Why You’ll Love This
Green bean casserole is required to be on our table for every holiday. We have always made the original green bean casserole recipe from the cans. I wanted to make it with a little fewer processed ingredients. This recipe was a perfect fresh replacement for truly homemade green bean casserole! Creamy, delicious, and full of traditional flavors and completely from scratch! Well, with the exception of the fried onions.
It uses fresh ingredients.No mushy canned green beans!It does not use cans of condensed cream of mushroom soup. This recipe makes homemade cream of mushroom soup (sauce).You control the amount of salt and the texture of the green beans.Better tasting and better for you.Simple and easy to make.
As mentioned before the green bean casserole is a requirement on our Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner table as is the dry brined turkey, sweet potato casserole, broccoli rice and cheese casserole, and creamy carrot souffle.
How To Make Green Bean Casserole From Scratch
Cook the green beans in salted water for 5-7 minutes. Remove to an ice water bath, cool, and drain. Blanching for a minute or two doesn’t cook them long enough for our taste. If you prefer them still to be crunchy, then by all means, just blanch for about 2 minutes. No canned cream of mushroom soup here! Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Saute the onions until soft, add garlic and saute another minute. Add the mushrooms and continue sauteing until some of the moisture is released for about 5 minutes. Sprinkle the flour on top, stir and cook for another 1-2 minutes to cook out the flour taste. Add the stock, fresh thyme, bay leaf, Worcestershire, salt, and black pepper. Simmer for about 3 minutes. Reduce the heat, add the heavy cream, stir and continue simmering until the sauce thickens to your desired consistency. Stirring occasionally. Usually 10-15 minutes. Taste and season with salt and pepper, if desired. Remove the bay leaf and thyme sprigs from the sauce. Pour the sauce over the green beans, and stir to coat evenly. Pour the green bean mixture into a 9×13 baking dish. Sprinkle the French fried onions over the top and bake for 20 minutes until golden brown. Let rest about 5-10 minutes before serving this fresh Thanksgiving side dish. Serve and enjoy the holiday dinner with your friends and family!
Tips
If you don’t like mushrooms just skip adding them and move on to adding the flour.To make it vegetarian use vegetable stock.
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Recipe inspired by TheLocalPalate
