These green beans with lemon and feta are a refreshing, flavorful side dish or a great lunch!
Recipe Overview
Why you’ll love it: The feta and lemon really enhance the flavor of the green beans. Looks impressive but easy to make.
How long it takes: 10 minutes
Equipment you’ll need: skillet
Servings: 4
One of the things I look forward to most during the spring and summer months is heading to the farmers’ market or to local farms to pick up great fresh produce.
Lightly steamed, roasted or boiled, I don’t really care. The key is just barely cooking them so they’re still nice and crisp. The last thing you want is mushy green beans, especially when they are farm fresh.
These green beans with lemon and feta make an amazing side dish but I like to have them for a light lunch, too. They taste great hot, warm or cold, and are unbelievably easy to prepare.
Are you a green bean fan? Be sure to check out my popular roasted green beans, green beans almondine, or my green bean casserole!
More Green Bean Recipes
Green Beans with Lemon and Feta
Ingredients
- 1 pound fresh green beans, stem end snipped off
- ⅓ cup crumbled feta cheese (or to taste)
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice (about ½ lemon)
- 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
- kosher salt and coarse ground black pepper. to taste
Instructions
- Put about ½ inch of water into a medium-sized sauté pan. Place over high heat and bring to a boil.
- Add beans, cover and continue to cook on medium-high for 4 to 5 minutes or until fork tender but still crisp. Drain and return the beans to the pan.
- Add 2 teaspoons of olive oil and toss to coat. Place green beans on a plate and sprinkle with feta and lemon juice. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Serve immediately.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I’m not a huge green bean eater, but that looks delicious! Thanks for sharing.
YUM! I can’t wait to hit up the Fulton St market again. We love green beans too. My little ones always sneak them out of the bag raw while we are grocery shopping. This would be perfect for Easter!
oh yum! i happen to have the ingredients in my fridge! i’m making this tonight!!!
This looks delish! I love feta cheese!
These look great!! I agree that fresh green beans taste better and I too prefer them barely cooked and with a lot of crunch. Great recipe!!
This seems so healthy! Thank you very much for sharing it with us :)
I love these flavors- pretty much anything with lemon and feta I’m all over. So bright and perfect for spring. Gorgeous photos!
The perfect simple vegetable side dish. The flavor combination, I can eat them all! I love green beans :).
Green beans + feta are my jam! Such a spring-tastic side dish. Can’t wait to make this for Easter!
Oh I will be trying these this summer. Thank you for the recipe.