Kitchen notes · a little help before you start
Sesame Roasted Green Beans
Roasted green beans get a rich, nutty finish from sesame oil and seeds, with garlic and soy giving them a savory edge. The lightly blistered surfaces make each bean especially appealing, keeping a little bite beneath its glossy coating.
- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 20 min
- Total
- 30 min
- Original yield
- Serves 4
- Ingredients
- 6 listed
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Recipe categories & planning details
- Meal type
- Dinner · Sides
- Cuisine
- American · Asian
- Cooking method
- Roasting · Baked & roasted
- Preparation & total time
- Prep: 15 minutes or less · Total: 30 minutes or less
A few quick notes
1. Trim before roasting
Wash the beans and remove their stems before tossing them with garlic, cooking oil and soy sauce.
2. Spread evenly
Arrange the coated beans evenly over the baking sheet so their surfaces can roast in the hot oven.
3. Add sesame later
Roast first, then stir in toasted sesame oil and seeds before returning the beans to finish browning.
Get to know the ingredients
Green beans
Break off the stems before coating the beans and roasting until slightly browned and blistered.
Garlic
Mince the garlic before tossing it directly on the tray with beans, soy sauce and cooking oil.
Sesame oil
Drizzle toasted sesame oil over the beans after their first fifteen minutes of roasting, then stir well.
Let’s make it
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Original recipe: Serves 4. Original quantities shown.
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How to make it
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The last little job
Serve while blistered
Return the sesame coated beans to the oven until slightly browned and blistered, then serve immediately.
A little more help as you go
Parchment if desired
Line the large baking sheet with parchment if you want easier cleanup before tossing the beans on it.
Stir the second coating
After adding sesame oil and seeds, give the beans a thorough stir so both spread through the batch.
A few questions you might have
When does sesame oil go on?
Add it after the first fifteen minute roast, along with sesame seeds, then stir and return to the oven.
What tells me the beans are ready?
Look for slightly browned and blistered beans after the final roast, then serve them immediately.
Do I need to line the tray?
Parchment is optional in the directions and offered for easier cleanup when tossing and roasting the beans.
How should I prepare the garlic?
Mince it before tossing with the trimmed green beans, cooking oil and soy sauce on the tray.
How hot should the oven be?
Fully preheat to 425 degrees before the beans begin their first fifteen minute roasting stage.
Storage & reheating safety
For cooked, perishable leftovers, refrigerate within 2 hours (1 hour above 90°F), using shallow containers for prompt cooling. Keep the refrigerator at 40°F or below, use refrigerated leftovers within 3–4 days, and reheat hot leftovers to 165°F, checked with a food thermometer. Follow any shorter package limit.
These are general safety limits, not a tested storage or freezing recommendation for this particular dish. USDA leftovers guidance · Safe cooking temperatures
Recipe source: budgetbytes.com. Ingredient names and quantities may be adapted for the pantry.
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