miz Helen
Jhuls | The Not So Creative Cook
I would gladly enjoy this appetizer! Looks delicious! Thanks for sharing at Fiesta Friday!
Gail Plaskiewicz
I also realize they make regular Italian too which I will try next. I forgot that they do. I'm glad you like that I told you how much I loved your recipe. I am always ready to tell someone if I like or don't like their recipe. This one I loved!
Kristin King
I especially love hearing about the results when people try tweaking my recipes. It is cool when others think of new variations that never occurred to me! Thanks again, Gail! 🙂
Gail Plaskiewicz
One more thing. They kind of made to many for just mom & I so we have leftovers. Mom asked me yesterday if we still had anymore of those really good green beans. I said yes and we ate them again. We are going to et the rest of them tonight with supper. she said next time she would like to have tasted them when they came right out of the oven. She was at work when I first made them. Hey, these would also be a good Super Bowl snack!
Kristin King
Definitely! I agree that they are best right out of the oven, although sometimes it is tough to get the timing right so that can happen. 🙂
Gail Plaskiewicz
These sound amazing! However, I don't like ranch dressing at all. Could I use Italian Dressing like Good Seasons? I made chicken with that once and it was so yummy. I love green beans and also yellow beans and grow them in my garden. How great would this be with my summer green beans? I can't wait to try them soon!
My fave spice is anything Italian. Basil, Oregano, and even Rosemary and Parsley. I try to grow this stuff in my garden but we have lots of ninja squirrels in our yard and they dig it all up. It makes me so mad!
Kristin King
I would definitely try it with the Italian dressing mix and see how it goes! Let me know!
Oh, those pesky squirrels! So funny that you call them 'ninja squirrels', haha! Even though they are a pain, I definitely admire their spunkiness and persistence! 🙂
Gail Plaskiewicz
Oh my gosh! I just took them out of the oven with the Good Seasons on them. I blew on them so I wouldn't burn my mouth and they are so amazingly yummy I'm not sure how I can even begin to tell you how yummy they are.
When I made them they were good at first but them the breadcrumbs got kind of clumpy so it was hard to get them to sick after putting so many eggy ones in the breadcrumbs. I couldn't find a pound of green beans, all I could find was 12 oz. or more then 16 oz. so I had left over egg and clumpy breadcrumbs which I threw away. The whole pkg. of Good Season was a little more then 1 TBSP. but not a lot more so I put it all in. We didn't have any cooking spray so I put veg. oil on the bottom of the tray and used a pastry brush to brush the bottom of the pan. Then I drizzled Olive Oil over the green beans.
I am a super taster so my taste buds are freaking out because of all the yummy tastes on them. I want more but I am afraid that I will eat the whole pan! LOL
So now you can absolutely tell everyone that if they don't like Ranch or would like to try something different, Good Seasons Zesty Italian is the way to go. I would make these again in a heart beat!
Kristin King
So glad to hear it! I am going to try the Good Seasons Zesty Italian too, it sounds like an awesome variation. Thanks for stopping by to let me know, I always love hearing about other ways to make my recipes! 🙂
Miz Helen
I just love your Crispy Baked Green Bean Fries, they look awesome! Hope you are having a great week and thanks so much for sharing your awesome post with us at Full Plate Thursday. We look forward to seeing you again real soon!
Miz Helen
Heidi
These sound delish and a must try! Thanks for linking your recipe up with Funtastic Friday!
Leanna
These look absolutely delicious. i use to munch on raw green beans all the time until I found out raw beans in large quantities aren't a good idea. Now you have solved that. This looks amazing. Thanks for sharing and I am pinning it.
Hil
Yummy!! These look so tasty!
Thanks for linking up at #bloggerspotlight!