Outback Steakhouse Steamed Green Beans are almost as good as the steaks at the Outback Steakhouse. I have a hard time passing up a loaded baked potato, but I can do it for these sweet and savory freshly steamed green beans. You can make these at home. You don’t have to go out to a steakhouse to get this delicious Outback Steakhouse steamed green beans with this CopyKat recipe.
Green Beans can be dull and unexciting. Did you know that the Outback Steakhouse makes Green Beans very interesting? They add a lot of flavor to the humble green bean. You will use fresh green beans, some Magi sauce, brown sugar, butter, garlic salt, and more. Chances are you have some of these ingredients already in your pantry. You will be surprised at how good these simple ingredients can make the ordinary green bean taste.
Outback Steakhouse Steamed Green Beans
Ingredients
- 1 pound fresh green beans (preferably very thin), trimmed
- 4 ounces salted butter
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon Maggi seasoning (see Note)
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly cracked pepper
Instructions
- Steam the green beans in either a steamer or your microwave until they are just done; you want them still firm. In my microwave, it takes about 2 minutes to steam the green beans. While the green beans are steaming, begin making your seasoned butter sauce.
- In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, combine the butter, brown sugar, Maggi seasoning, garlic powder, salt, and pepper. Stir until the brown sugar is completely dissolved. When the green beans are done, place them in a bowl. Add about half of the butter sauce, in the bowl, and stir the green beans until they are coated.
fel121 says
I use far less butter and two tablespoons of Rice wine Vinegar with no sugars.
Bob says
What do you do with the other half of the butter sauce? Toss it out? Are these made just before eating them or perhaps 1/2 hrs before and left in the bowl and served room temp instead of hot ? Thank you for your answers!
Sarah says
OMG that looks delicious!
Julie says
What a simple way to make green beans! Delicious!
Bob says
What do you do with the other half of the butter sauce? Toss it out? Are these made just before eating them or perhaps 1/2 hrs before and left in the bowl and served room temp instead of hot ? Thank you for your answers!
Bob says
Please answer the questions so I know they will come out perfect! Thank you ,
Nancy says
Bob, Instead of throwing the other half out, I would just steam 2 lbs. Of green beans and use all of the butter sauce.
amingfh says
Maggi is not pronounced as Majai, it’s pronounced like the name Maggie.
Stephanie Manley says
Thank you for correcting me.
Nutmeg Nanny says
These look great!
Marly says
I grew up eating green beans from a can but fell in love with the steamed variety and will never look at canned green beans the same again! I would just replace the butter with some olive oil to make this a vegan smorgasbord of green beans!
kat says
Each to his own, everyone has different taste, no need for bashing anyone else’s work. Butter can be place back in the refrigerator and use for another time, but I dont think that’s truly your dilemma. Like I tell my two year old, try it, if you dont like it, that’s ok too, atleast you tried. Life learning lesson
stephaniemanley says
Some people have bad days. I am sorry this person had a bad experience.
Picky Delen says
Made this for my family the other night and they loved it! I substituted fresh minced garlic for the powder, soy sauce for the maggi, and used frozen beans. A light sprinkling of sea salt made these epic! We were still snacking on them the next morning instead of cooking breakfast.
stephaniemanley says
Well that sounds like those green beans were pretty epic to eat them over breakfast.
Sylvia says
In the video you say garlic salt but the recipe says garlic powder. Could you say which one is correct?
stephaniemanley says
I would always use garlic over garlic salt. I was renting the kitchen to create that video, I had to shoot, and I forgot the garlic. I had garlic powder, and didn’t note that in the recipe.
Greg says
Tasting the butter mixture by itself kind of reminds me of caramel sauce. Is it supposed to taste like that?
DavetheRave says
Amazing! Kudos these are the best green beans Ive ever made.. Far better than outback cause they’re fresh!
Tia2Ben says
How much soy sauce do you recommend if you don’t have Maggi seasoning?
Stephanie says
Maybe an additional teaspoon or so. You don’t want it to be too salty.
stephaniemanley says
I would do this to taste, if you don’t have the Maggi seasoning, I wouldn’t say add an equivalent of the Maggi seasoning, or you are going to end up with a bunch of mini salt licks.
Debby Foodiewife says
I made, these tonight, and they were excellent! The only thing I did differently was to use frozen Haricot Vert– only because I didn’t have fresh green beans. I drained them well, and they melted the butter and combined the brown sugar in my wok. That way, the green beans turned out nice and hot. My son, who HATES green beans (or so he says) ate the majority of them. He loved them. Great recipe, and thanks for sharing. PS: I grew with Maggi in Germany, where my mother is from. We actually pronounce it MoGHEE (almost like Peggy with an “M”). It’s like ketchup in a German kitchen. Great seasoning!
Stephanie says
Thanks for letting me know how these turn out. I definitely need to check out the frozen section of my grocery store. I need to see if they have these available in my store, they don’t always have Haricot Vert. Maggi is wonderful isn’t it? I think it is a little bit of magic in a bottle.
Oak says
this was the easiest and one of the best recipes i have ever made. so delicious and works very well with carrots too. thank you so much for sharing this!
Stephanie says
Awesome! I hope you enjoyed the green beans. I love that Maggi Seasoning, it adds a little something extra.
Nickiabels says
What do you do with the other 1/2 of the sauce?!
stephaniemanley says
Use it another time.
Maureen Corbin says
I steamed beans until they could bend without breaking because I don’t like them too hard. I used Kitchen bouquet because I thought that was like Maggi (oops). My son and I really liked them (even though they got cold fast). Definitely YUMMY. Thanks for posting
Julia says
I made these and they were the best green beans EVER! I added roasted garlic to the mix and used soy sauce. Not a single bean was left!
Lauren Zook says
looks like you could use a whisk also 😉
Lauren Zook says
we have a garden and always snap off both ends. that’s how my mom taught me bc i hate those stems on the end
Lagirl74 says
I tried these tonight & they are VERY good. The only thing is I used frozen green beans (that’s what I had on hand), next time will definitely use fresh green beans. Yummy!