Easy Italian Green Beans Side Dish

These easy Italian green beans are great with almost any main dish. Using simple ingredients to create big flavors!

You might also like these Asian green beans with almonds.

One of the vegetables that we can all agree on in my family is green beans. My husband grows them in the garden and sometimes will have them for lunch. Just green beans. So I like to find many ways to prepare them but one of my go to dishes is this easy Italian green beans side dish. It goes with just about everything and it’s very simple to make. The garlicky tomatoes and Italian spices make this dish tasty on it’s own. You could even eat this with rice and it would be a vegetarian dinner.

I have a lot of green bean dishes on this site. On of my favorites is a low carb green bean casserole that I made for Thanksgiving. If you scroll down to the end of the post you can see pics of the other green bean recipes I’ve created. 

Easy Italian Green Beans Recipe

To make this easy dish, you start by microwaving the green beans for 4 minutes. I have a nice microwaveable steamer pot that I got at a Pampered Chef party and I use that all the time to precook my veggies. It just makes the recipe go faster. In the meantime you can saute the tomatoes, garlic and spices until the tomatoes start to wither and burst. That should take about 10 minutes. Then you add in the green beans and cook for a few minutes more to get the flavors to meld. That’s all there is to it! 

So if your family loves green beans as much as mine does, please give this easy side dish a try. And for a few more green bean dishes to try, here are a few of my favorites.

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Easy Italian Green Beans Side Dish

These easy Italian green beans are great with almost any main dish. Using simple ingredients to create big flavors!

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Servings 3 -4

Author Denise Wright (MyLifeCookbook.com)

Ingredients

• 1 lb green beans, washed and trimmed
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 pint grape tomatoes
• 1 teaspoon garlic, crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• Parmesan cheese (optional)

Instructions

1. Add your green beans to a microwave bowl and cook for 4 minutes.
2. In the meantime, add your oil to a skillet and bring to medium heat.
3. Add the garlic, tomatoes and spices and mix well.
4. Saute to for 10 - 15 minutes until tomatoes start to wither.
5. Add the green beans and mix well.
6. Cover and cook for 5 more minutes.

   Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese before serving if you want. This is optional.

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