Diced Green Beans

This fresh diced green beans recipe with garlic takes on a new life with this viral recipe trend. Awesome technique provides a colorful, delicious, and easy-to-chew sauteed and chopped green beans side dish that is quick and easy.

So move aside roasted or steamed greens because this dish perfectly pairs with just about any menu and is viral for a reason! 

Chopped Green Beans are Unique to Eat

Under 10 minutes – Sauteed green beans are great for a quick side dish recipe alongside main dish meals. For the last 10 minutes of meal prep, throw on the skillet and let them sit side by side on the plate!

Super Fun – I know it’s hard to call green vegetables “fun,” but dicing and chopping green beans into tiny pieces over serving in long strings is fun. Your kids will enjoy the new look, and the texture completely changes as you eat. Its more like green bean niblets!

Ingredients:

• Fresh green beans – as always, wash and drain beans of excess water!
• butter
• minced garlic
• diced onion & diced mild bell peppers (I combined red, yellow, and orange)
• kosher salt and ground black pepper

How to make Sauteed Diced Green Beans

1. Dice green beans into small pieces. Set aside.
2. Add butter, garlic, and onions to a skillet and heat over medium heat, frequently stirring until onions are tender, about 5 minutes.
3. Add beans and peppers to the hot skillet and cook for 3-5 minutes until green beans are done to your liking.
4. Season with salt and pepper and serve.
5. Topping: Optionally add bacon bits or a bit of pine nut to this dish!

Expert Tips & Variations

Because these green beans are diced and look different than a regular string bean, you may be able to fool picky eaters into eating this as a perfect side dish with fewer complaints. 

Extra Flavor– It’s OK to get creative with flavor variations as this is more of a technique in cutting. Try beans with garlic, fresh lemon juice, onion powder, light soy sauce, lemon zest, Italian seasoning, pepper flakes, or garlic cloves for more flavor ideas. 

If you love working with fresh green beans, we have some other recipes that you may love. Try this green bean casserole from scratch or my favorite cold green bean salad with tomatoes and feta. Its seriously just so good. However you eat your greens, just eat them!

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