Looking for a delicious unique green bean recipe? This is the perfect sauteed green bean recipe. This one of a kind green bean recipe with mushroom and tomatoes. The whole dish is then topped with a creamy parmesan sauce.
The Perfect Side Dish – Unique Green Bean Recipe
This is a delicious green bean with mushrooms side dish recipe that is perfect to serve with chicken, beef or pork. It is easy to make and the creamy sauce over the top is perfect for making this a unique green bean recipe.
What to Serve with this Unique Green Bean Recipe
I have mentioned how versatile these green beans are and they can be made with a lot of different foods. If you are looking for what to serve with this unique bean recipe, try these other great tasting recipes:
- Chicken Parmesan
- Lemon Rosemary Chicken | Easy Skillet Chicken
- Teriyaki Chicken Stir
- Roasted Asian Shrimp
- Instant Pot Boneless Pork Chops
Variations to Parmesan Green Beans
I love these green beans. It makes a great side dish. A simple to make green bean recipe, you can change it up to make it the way you like. If you want to add a few variations to this recipe, you can try these idea:
- Make it Meal – You can can add a protein to this recipe, like grilled chicken or leftover beef. Or add more mushrooms to replace the meat completely.
- Add Rice– Make this an even more filling recipe by serving it with rice. Use cooked rice and add it to this recipe.
- Skip the sauce – You don’t have to use the milk/heavy cream in this recipe. Since the sauce is made on the side, you can easily use it or skip it.
How Many Weight Watchers Points in this Green Bean Recipe
When you make this recipe using half and half instead of heavy cream and light butter this recipe comes out to 3 Weight Watchers Points. Pair this with 0 point chicken breast and you have an incredibly filling meal with that is only 3 points. And the taste in this recipe is out of this world.
How Many Carbs are in this Green Bean Recipe
This recipe has 2.8 grams of net carbs in it. Considering you can easily make this a meal by adding in some cooked chicken or steak it is great for diets that you are counting carbs on, low carb or keto diets.
Ingredients in Green Beans with Mushrooms
- fresh or frozen green beans
- water
- grated parmesan cheese
- heavy cream (WW use Fat Free Half and Half)
- dried oregano
- black pepper
- salt
- onion powder
- garlic powder
- olive oil
- white onion
- butter (WW use light butter)
- portobello mushrooms, thinly sliced
- chicken broth
- black olives
- cherry tomatoes
How to Make Sauteed Green Bean Recipe
Place the green beans in a microwave safe dish with a cover and 1/4 cup of water and microwave on high for 8-12 minutes or until the beans are tender.
Drain the water and sprinkle the parmesan cheese over the hot beans and stir until the cheese is evenly distributed. Replace the cover and set aside.
Mix the spices until everything is well combined. Combine them with the heavy cream and heat this mixture in a small sauce pan over medium heat until it thickens.
Remove from heat and set aside.
In a small skillet, heat 2 teaspoons of olive oil over medium heat and add the sliced onions.
Saute the onions until they are well carmelized and add these to the green beans.
In a separate, small skillet, melt 2 tbl of butter and heat it until it begins to brown slightly and produces a nutty fragrance.
Add the mushrooms and saute them until they begin to brown nicely, about 4-5 minutes.
Add the chicken broth. Now add the olives, and tomatoes.
Stir frequently for 1 to 2 minutes more. Add this mixture to the green beans and stir everything together well.
Now, pour the cream sauce over the green beans and stir enough to get everything well coated. Serve warm. Enjoy! Reheats well in the microwave.
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- Make sure you are drinking enough water with a reusable water bottle that helps you track your water. I have these 2 and they work great. Hydr-8 Purple 32ounce Water Bottle with Swivel Lid and 32 oz Clear Sports Water Bottle, Best for Measuring H2o Intake
- If you don’t want to pay for the app to be able to calculate your points, consider the Weight Watchers SmartPoints Calculator for Freestyle Program which is sold by Weight Watchers so you know the Points are right. The online calculators are not always accurate.
- Need to start an Exercise Program? Try this Weight Watchers 15 minute Boot Camp DVD.
Parmesan Green Beans
Ingredients
- 12 ounces of fresh or frozen green beans
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/3 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1/2 cup heavy cream WW use Fat Free Half and Half
- 1/4 tsp dried oregano
- 1/8 tsp black pepper
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1/2 medium white onion thinly sliced
- 2 tbl butter WW use light butter
- 3 portobello mushrooms thinly sliced
- 1/8 cup chicken broth
- 6-8 black olives thinly sliced
- 4 cherry tomatoes thinly sliced
Directions
- Place the green beans in a microwave safe dish with a cover and 1/4 cup of water and microwave on high for 8-12 minutes or until the beans are tender. Drain the water and sprinkle the parmesan cheese over the hot beans and stir until the cheese is evenly distributed. Replace the cover and set aside.
- Mix the spices until everything is well combined. Combine them with the heavy cream and heat this mixture in a small sauce pan over medium heat until it thickens. Remove from heat and set aside.
- In a small skillet, heat 2 teaspoons of olive oil over medium heat and add the sliced onions and 1 tsp of sugar. Saute the onions until they are well carmelized and add these to the green beans.
- In a separate, small skillet, melt 2 tbl of butter and heat it until it begins to brown slightly and produces a nutty fragrance. Add the mushrooms and saute them until they begin to brown nicely, about 4-5 minutes. Add the chicken broth. Now add the olives, and tomatoes. Stir frequently for 1 to 2 minutes more. Add this mixture to the green beans and stir everything together well.
- Now, pour the cream sauce over the green beans and stir enough to get everything well coated. Serve warm. Enjoy! Reheats well in the microwave.
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