Crispy Green Bean Fries baked in the oven or air fried for a healthy, delicious treat. Served up with three dipping sauces – green goddess, honey mustard & creamy sriracha. A secret ingredient makes them extra delicious!
Green Bean Fries have become a popular appetizer item at many restaurants. I think that I could go to town on those things and fill up before the main course even comes to the table.
So, I decided to give a go at making these crispy little string beans a bit healthier at home. To do so, I’m using the oven, instead of a deep fryer, and I’m using a secret ingredient to make give them that little something extra – Ritz crackers.
Coating them in crushed up crackers provides such a great, crispy texture, you won’t want to turn back to the original version! But I’m amping them up even further by adding some delicious parmesan cheese and garlic to the mix.
For sure this green bean appetizer finger food will become one of your favorites!
🛒 Ingredients Needed
- Fresh Green Beans
- Crushed Ritz Crackers – Or, you can use panko or bread crumbs.
- Grated Parmesan Cheese – This is optional. For a dairy free version, you can use nutritional yeast.
- All Purpose Flour – You can also swap in almond flour.
- Eggs
- Spices – Garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, salt and black pepper.
👉 How to Make Crispy Green Bean Fries
- Use cracker crumbs instead of breadcrumbs. By crushing them yourself, you’ll get larger and flakier pieces, so you’ll get more of a crunch.
- Dredge in flour first. This ensures that your coating will stick.
- Don’t crowd your baking sheet. If the green beans are too close together they will steam instead of baking up crispy.
How to Make them in the Oven
- Bake at 425 degrees for 10-12 minutes until golden and crispy.
How to Make them in the Air Fryer
- Preheat air fryer to 390 degrees. Spray the air fryer basket with cooking spray. Working in batches, arrange green beans in a single layer. Cook for 5 minutes. Then, toss the green beans and cook for 2-3 more minutes, if necessary.
I paired my Green Bean Fries with some of my favorite dipping sauces: Honey Mustard, Greek Goddess, and Sriracha Cream. If you’ve got kiddos at home, they’re going to love eating their vegetables this way. Most kids that I know love to dip.
The dipping sauces are super easy to make too!
🥣 Green Beans Fries Dipping Sauce
- Honey Mustard Sauce
- Green Goddess Dressing
- Sriracha Cream Sauce: 1 Tablespoon Sriracha + 2 Tablespoons Sour Cream (or Greek Yogurt)
- More → 35+ Sauces for Fries
These green bean fries would also be delicious served with homemade ranch dressing, white bbq sauce, copycat In-N-Out Sauce, Boom Boom sauce, Bang Bang sauce, remoulade sauce, or cilantro lime crema.
Which sauce would you choose?
I’m team Green Goddess all the way.
🕕 How to Make Ahead and Store
These crispy green beans are best served immediately. However, if you have leftovers, you can store them in an airtight container in the fridge for up to three days. Reheat them in the air fryer or oven for the most crispy fries. The microwave will turn them soggy.
ℹ️ Recipe FAQs
These crispy green beans are baked or air fried, so there’s no added fat. They’re a great healthy snack that’s loaded with vitamins and fiber.
There’s no need to blanch your green beans with this recipe. Blanching normally helps preserve the beans bright green color, but since these beans are coated in breadcrumbs anyway, you won’t notice the difference.
Fried green beans are lower in calories and carbohydrates than fried potatoes. A serving of these fried green beans has about 120 calories and 15g carbs, while a serving of air fried french fries has 325 calories and 38g carbs.
🍽 More Side Dish Recipes
- Farro Salad with Basil Lemon Tahini Dressing
- Shishito Peppers
- Instant Pot Baked Potatoes (with Crispy Skins)
- Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Balsamic Reduction & Cranberries
- Roasted Broccoli with Garlic & Basil Tahini Sauce
📋 More Green Bean Recipes
✔️ More Air Fryer Recipes
- Air Fried Brussel Sprouts
- Air Fried Falafel
- Air Fryer Burgers
- Pasta Chips
- Eggplant Parmesan
- Buffalo Cauliflower Bites
- Chicken Wings with Buffalo Sauce
- Zucchini Fries with Dipping Sauce
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Green Bean Fries Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 pound fresh green beans (washed and trimmed)
- ¾ cup Ritz crackers (crushed, or panko/breadcrumbs)
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- ¼ teaspoon onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon paprika
- ½ teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 cup flour
- 2 eggs (beaten)
Instructions
Oven Directions
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
- Combine the cracker crumbs, parmesan, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, and pepper in a medium bowl.
- Lightly spray a baking sheet with olive oil spray or line with parchment paper.
- In a shallow baking dish or small bowl, whisk eggs. Toss green beans with flour, then dip the green beans in the egg, then in the crumb mixture to coat.
- Place on baking sheet in a single layer.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, until golden & crispy. Serve immediately with desired dipping sauce.
Air Fryer Directions
- Combine the cracker crumbs, parmesan, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, and pepper in a medium bowl.
- In a shallow baking dish or small bowl, whisk eggs. Toss green beans with flour, then dip the green beans in the egg, then in the crumb mixture to coat.
- Preheat air fryer to 390 degrees and spray the basket lightly with cooking spray.
- Arrange green beans in a single layer. Cook for 5 minutes. Then, toss the green beans and cook for 2-3 more minutes, if necessary. Serve immediately with desired dipping sauce.
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This recipe was originally published in 2015. It was updated in 2023 to add new content. The green bean fries recipe remains the same. Enjoy!
Green bean fries? This is definitely something I need to try! They look so crisp and delicious!
I think this would be a big hit with adults and kids alike. Love it!
I agree Kelly! Kids love dipping things… And I do too!
Loving these! Any veggie in fry form is a favorite of mine!
Agreed Kelley – My mom always used to make fried zucchini which I LOVED too!
I love string beans! They are so tasty! I’ve never tried them like this before, yum! Thanks for sharing because I’ve pinned them & can’t wait to try them.
Of course Leslie! I’d love to hear how you like them!
What a great idea! I’ve never seen these before but I am definitely making these soon.
Thanks Julie – I hope you love them as much as I did!
Will definitely be trying this recipe. Planted our green beans late here in NH and they are fantastic right now!
Also love the presentation of the beans in a nice glass…perfect finger food!
I love green beans and we grow them in our garden every summer. We always end up with bushels of green beans. I’d love to try these green bean fries!
I hope you love them Catherine!
I used to be able to buy breaded green beans at the store and I loved them. I cant find them anymore so I was excited to find and try this recipe. I am even more excited at how good they came out. So easy and delicious. I will be making this again and again! Thanks for sharing!
I’m so happy you enjoyed them!
Could you use frozen green beans?
Hi! I don’t think frozen will work well in this recipe unfortunately 🙁 I think they will be too soggy.