Roasted Green Beans with Bacon (SUPER EASY!)

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Roasted Green Beans with Bacon (SUPER EASY!)

This is a quick and easy roasted green beans with bacon and onion recipe that is a one pan wonder! It's super easy to whip up in just a few minutes for a delicious side dish to pair with anything.

Prep Time5

Cook Time20

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Author: Chris Joe

Ingredients

2 lbs green beans washed and trimmed
1/2 lb bacon about 6 strips, diced into 1/4" pieces
1/2 large onion finely diced
1/4 cup olive oil
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1/2 tbsp kosher salt
1 tsp black pepper

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425F.
Dice bacon into 1/4" pieces and finely dice onion. Set aside with the washed and trimmed green beans.
In a baking tray, add the green beans, bacon, and onions combine with olive oil, garlic powder, kosher salt and black pepper. Mix the green beans, bacon and onions and spread the ingredients evenly on the tray.
Roast the green beans for 20-25 minutes until the bacon is crisp and the green beans are golden brown and blistered.

Notes

I would not recommend using frozen green beans for this recipe. Frozen green beans contain more water than fresh green beans, which will prevent them from roasting properly. I always recommend using fresh green beans for this recipe!

Depending on your oven and the size of your green beans, cooking times may vary. If possible use similar size green beans to ensure even cooking throughout and check the green beans occasionally until they are crispy to your liking!

The key tip here is making sure the ingredients are spread evenly throughout the pan. You want to make sure there are little bits of bacon and onion evenly dispersed throughout so when the bacon fat renders, it will evenly coat the onions and green beans to roasted perfection!

Roasted Green Beans with Bacon can also be made in the air fryer! If you are making these in the air fryer, I would recommend air frying them at 400F for 20-30 minutes until blistered. This should give the bacon and onions enough time to cook in the bacon fat and season the green beans. I would not recommend making these green beans in the instant pot.

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