Air Fryer Garlic Balsamic Inexperienced Beans

These six-ingredient Air Fryer Garlic Balsamic Inexperienced Beans are easy to make with little prep time for a fantastic weeknight aspect dish! The sweetness from the balsamic vinegar goes completely with the contemporary garlic and spicy crimson pepper flakes, making these tremendous flavorful. The air fryer offers these inexperienced beans a tasty blistered exterior whereas permitting you to simply management how agency you want your beans. I believe the flavour of those Garlic Balsamic Inexperienced Beans would pair effectively with all kinds of meats and major programs!

I flippantly tailored this recipe from NYT Cooking and I actually liked the outcomes. Not solely are these Air Fryer Garlic Balsamic Inexperienced Beans simple and scrumptious, however every (2.2 ounce) serving is simply 64 energy or 1 WW Level on the present Weight Watchers program! To view your present WW Factors for this recipe and monitor it within the WW app, click on right here!

Air Frying

I often cook dinner inexperienced beans on the stovetop, and I nonetheless love that technique, however this was a fantastic hands-free various that I’ll positively be utilizing once more! I don’t pre-heat my air fryer for this recipe, however in case you do pre-heat then your cook dinner time will doubtlessly be shorter. Only for reference, I’ve a COSORI model air fryer and I cooked my inexperienced beans for about 12 minutes, however yours could take longer as a result of desired doneness or air fryer variations.

Recipe Notes

• Inexperienced Beans: I like to recommend utilizing contemporary inexperienced beans with the stems trimmed off, if current. Make certain they’re the thicker “American” inexperienced beans relatively than the thinner French beans, or the cooking time may want adjustment. If you find yourself utilizing French beans it’s possible you’ll need to examine on them earlier as a result of they could cook dinner quicker.
• Garlic: I positively recommend utilizing contemporary garlic cloves for this recipe relatively than the jarred pre-minced selection. I do assume that may come in useful typically, however contemporary garlic provides a lot taste to those inexperienced beans, so it’s positively value it! I finely grated mine utilizing a Pampered Chef Ginger grater that’s not bought, however you should utilize a microplane grater or citrus zester to get comparable outcomes. Finely grating the garlic makes it pulpy and straightforward to rub all around the inexperienced beans!
• Warmth and Timing: My air fryer (COSORI) temperatures go by tens, so I cooked these at 380, however 375 ought to be effective as effectively. One of many good issues about utilizing an air fryer is that it’s simple to examine usually for doneness to be sure you get the feel you like. I recommend cooking from 10-14 minutes, relying on how agency or floppy you want your inexperienced beans.
• Serving Measurement: My completed outcomes have been technically 8.7 ounces complete, so I rounded and made 4 servings at 2.2 ounces (ish) every. I assumed this was the proper quantity for a aspect dish!

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