These green bean fries are coated in parmesan and panko and baked until tender and golden. Serve with a dip and enjoy!
I guess I have a mini-obsession with trying to turn perfectly fine, normally healthy vegetables into their evil unhealthy cousins – fries. Although, I hardly view plain old classic french fries as “evil.” More like pure awesome all around.
But if I get to choose between a potato fried to a crisp in a giant vat of hot oil and green bean fries – drizzled with a bit of olive oil and baked to crispy wonderful perfection – it definitely behooves me to choose the latter. Both interesting-and-delicious-taste-wise and waistline-wise.
This addictive snack whips up quickly and is devoured even more quickly. Especially if you’re me and you have a hard time stopping yourself.
The green beans get tender, a little chewy, a little crisp in spots. Coarse Panko-style bread crumbs gives a satisfying crunch with every bite; Parmesan cheese and a finish of lemon juice boost their addictive flavor.
Best of all, these come together quickly – they can go from garden to table in just under a half hour.
I wonder, though, if baked fries should really be called “bakes.”
Just saying.