Copycat The Habit Fried Green Beans

If you love The Habit fried green beans you’ll love this copycat recipe you can make at home. Great vegetable side dish that my kids love and we do too. Deep fried or you can make our version of fried green beans air fryer style.

Deep Fried Green Beans

I started with salt and pepper zucchini chips which they love. I moved on to fried green beans which are now top of their list. I LOVE The Habit’s green beans so I made a copycat version here, hope you like them.

Now you don’t have to have a deep fryer to make these. A pan with a few inches of oil will work just as well. The tip to getting them crunchy is to wait until the oil is nice and hot first. Never submerge food until it is more than 325 degrees so it doesn’t soak it up in the process.

Copycat The Habit Fried Green Beans

It isn’t often that we go out to eat but when we do I gravitate toward these fried green beans at The Habit. I figured there had to be a way to create a recipe so I could make them at home for dinner too. It was really quite easy.

Of course it isn’t exactly the same but I since I can cook them with really fresh green beans they come out a bit more turgid and fresh than in the restaurant which is a win. Here is the recipe for tempura batter you will need.

Tempura Green Beans

You’ll need vegetable oil on the list too. If you are deep frying them you’ll need more than just adding that into a pot or cast iron pan. Either way works great just so long as they’re submerged.

Ingredients

• Flour is the base of the batter
• Cold water, you want it like quite cold
• Egg should be room temperature
• Fresh green beans trimmed on the ends and cut in half
• Garlic powder adds flavor
• Seasoned salt like Lawrys we love

The base is just 3 main items. From there add as many seasonings as you would like to the batter in order to jazz it up. From there add more seasonings before serving.

There is no need to bring a pot of water to boil and blanch them ahead of time. You can jump to recipe card below but here is a quick rundown;

Green Beans Deep Fried Recipe

• Heat your vegetable or peanut oil until hot. You can test if it’s ready by putting one drop of your batter inside. If it fries immediately then it is ready. Sinking to the bottom means you need more time.
• Mix together your flour, cold ice water, and egg whites in a bowl until smooth with a whisk.
• Wash and cut off ends of green beans.
  • Lay them all out on paper towels and roll up to dry outsides off so batter will stick.
    • when choosing a batch, bright green and firm are best, I don’t like using from frozen
• Use a fork and dip green beans into batter and put in oil when hot, turn over when lightly browned. Put on paper towels to absorb excess oil when done.
• Season and serve with a little dish of ranch dressing for dipping.

Fried Green Beans without bread crumbs

The whole process of making Habit burger grill green beans are really quite simple. Using fresh vegetables is best and you’ll want to trim them just as you would if you made sheet pan green beans in the oven. I use the same method when making air fryer green beans as well but that has to be a dry bread crumbs sort of coating instead of wet.

Make sure they’re dry on the outside so the batter sticks well and doesn’t slide off. Making sure your oil is nice and hot before submerging will ensure they come out crispy like you want them.

Other tempura recipes you’ll love

Next you can try french fries with potatoes or really coat any veggies with the same batter like our tempura mushrooms too OR use for dessert like we did with banana tempura bites.

Tips

I will admit, these don’t save very well. I would recommend only making what you think you will eat that evening. Best when served immediately so they are warm and really crispy. As they sit they’ll soften up which isn’t as appetizing, freshly made is the only way to go so time it accordingly.

It is nice to mix it up at dinner time, and if you want a fun way to serve them at dinner or at a party these basket/cones are fantastic especially when you have kids.

Believe me when I say sometimes it takes time getting kids to eat vegetables. But trying new ones, and new ways of cooking them helps to enhance the love.

Let me know what you think of our fried green beans recipe! Do you have a vegetable side dish that you love?? I’d love to try it and add it to our rotation….I am always looking for another winner!