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Vegan Green Beans (Roasted with Lemon and Garlic)

12/23/21 by Nicole | Leave a Comment

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These vegan green beans are roasted to perfection with delicious lemon and garlic. It’s an irresistible side dish that’s easy to make and creates a crowd-pleasing accompaniment to any meal.

The beans come out of the oven with a perfect crispness to them. They’re also packed with flavor from just 5 basic ingredients!

Close up of a plate topped with a pile of garlic and lemon roasted green beans and garnished with a single slice of lemon.

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How to Prepare Delicious Green Beans

While there’s nothing wrong with steaming green beans, you can do so much better than that! With little effort and a couple extra flavors, it’s easy to turn them into a spectacular side dish. You’ll want to eat a whole plate of them!

Roasting vegetables is truly one of the simplest and most delicious ways to prepare them. Green beans are no exception even though they’re not commonly roasted.

With a light touch of oil and salt you can make any vegetable taste great! Take a small step further by adding lemon and garlic and you’re quickly on your way to a delicious side dish.

These lemon garlic green beans won’t last long; they certainly didn’t in my house.

Top view of the corner of a baking tray and a small cast iron pan, both filled with roasted garlic and lemon green beans, topped with lemon slices. Image decorated with garlic, lemon and a large wood serving fork.

Ingredients for Roasted Vegan Green Beans

This recipe uses 5 basic ingredients to create a mouth-watering and truly irresistible side dish. They include:

  • Green beans: Green beans are a delicious vegetable that tastes amazing when roasted! You may call these string beans, French beans or wax beans (the yellow variety) but they’re essentially the same and any variety should work for this recipe.
  • Garlic: Roasted garlic may be one of the most delicious flavors ever. By adding garlic to green beans as they roast, you pack in tons of flavor!
  • Lemon: If you’ve ever roasted vegetables and thought they’re missing something, it was probably some acidity. Whether from citrus or vinegar, acidic ingredients truly make for a standout recipe. Lemon brightens the green bean and garlic flavor to create a stunningly delicious side dish. Play around with other citrus or vinegars for endless variety!
  • Olive oil: Roasting vegetables requires some oil, but this helps create a satisfying and satiating side dish. Any type of liquid oil can work well for this recipe.
  • Salt: Some salt rounds out and elevates other flavors in the dish. Add to your taste preferences; anywhere from ¼ - ½ teaspoon is good for this recipe.
Arrangement of ingredients with a bowl of green beans at top and minced garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, lemon slices and salt below.

How to Roast Vegan Green Beans

This recipe is incredibly easy to make and comes together in 3 simple steps! Check out the written directions below to make it perfectly on your first try.

Step 1: Prep Ingredients

Wash and trim your green beans. Trimming means to remove the bean’s top stem (the bottom is perfectly good to leave). Cut the beans into smaller lengths if you like.

Hands arranging trimmed green beans on a baking tray that is lined with parchment paper.

Mince 3 cloves of garlic as well. I use a garlic press to make this easy.

Grab a lemon and squeeze 1 tablespoon of juice from it. Slice the rest of it to roast on top of your green beans. I like to juice the ends of the lemon while leaving nice, large slices for roasting.

Step 2: Toss Ingredients Together

Prep your baking tray by covering it with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper (for easy clean-up).

Add the green beans, garlic, olive oil, lemon juice and salt to your tray and toss to mix everything well. Make sure you’ve coated all the beans with olive oil and lemon juice, and that the garlic is evenly distributed amongst your beans.

Side by side images of green beans on a baking tray. On left, hands are pressing lemon juice onto beans. On right, minced garlic and olive oil has been added to the beans.

Spread the beans into an even layer on your baking tray, then top with lemon slices (if using).

Hands tossing green beans with oil, lemon juice and minced garlic on a baking tray.

Step 3: Roast and Serve

Preheat your oven to 400 °F. When up to temperature, place the tray of green beans in and cook for 12-15 minutes.

Your beans should be mostly bright green when ready, with some browning. You can roast for longer to get more browning or more well-done beans. When they’re still bright green they’ll have a nice crunch to them!

Don’t be alarmed if your garlic turns slightly blue! This happens when a lemon’s acidity reacts with the garlic.

Serve the green beans hot, shortly after removing them from your oven.

Large baking tray lined with silicone mat loaded with roasted garlic green beans and topped with lemon slices.

How to Serve as a Balanced Vegan Meal

I consider a balanced meal one that contains a good source of plant-based protein, carbohydrates, fats and lots of vegetables or fruits.

This vegetable side dish is a truly delicious way to prepare fresh green beans! Along with being a tasty vegetable, the recipe also contains healthy fats from olive oil.

It’s intended to be served alongside protein and carbohydrates to create a balanced meal. Any protein and carb combination can work; some of my favorites include:

  • Seitan and mashed/roasted/baked potatoes
  • Lentil loaf
  • Marinated baked tofu and rice
  • Plant-based burgers
  • Frittata
Close up of a small cast iron pan filled with garlic roasted green beans topped with lemon slices. A white plate loaded with green beans and lemon slices in the background.

Vegan Variations of Green Beans

These roasted green beans are irresistible as-is, but there’s also plenty of ways you can change the recipe.

One of my favorite variations is to replace the olive oil with sesame oil, and the lemon juice with lime juice. This pairs well with tofu and rice for simple and delicious dinner!

You can also enhance the recipe by adding some chopped onion, slivered almonds or chopped walnuts. Serving topped with vegan Parmesan is also delicious!

Top view of an oval cast iron pan on an oval wood board, and white plate both filled with bright, roasted garlic green beans topped with lemon slices. Garlic, lemon and a large wood serving fork decorate image.

How to Store Leftover Beans

Place leftovers into an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 5 days. You can reheat the green beans in a microwave or return them to an oven heated to 350 °F until warm.

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Vegan Green Beans (Roasted with Lemon and Garlic)

Enjoy this recipe for vegan green beans roasted with lemon and garlic. They’re easy to make and create a crowd-pleasing side dish in no time!
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 15 mins
Total Time 30 mins
Servings 4 Servings
Calories 102 kcal
Cuisine American-inspired, Vegan

Equipment

  • Cutting board
  • Knife
  • Baking tray
  • Silicone baking mat (or parchment paper)
  • Measuring cups and spoons

Ingredients
  

  • 680 grams green beans , trimmed (about 4 cups)
  • 3 cloves garlic , minced
  • 1 ½ tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • lemon slices (optional)
  • salt , to taste (¼ – ½ teaspoon)
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Instructions

Step 1: Prep Ingredients

  • Preheat your oven to 400 °F.
  • Wash and trim (remove the top stem of) your green beans
    680 grams green beans
  • If needed, cut long green beans in half for shorter pieces.
  • Peel and mince garlic.
    3 cloves garlic
  • Squeeze fresh lemon juice, then slice the rest of the lemon.
    1 tablespoon lemon juice, lemon slices

Step 2: Toss Ingredients Together

  • Add the green beans to a baking tray lined with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper (for easy clean-up).
  • Toss with minced garlic, olive oil, fresh lemon juice and salt to taste. Make sure all your green beans are evenly coated with oil and garlic.
    1 ½ tablespoons olive oil, salt
  • (Optional) place lemon slices on top of your green beans.

Step 3: Roast and Serve

  • Roast in a 400 °F oven for 12-15 minutes. The beans should come out a bright green color, with some pieces lightly browned.

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Notes

Accuracy of nutrition information cannot be guaranteed (certain ingredients may not have all nutrients listed in the database); amounts may vary (and will vary depending on brands of ingredients used); all nutrition fact values rounded to the nearest whole number.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 Serving (¼ of recipe)Calories: 102 kcalCarbohydrates: 13 gProtein: 3 gFat: 6 gSaturated Fat: 1 gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1 gMonounsaturated Fat: 4 gSodium: 156 mgPotassium: 371 mgFiber: 5 gSugar: 6 gVitamin A: 1173 IUVitamin C: 23 mgCalcium: 67 mgIron: 2 mg
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More Vegan Side Dish Recipes

Like this recipe? You should also try:

  • Vegan Cauliflower Wings (with BBQ Sauce)
  • Vegan Tabbouleh Salad Recipe
  • Black Bean and Corn Salsa Recipe
  • BBQ Chickpeas Recipe (Roasted or Stovetop)

About Nicole Stevens

Nicole is a vegan Registered Dietitian (RD) and founder of Lettuce Veg Out.

She helps people thrive on a vegan diet with balanced recipes and easy-to-understand nutrition science.


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