Fried Green Beans {Beer Battered}
Beer Battered Fried Green Beans are a fantastic snack, appetizer, or side dish when you’re craving something crunchy and a little spicy. Paired with a homemade creamy sriracha dip, these fried green beans will be your new favorite recipe!
Beer Battered Fried Green Beans
Have you ever tried fried green beans at a restaurant? We love them so much we wanted to make them at home. They turned out to be so amazing! The fresh green beans soften as the beer batter gets nice and crisp while they deep fry. The Sriracha aioli adds just the perfect touch to these Beer Battered Fried Green Beans. You’re really going to love this!
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The Ingredients
Here’s what you’ll need to make the Beer Battered Fried Green Beans (the exact measurements and full recipe instructions are below in the printable recipe card):
- Fresh green beans – we bought them in the produce section of the grocery store, but this is a great opportunity to use homegrown green beans.
- Flour
- Cumin
- Cayenne pepper
- Garlic powder
- Onion powder
- Pepper
- Salt
- Beer – you can use any beer that you like for a beer batter. We just went for a classic American beer.
- Vegetable oil
For the Sriracha dipping sauce:
- Mayonnaise
- Sriracha
- Garlic powder
- Onion powder
- Salt
How to Make Fried Green Beans
Begin by whisking together the ingredients for the Sriracha dipping sauce. Cover the bowl and place in the refrigerator until you’re ready to serve the fried green beans.
Next, toss the washed a trimmed green beans in 1/2 cup of the flour until they are well coated. In a bowl, plate, or pie plate, mix together the remaining flour and seasonings.
Add the beer a little at a time and stir well until the thick batter forms. Don’t pour the beer in too fast or it will foam up and the batter will end up lumpy.
Heat 1-2 inches of vegetable oil in a large pot or Dutch oven to 375º. Once the oil is hot, dip a green bean into the batter and gently drop it into the hot oil. This is best to do with heat-proof tongs to be able to lower the green bean into the oil without splashing. Fry a small batch of green beans until golden brown, about 2-3 minutes, then repeat in small batches until all of the green beans are battered and fried.
As you remove the fried green beans from the oil, place them on a baking sheet lined with a few layers of paper towels. This will soak up any extra cooking oil from the green beans while they cool down enough to eat.
Serve warm with the chilled Sriracha dipping sauce.
Mmmm… these are so good! We can’t wait to make another batch soon.
Variations for Green Bean Fries
More Heat – Love your food spicy hot? You can kick up the heat in the green beans by doubling the cayenne pepper in the beer batter. Also, add as much Sriracha as you want to the sauce.
Yellow Beans – Have you ever seen yellow beans at the grocery store? They are just like green beans, but yellow. For variation, use half green beans and half yellow beans.
No Mayo – If you don’t enjoy mayonnaise, you can use sour cream for the dipping sauce instead.
Vegan – This recipe can easily be made vegan! Just swap out the mayonnaise in the dipping sauce for a vegan mayo. Perfect!
How to Store Leftovers
Leftovers can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator. The sriracha dipping sauce should also be kept covered and refrigerated.
To reheat, place the green beans on a baking sheet and bake in the oven at 400ºF for a few minutes until hot.
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Beer Battered Fried Green Beans
Ingredients
Creamy Sriracha Dip
- 1 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons Sriracha
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Beer Battered Fried Green Beans
- 1 1/4 pound fresh green beans washed and trimmed
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour divided
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups beer
- vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the ingredients for the sriracha dipping sauce. Cover and refrigerate while you move on to the next steps.
- Toss the green beans with 1/2 cup of the flour until well coated.
- In a mixing bowl or pie plate, mix together the remaining 2 cups of flour with the cumin, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, pepper, and salt. Slowly add the beer, stirring well until it creates a thick batter.
- Heat 1-2 inches of vegetable oil in a large pot or Dutch oven to 375F. Dip the green beans into the beer batter, then very carefully drop into the hot oil (this might be best to do with heat-proof tongs). Fry the green beans in small batches for 2-3 minutes until golden brown. Very carefully remove them from the hot oil and drain on paper towels.
- Serve the green beans warm with the sriracha dipping sauce.
Loved these!
Has anyone used club soda instead of beer for the batter? Can sour cream be substituted for mayo in the dipping sauce and is it a 1 to 1 ratio for the substitution? Thanks so much!