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This is the best air fryer green beans recipe of your life, and that’s not an understatement! Seasoned with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder and topped with plenty of parmesan, they are divine. Plus, they’re quick and easy. And if you love these, you must try my air fryer asparagus recipe!
❤️ Why You’ll Love This Air Fryer Green Beans Recipe
I may be biased, but I think these green beans are the best I’ve ever eaten. They’re anything but bland, and cooking them in the air fryer gives them a wonderful crispy texture. They’re an easy side dish that doesn’t take long to cook and goes with just about any meal. So, what are you waiting for? Make these air fryer parmesan green beans now!
🫛 Green Bean Ingredients
- Green Beans: Trim the ends off of the green beans and rinse under water.
- Avocado Oil helps the seasoning stick to the beans.
- Green Bean Seasoning: Salt, black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder
- Parmesan Cheese for that melty, cheesy goodness
👩🍳 How to Cook Green Beans in the Air Fryer
- Preheat the air fryer to 400℉.
- Season the Green Beans: Put the green beans in the air fryer basket in a single layer. Spray with oil and season with salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder.
- How Long to Air Fry Green Beans: Air fry green beans for six minutes at 400℉. Spray the beans with more oil, shake the basket, and sprinkle with parmesan. Air fry for another five minutes.
Watch me make this easy air fryer green bean recipe.
🪄 Tips and Tricks
- Don’t overcrowd the basket. For crispy air fryer green beans, lay them in a single layer.
- Cook them in batches if they won’t all fit at the same time.
- Keep an Eye on Them. Depending on the size of the green beans and the power of your air fryer, they may take more or less time to cook. If they look close to done when you add the cheese, set them for two more minutes and then check them again.
🗒 Variations
- Seasoning: Try them with other seasonings, like paprika or dried herbs.
- Make Them Spicy: Sprinkle with red chili flakes.
- Citrus: Zest a lemon or squeeze fresh lemon juice on top before serving.
- Vinegar: Drizzle with balsamic or red wine vinegar after cooking.
- No air fryer? Bake them for about 10 minutes at 400℉ in the oven.
🗒 Substitutions
- Cheese: Instead of parmesan, top the green beans with feta or goat cheese before serving.
- Dairy-Free: Omit the parmesan.
- Oil: Substitute olive oil.
🍽️ Best served with
These crispy air fryer green beans are the best side dish for almost any meal. Pair them with chicken 🍗, steak 🥩,or fish 🐟 and mashed potatoes 🥔 or rice 🍚. They’d also be great with pasta 🍝, like my sheet pan lasagna or high-protein pasta.
👝 How to Store Green Beans
Store green beans in an airtight container in the refrigerator for four days. Reheat them in the air fryer at 350℉ for three to five minutes until warm. You can also microwave them.
🤔 Common Questions
Air fried green beans are a healthy way to enjoy the vegetable. Green beans are low in calories, high in fiber, and a great source of vitamins A and C. To lighten the recipe, skip the second spraying of avocado oil and don’t add the parmesan.
I jazz up green beans with salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder and top them with parmesan. For more flavor, you can switch up the seasoning with whatever you prefer and add other ingredients, like lemon juice or balsamic vinegar.
Air Fryer Green Beans
Equipment
- Air Fryer
Ingredients
- ½ lb green beans
- avocado oil
- salt
- pepper
- onion powder
- garlic powder
Instructions
- Preheat your air fryer to 400℉.
- Place green beans in the basket in a single layer. If they won’t all fit, you can cook them in batches. Spray avocado oil over them, and sprinkle with salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder.
- Air fry for 6 minutes at 400℉. Remove the basket, spray again with avocado oil, and shake the basket. Add parmesan cheese.
- Cook for 5 more minutes