Do green beans go bad if left out?
Moreover, can you eat green beans left out overnight?
To prevent growth of bacteria, throw out cooked snap beans that sit at room temperature longer than two hours, including the time the green beans were on the table. The green beans may look and smell fine, but the bacterial growth can still be high enough to make you sick.
One may also ask, do green beans have to be refrigerated?
Then, once you've brought them home, get them in the fridge. “Store unwashed fresh bean pods in a plastic bag kept in the refrigerator crisper. Whole beans stored this way should keep for about seven days,” she says. If you plan to use them in an upcoming meal, wash them under running water.
Realistically, almost no prepared food left at room temperature overnight will make you sick, especially if you properly reheat it before eating it (i.e., get it hot enough all the way through for long enough to kill off the dangerous bacteria).