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Green bean

Phaseolus vulgarisAlso called fine bean, string bean, snap bean and filet bean

Green beans are a kind of common bean whose pods are used as a vegetable. Sold fresh, frozen, or canned, they can be baked, boiled, simmered, pickled, steamed, stewed, or stir-fried.

  • Plant-based
  • Gluten-free
  • No listed allergens

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category
Vegetables
Part used
Pod
Family
Fabaceae
Cooked most in
Asia, Africa
Top country
Indonesia
Green bean, whole

Photo: Susan Slater · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use green bean

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Bake
  • Boil simmer
  • Pickle
  • Steam
  • Stew
  • Stir fry

Cooking with it

Purple pods turn green during cooking.

Shopping

Choosing and storing green bean

Sold as
Canned, Fresh, Frozen

Nutrition

What 100 g of green bean holds

Per 100 g, raw. Averages from USDA; real values vary by variety, season and growing conditions.

Protein 20%Fat 3%Carbohydrate 77%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of green bean, raw
Energy40 kcal · 131 kJ
Protein2 g
Fat0.28 g
of which saturated0.05 g
Carbohydrate7.4 g
of which sugars2.3 g
Fibre3 g
Sodium0 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of green bean, raw: minerals and vitamins
Potassium290 mg
Calcium40 mg
Iron0.65 mg
Magnesium28 mg
Zinc0.35 mg
Vitamin C12 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)35 µg
Folate33 µg
Frozen

Protein 18%Fat 2%Carbohydrate 80%of the macronutrients by weight

Nutrition per 100 g of green bean, frozen
Energy28 kcal · 117 kJ
Protein1.5 g
Fat0.17 g
of which saturated0.04 g
Carbohydrate6.5 g
of which sugars1.9 g
Fibre3 g
Sodium245 mg
Cholesterol0 mg
Nutrition per 100 g of green bean, frozen: minerals and vitamins
Potassium126 mg
Calcium49 mg
Iron0.88 mg
Magnesium24 mg
Zinc0.48 mg
Vitamin C4.1 mg
Vitamin A (RAE)6 µg
Folate23 µg

Source: USDA FoodData Central (foods 169961, 2346400, 169327), public domain. Minerals and vitamins are listed only where USDA measured a non-zero amount.

Around the world

Where green bean is cooked

5 dishes in the catalogue use green bean. Here is where they come from.

Dishes by continent

Countries whose dishes use it most

Counts are catalogued dishes from each country that list green bean among their ingredients.

On the table

Dishes made with green bean

3 of the 5 catalogued dishes that use it, spread across the countries they come from.

  • Bok l'hong

    Cambodia

  • Selat Solo

    Indonesia

  • Gulai tauco

    Indonesia

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include green bean.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: green bean in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.
Allergens
None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: soy, eggs, fish, milk, lupin, wheat, celery, sesame, mustard, peanuts, molluscs, sulphites, tree nuts, crustaceans, gluten cereals.
Animal origin
No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Gluten
None
Alcohol
None
Caffeine
None
Pork
None

Family

Related forms

A kind of
common bean

Cooked together

Ingredients that go into the same catalogued dishes.
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Around the world

What green bean is called

Names in 64 languages, from Wikidata.

  • Spanish

    judía verde · frijolitos · frijolitos verdes · habichuelas

  • French

    haricot vert

  • Italian

    fagiolino · fagiolo mangiatutto · tegolina · cornetto

  • Portuguese

    feijão-verde · vagem

  • German

    grüne Bohne · Stangenbohnen · Keniabohnen · Prinzessinnenbohnen

  • Dutch

    sperzieboon · sperziebonen · groene bonen · prinsessenboon

  • Greek

    φασολάκι

  • Turkish

    Yeşil fasulye

  • Russian

    зелёностручковая фасоль · спаржевая фасоль · фасоль стручковая

  • Polish

    fasolka szparagowa

  • Arabic

    الفاصوليا الخضراء

  • Persian

    لوبیا سبز

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  • Albanian

    bishtaja · mashurka

  • Azerbaijani

    Göy lobya

  • Basque

    leka

  • Bikol

    Balatong

  • Bosnian

    boranija · mahune · mohune

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    Green Beans

  • Cantonese

    荳角

  • Catalan

    mongeta tendra

  • Cheyenne

    Tó'êsemónêškeho

  • Chinese

    豆角

  • Croatian

    Grah mahunar

  • Czech

    zelená fazolka · zelené fazolky · fazolka · fazolky

  • Divehi

    ފެހި ތޮޅި

  • Egyptian Arabic

    فاصوليا خضرا

  • Filipino

    Sitaw

  • Finnish

    Haricot vert

  • Hebrew

    שעועית ירוקה

  • Hindi

    green been

  • Hungarian

    zöldbab

  • Indonesian

    buncis · kacang buncis · Phaseolus vulgaris

  • Japanese

    サヤインゲン

  • Javanese

    Buncis

  • kbp

    Sona lɛŋ ñɩna

  • Korean

    풋강낭콩

  • Latvian

    zaļās pupiņas

  • Ligurian

    faxolin · faxolìn · faxulìn · faixörin

  • Lithuanian

    Šparaginė pupelė

  • Luxembourgish

    Gréng Boun · Boun · Phaseolus vulgaris · Staacheboun

  • Macedonian

    Боранија

  • Malay

    Pokok Kacang Buncis

  • nah

    Exotl

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    brekkbønne

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    brekkbønne

  • Pampanga

    Aluntiang Bitsuwelas

  • Pangasinan

    Agayep

  • Picard

    Feuvette vèrde

  • Romanian

    fasole pastai verde

  • rsk

    Мауна

  • Sanskrit

    निष्पावप्रभेदः

  • Serbian

    Боранија

  • Serbian (Latin)

    Mahuna

  • Shan

    ထူဝ်ႇမႅင်းၸီး

  • Sicilian

    fasulina · faciulina

  • Slovenian

    zeleni fižol · stročji fižol

  • Swedish

    brytböna · Haricots verts · brytbönor · gröna bönor

  • syl

    ꠃꠞꠤ

  • Tamil

    பச்சை அவரை

  • Thai

    ถั่วแขก

  • Ukrainian

    Стручкова квасоля

  • Vietnamese

    Đậu cô ve

  • Waray

    Hantak

  • Wolof

    ñebe

  • Zulu

    AmaLumulondo

Sources and credits

Data

Wikidata item: Q2987371

Photos

Photo: Susan Slater · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons