15 Cozy Green Bean Recipes to Complete Your Fall Feast

We’ve put together our collection of green bean dishes that make this classic vegetable feel fresh and exciting. Perfect for everything from family dinners to holiday gatherings, these recipes bring out the best in green beans with simple, delicious flavors. Whether you’re looking for something light or a little more filling, our selection has plenty of options to fit the occasion. Green beans have never tasted better!

Easy Extra Cheesy Green Bean Casserole

Green Bean Casserole recipe by Cheerful Cook. — Photo Credit: Cheerful Cook.

This is going to be your new favorite Green Bean Casserole! Tender green beans are paired with a creamy, garlic cheese sauce and then topped with cheddar cheese and crispy fried onions. This is the ultimate cheesy side dish that you can serve at holiday or weeknight dinners.

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Green Beans with Bacon and Onion

Green Beans and Bacon recipe by Cheerful Cook. — Photo Credit: Cheerful Cook.

Perfectly blanched fresh green potatoes are cooked to perfection in a simple bacon and onion sauce. Based on German Speckbohnen.

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Crack Green Beans

Green bean casserole with cranberries and almonds. — Photo Credit: Cheerful Cook.

Celebrate Thanksgiving with a hearty blend of green beans, bacon, and cranberries, a simple and memorable dish.

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Green Bean Potato Salad

This vibrant, colorful, and incredibly tasty green bean potato salad is a great side dish for summer cookouts.

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Garlic Green Beans

This super-simple garlic green beans recipe is made with fresh green beans, garlic, butter, and some salt and pepper. They’re really tasty.

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Quick And Easy Balsamic Green Beans

This Sweet Garlic Balsamic Green Beans recipe is made with fresh green beans that are sauteed to perfection! It’s the perfect answer to a quick and easy side for all types of meals.

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Air Fryer Green Beans

The best Air Fryer Green Beans are tender, crisp, and perfectly seasoned with a little salt, pepper, and garlic powder. Enjoy these deliciously snackable green beans as an easy weeknight side dish.

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Oven Roasted Green Beans With Garlic And Parmesan

Oven Roasted Green Beans made with fresh green beans, garlic, parmesan cheese, and candied almonds. A perfect combination of savory and sweet, this easy roasted green beans recipe is ready in less than 30 minutes and perfect for any holiday or occasion.

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Southern Green Beans and Potatoes

Traditionally southern-style green beans and potatoes are made with ham. Usually a leftover ham bone or a ham hock. I’ve created this recipe using bacon to be more accessible, since it’s not often we have a leftover ham bone around.

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Copycat Texas Roadhouse Green Beans

Craving Texas Roadhouse Green Beans (Green Beans with Bacon)? Make this delicious comfort-food dish at home. Grab our quick & easy recipe.

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Chinese Garlic Green Beans

These Chinese garlic green beans are easy, tasty and can be made in less than 15 minutes! Tossed with garlic and sesame seeds – this restaurant-style Chinese garlic green beans recipe makes the perfect side dish!

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Slow Cooker Cajun Sausage, Green Beans, And Potatoes

Slow Cooker Cajun Sausage, Green Beans, and Potatoes combines smoky, spicy sausage with tender green beans and potatoes, all cooked with creamy butter and Cajun spices. It’s a super flavorful, easy-to-make, one-pot meal that’s both hearty and effortless.

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