Green beans for kids start with sauteed green beans and are drizzled with a peanut butter satay that will have your whole family requesting green beans all the time. A healthy side dish perfect for kids that’s gluten-free.
Green beans don’t have to be bland and boring. Dress them up with a simple and delicious peanut butter satay sauce that will have your children requesting green beans all the time! With so many ways to prepare this delicious vegetable including steaming in the microwave, steaming vegetables in instant pot, roasting in a skillet, or boiling, you can’t go wrong.
This easy side dish presents beautifully, is simple to make, and the flavor is amazing. Fresh or frozen green beans work just fine.
How To Make
Ingredients
- 1 lb. green beans trimmed
- 1 tbsp. olive oil
- 2 tbsp. natural peanut butter
- 1 tbsp. soy sauce tamari for gluten-free
- 1 tbsp. hot water
- 2 tsp. lemon juice
- 1 tsp. Sriracha
- cilantro for garnish optional
Instructions
- Saute green beans in olive oil until tender or steam in an instant pot.
- Meanwhile, in a small bowl with a pour spout, whisk peanut butter, hot water, soy sauce, lemon juice, and sriracha until smooth.
- Place green beans on a serving platter and drizzle with peanut sauce. Top with cilantro if desired.
FAQ
Green beans may be introduced as soon as your baby is ready to start solids, which is usually around 6 months of age. If serving this dish to toddlers make sure the beans are well cooked and cut the beans up smaller.
Green beans and string beans are the same. This is mostly outdated thanks to decades of hybridizing, modern green beans have no strings. If you’re purchasing heirloom green beans, simply pull the string down the center just as you would snap peas to remove the “string”.
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- Crockpot Green Bean Casserole
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- Summer Fruit Kabobs
- Easy Broccoli Salad without Mayo
- Sauteed Butternut Squash
- Brussels Sprout Apple Salad
CKC Features both Gluten-Free Guidance and Kids Cooking Instructions: If you’re new to eating gluten-free we understand it’s overwhelming trying to figure out which foods may contain gluten and which ones don’t. All of our gluten-free recipes marked with this symbol ✅ represent foods that need to be checked for gluten or cross-contamination.
The ⭐️ symbol in the recipe below denotes the steps in which kid cooks may need a helper (depending on age). If there is no ⭐️ symbol, that step (or recipe) doesn’t require a helper.
Green Beans for Kids
Ingredients
- 1 pound fresh green beans, trimmed trimmed
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 tablespoons natural peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon tamari
- 1 -2 tablespoons hot water
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon Sriracha or hot sauce ✅optional
Instructions
- ⭐️Saute green beans in olive oil. In a large skillet, heat the oil then add the green beans. Cover and stir often until tender.1 pound fresh green beans, trimmed, 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Make the satay. In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the peanut butter, hot water, tamari, lemon juice, and sriracha or hot sauce if using, and blend until smooth.3 tablespoons natural peanut butter, 1 tablespoon tamari, 1 -2 tablespoons hot water, 2 teaspoons lemon juice, 1 teaspoon Sriracha or hot sauce
- Serve. Place green beans on a serving platter and drizzle with peanut sauce.
Notes
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nutrisavvysblog says
Beans look perfectly cooked. And the satay is definitely a winner in my book. Love a good peanut sauce.
Create Kids Club says
Thanks so much Lauren! I agree with the peanut sauce. I think at times I could live on peanut butter alone 🙂
Lindsey Pine says
I love this! What a fantastic looking side dish!
Create Kids Club says
Thanks Lindsey! It was beautiful and tasty – a great combo! 🙂
laurhp says
Ooooh, some of my favorite flavors, sounds amazing!
Create Kids Club says
Mine too Lauren!!
nutritioulicious says
First of all, that garden! Amazing! I wish I had one, and every spring my husband wants me to do it, but I have no gardening bones in my body! Second, your kids don’t like PB?! Say what?! Third, this is genius! Can’t wait to try with my girls!
Create Kids Club says
You have me laughing, Jessica! Not liking peanut butter – I know, right?! I have no less than 5 jars in my pantry at all times. I could live on it, and they are like – meh. They actually ate the reheated version of this dish too – it was not very pretty – so that is saying something!
abbey sharp says
These look sooooo yummy!!
Create Kids Club says
Thanks Abbey!
Charlene Pors says
This looks amazing!!! And that garden looks incredible. I wish 🙂
Create Kids Club says
Thank you Charlene! If you do a garden one day – just remember the importance of the soil 😉
Roxana says
What a lovely garden. We used to grow green beans too and I love them. Wonderful use with peanut sauce.
Create Kids Club says
Thank you Roxana! It was fun to put the post together and see photos of the garden now that winter has hit. I love gardening for so many reasons, but being outdoors is probably the main one 🙂
Kara @ Byte Sized Nutrition says
Mmmmm I would literally eat a piece of cardboard if it were covered in that sauce. This looks absolutely incredible and I love that you can even use frozen green beans in it! And also I’m super envious of your green thumb… it’s my dream to have a garden someday, but right now I even have trouble keeping succulents alive!
Create Kids Club says
Kara – you made me laugh out loud with the cardboard comment! I am not sure about the green thumb, I too have a hard time with succulents- and indoor plants? I kill every single one. 🙂
Anne|Craving Something Healthy says
Wonderful garden!! And yes please, to anything Satay!
Create Kids Club says
I 100% agree on the Satay, Anne!
Tara says
We can’t eat green beans plain anymore!