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These oven baked green beans with parmesan cheese are simple to prepare and ready in under 30 minutes. Perfect for a healthy side dish or a light meal.
Some people might call this recipe for oven baked green beans with parmesan cheese a side dish, but I can totally call it a meal. Light, crunchy and full of flavor from the freshly shredded parmesan cheese. If you don’t like parmesan, you can totally skip it. These green beans are perfect for all veggie lovers out there. Add some Chinese noodles like Mein Noodles and you can turn this dish into a vegan one.
I really enjoy the texture of the lightly oven baked green beans, although they taste pretty good steamed or boiled, too.
How to choose green beans?
I find the most important part of this oven baked green beans to be finding the perfect beans, which are tender and melt in your mouth. Stay away from tough ones, because they will totally ruin the dish. Do not use canned green beans as they often are very mushy. I personally prefer fresh or frozen (thawed).
What are green beans rich in?
Green beans are rich in vitamin A, K and C, beta carotene and are low in calories. They are the perfect vegetable for a clean and well balanced healthy diet.
What ingredients do you need to make baked green beans with parmesan?
This recipe is very simple and you only need :
- fresh green beans
- salt
- black pepper
- olive oil
- lemon juice (optional)
- grated Parmesan cheese (optional)
How to make these oven baked green beans?
Just set a baking dish, spray beans with some olive oil, season with salt and black pepper and bake in preheated to 300 F for 20 minutes, or until they start to change color.
Here are the step by step instructions:
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Preheat oven to 300 F. (You can bake at higher temperature, but make sure you keep an eye on the beans, because once they start changeling color, can easily get over done).
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Grease a (15”x10”) baking pan and add green beans. Spray or sprinkle with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper.
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Bake at 300 F for 20 minutes until tender, or until they reach the desired doneness.
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Take out of the oven, transfer to a serving dish and drizzle lemon juice. Add grated parmesan cheese on top and serve.
How long to cook green beans in the oven for?
Bake green beans for 20-25 minutes at 350 F.
If you like your green beans well done, increase baking time with 5 minutes, or set the oven to broil and broil them for around 3 minutes, keeping an eye. There is no need to turn green beans while baking. Take out of the oven and sprinkle finely grated parmesan cheese.
What to serve these delicious baked green beans with?
Wonder how to freeze green beans? I have a great step by step guide here.
Oven Baked Green Beans With Parmesan Cheese
Ingredients
- 2 cups green beans
- 2 tbsp olive oil, (I use Misto oil sprayer)
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 1/4 cup shredded parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F. (You can bake at higher temperature, but make sure you keep an eye on the beans, because once they start changeling color, can easily get over done).
- Grease a (15”x10”) baking pan and add green beans. Spray or sprinkle with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper.
- Bake at 350 F for 20 minutes until tender, or until they reach the desired doneness.
- Take out of the oven, transfer to a serving dish and drizzle lemon juice. Add grated parmesan cheese on top and serve.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Parmesan and lemon are two of my favorite things! And the green beans are looking so tasty at the market right now – definitely going to be making these.
Thanks Sarah ! I hope you like them 🙂
healthy, easy and delicious – just the kind of recipes I love! these look great!
Thanks Manali! I’m glad you like it !
Those green beans look delicious! I could easily eat the whole plate 🙂
Thanks Ashley!
What a delicious and easy side dish! The parmesan cheese puts these yummy green beans right over the top!
Yeah, Meggan, these green beans need just a tiny kick of flavor and parmesan cheese does it !
What an awesome way to prepare beans! Beats the usual steaming 🙂 I’m thinking I might give this a go adding panko to it and baking the parmesan and panko to make them brown. I really love this recipe! Simple fresh new idea – my favourite kind!!
Thanks Nagi! What an awesome idea to add panko and parmesan and bake them together. Let me know if you try it 🙂
This dish looks great. I saw it on your instagram yesterday and I thought it came totally handy since I had just bought the green beans but wasn’t sure what to make with them. Thanks for sharing!
I’m glad you like it 🙂 They can also be steamed or sautéed, but I’m surprised how good they tasted oven baked .
This looks fabulous! I love green beans and baking them with parmesan and lemon sounds perfect!
So easy, right Kelly ? 🙂
Dear MIRA,
is that your traditional recipes? This looks fabulous.
Yes, thank you!
Anyone else have not cooked green beans after 20 minutes… 30 minutes.. trying for 40 with a super late lunch?!Â
Not sutre why it is taking so long for them to cook, they need to be crunchy
This is my go-to recipe that I love, love, love! Whenever I serve it, it all goes and everyone raves! The lemon is the unexpected twist (no pun intended) that adds a unique flavor in combination with the seasonings, olive oil and Parmesan. (I used genuine imported Parmesan-Reggiano, freshly grated…it does make a difference. ) This recipe five star!
Great! Glad you like these Meg 🙂