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Garlic Parmesan Green Beans are the perfect side to any dish, the garlic and crisp parmesan crumbles take these green beans to the next level.
Garlic Parmesan Green Beans are a winner! I honestly have not made green beans any other way since I discovered this winning combination.
This is my go to veggie recipe when I am having company over. Everyone always gushes about how tasty these green beans are, but I’ll let you in on a little secret. They are so easy, use a handful of ingredients, and are done super quick! Everyone will think you’ve spent a lot of time and effort on these.. don’t worry, I won’t tell them! 
Water, garlic, salt butter and fresh beans go into your Instant Pot for 0 (yes, Z-E-R-O!) minutes. Basically your pot will come to pressure and then beep. You will quick release the pressure, and then turn it onto sauté NORMAL. Simmer for a few minutes until the liquid has evaporated. Once the liquid has evaporated hit it with the parmesan cheese, and then scrape, scrape, scrape the bottom! You are going to think, ‘Oh no, what have I done? Karli has mislead me. This is going to be a fail!’ but DON’T GIVE UP! You are working on those delicious parmesan cheese crumbles! Once your parmesan cheese is golden brown and crumbly, you are done! Time to test these babies out!
Garlic Parmesan Green Beans
Garlic Parmesan Green Beans are the perfect side to any dish, the garlic and crisp parmesan crumbles take these green beans to the next level.
Ingredients
1 lb fresh green beans
1/4 cup water
1 tsp minced garlic
1/8 tsp salt
1 tsp butter
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
Instructions
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Snap off ends of the green beans and then wash them.
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Add the water, garlic, salt and green beans to the Instant Pot. Place the butter on top of the green beans. Pressure cook on manual HIGH for 0 (Z-E-R-O) minutes. Quick Release.
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Turn the Instant Pot onto Sauté NORMAL and simmer until the liquid has evaporated. Once the liquid has evaporated, with the Instant Pot still on sauté, add in the parmesan cheese.
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Scrape the bottom of the Instant Pot with your spoon as the cheese starts to melt. Keep scraping and scrape until you have golden brown parmesan cheese crumbles.
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Serve and Enjoy!
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Try these green beans as a side to:
Instant Pot French Dip Sandwiches
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Garlic Parmesan Green Beans
Ingredients
- 1 lb fresh green beans
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 tsp minced garlic, dry
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1 tsp butter
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese, powdered, in the can
Instructions
- Snap off ends of the green beans and then wash them.
- Add the water, garlic, salt and green beans to the Instant Pot. Place the butter on top of the green beans. Pressure cook on manual HIGH for 0 (Z-E-R-O) minutes. Quick Release.
- Turn the Instant Pot onto Sauté NORMAL and simmer until the liquid has evaporated. Once the liquid has evaporated, with the Instant Pot still on sauté, add in the parmesan cheese.
- Scrape the bottom of the Instant Pot with your spoon as the cheese starts to melt. Keep scraping and scrape until you have golden brown parmesan cheese crumbles.
- Serve and Enjoy!
I tired these tonight but ran into a few problems. First, I was only making 8 ounces of beans to feed two people. Second, my 3qt Mini was already in use for a half recipe of your Alfredo pasta (so good, I’m on cloud nine about it!). Finally, I was using haricot vert instead of larger beans. Worried that there wouldn’t be enough water for my 6qt pot to come to pressure and that if I used the full amount of water the beans would be limp before the water evaporated, I chose to steam them.
This worked pretty well, then I emptied the water from the pot, dumped the mostly-cooked beans from the steamer basket into the pot and proceeded. I added fresh minced garlic, salt and parm (I forgot the butter), then stirred and scraped. I’m sad to report that my cheese formed a ball despite being sprinkled all over the beans. But still, the garlicky beans were a perfect side with the Alfredo pasta so it wasn’t a complete fail and we both cleaned our plates. This is something, because my husband will always choose another veggie over green beans. He’s sort of ‘meh’ about them, but he really liked these.
Hi Sandy! The butter definitely helps Parmesan cheese to not stick together! Try again with the butter and I’m sure you’ll have a much more success! I’m glad that you and your husband still enjoyed them, though! ❤️
Love these, not mushy at all. Left out the Parmesan cheese.
Glad you love them!! Hope you have had a great day!
Starting to feel like a broken record here… 😉 buuuut… can I use frozen green beans?
Full disclosure, when I buy fresh veggies, they inevitably go bad in the fridge. My intentions are good, my follow-through, not so much!
Thanks!
Annette~
I am SO with you there! For this recipe, I wouldn’t suggest using frozen. Frozen green beans would be pretty mushy if cooked in the Instant Pot. Rather, I would steam them and then toss them into a frying pan and add a little butter, garlic and Parmesan cheese and fry until the cheese is crispy. I’ve make these green beans this way for years before getting my Instant Pot. ?