Easy Air Fryer Green Beans with Bacon + Video

Air fryer green beans with bacon is a quick and easy recipe that can be cooked in just 15 minutes! Made with fresh, frozen, or canned green beans, this delicious recipe makes an excellent side dish to chicken, steak or fish! You can even eat it as a meal if you want!

I love making these green beans because they are so good and my kids love them! These green beans are perfect for little toddler fingers. I usually pair these with some potatoes, rice or noodles, and a protein like chicken, steak, or salmon.

Serve these with my easy air fryer breakfast potatoes, Instant Pot baby potatoes, or my Southern fried potatoes.

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Why You Will Love This Recipe:

• Its quick! This recipe can be made in just 15 minutes.
• It easy. Only 5 steps and you’re done.
• These are the best green beans ever! Why? Because BACON. Bacon makes everything the best, right?
• These green beans taste just like oven roasted green beans except they take half the time.
• Eat it as a meal. You can totally eat this as a meal if you want.  It’s perfect for busy weeknights. It goes great over rice or potatoes, or you can eat it alone if you are wanting a low carb meal.

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What To Serve With Green Beans And Bacon:

These green beans go great with potatoes like my air fryer breakfast potatoes, Instant Pot baby potatoes, or my Southern fried potatoes. Mashed potatoes go great with these green beans as well.

Here are some protein options that go well with green beans:

• Steak
• Salmon
• Hamburger Steak
• Pork Chops
• Chicken
• Meat loaf
• Salisbury Steak
• Smoked Sausage

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Equipment Needed:

• Air Fryer
• Mixing Bowl
• Tongs

Ingredients:

• Green Beans - I used bagged green beans that I purchased from Costco. They came washed and trimmed.
• Bacon - I used Kirkland bacon, center cut and thick. I recommend using a thick cut bacon, but if you use a thinner cut you will just need to reduce the cooking time by a couple of minutes.
• Yellow Onion - Sweet onion, shallot, or red onion will work too or you can omit altogether if you don’t like onion. I only used a quarter of the onion for this recipe and stored the remainder of the onion in a Ziploc bag in the fridge.
• Lemon - You will need half of a lemon to squeeze fresh lemon juice onto the green beans at the end. The lemon juice adds an amazing fresh flavor. I used the other half of the lemon to make lemon water.
• Olive Oil - Avocado Oil works great too.
• Salt
• Ground Black Pepper
• Garlic Powder

Instructions:

1. Cut green beans in half (wash and trim if needed), chop yellow onion, and cut bacon.

2. In a medium bowl, combine the green beans, olive oil, salt, pepper, garlic powder. Stir until the green beans are well coated.

3. Add the green beans to the air fryer basket. Then top with the onion and bacon. Make sure the bacon and onions are spread out evenly over the green beans.

4. Air fry the green beans at 370 degrees Fahrenheit for 10-12 minutes until the bacon is crispy and green beans are slightly brown and shriveled. Be sure to check on them halfway through at 6 minutes.

5. Remove the green beans from air fryer and place on a serving dish. Squeeze fresh lemon juice over top, serve, and enjoy!

Air Fryer Frozen Green Beans Instructions:

Rinse the frozen green beans under cool water then pat them dry with a paper towel. You'll want to get them as dry as possible so that they don't steam in the air fryer. Once they are dry you can proceed with instructions 1 through 5 of this Air Fryer Green Beans with Bacon recipe.

Air Fryer Canned Green Beans Instructions:

When using canned green beans, you will want to get the green beans as dry as possible before placing them into the air fryer. To do this, drain the water from the can of green beans, then place the green beans on a paper towel. Gently pat the green beans with a paper towel to soak up as much water as possible. Be sure not to press too hard on the green beans to avoid smashing them. Once they are dry you can proceed with instructions 1 through 5 of this Air Fryer Green Beans with Bacon recipe.

Storage And Reheating Instructions:

• Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days.
• Leftovers can be reheated in the air fryer at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for 1-2 minutes or in the microwave until desired temperature is reached.

Pro Tips:

• Put the bacon and onions on top. This helps the bacon and onion cook more evenly and prevents them from falling to the bottom of the air fryer basket.
• I used my Instant Vortex Plus 6 quart air fryer to test this recipe. Cooking times could vary based on what air fryer you are using. Just be sure to check on the green beans around halfway through at 6 minutes to check for doneness. It is done when the bacon is crisp and the green beans are slightly shriveled and browned.

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