Green bean casserole
Green bean casserole, from above
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Green bean casserole

Beans in creamy mushroom sauce under crispy fried onions. Thanksgiving's favourite side.

50 minTime
6 gProtein each
mildSpice
A holiday table staple1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayHomemade mushroom sauce and crispy onions.
The original
235kcalsame
6 gproteinsame
3 gfibresame
50minutessame

Green bean casserole.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

6 servings
Green beans500 g, trimmed and halved
Butter2 tbsp
Button mushroom250 g, chopped
Garlic3 cloves
Maida (all-purpose flour, plain flour)3 tbsp
Milk1¼ cups
Fresh cream (thickened cream, heavy cream)¼ cup
Salt1 tsp
Black peppera pinch
Onion2, very thinly sliced, for crispy onions
Cornflour (cornstarch)2 tbsp
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)for frying onions, absorbed

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Blanch beans in boiling salted water 4 minutes, then plunge into cold water.
  2. 2Toss onions with cornflour and fry in hot oil until crisp and golden. Drain.
  3. 3Cook mushrooms in butter until browned, add garlic, then flour. Stir in milk and cream and simmer until thick. Season.
  4. 4Fold beans into the sauce with half the onions. Spread in a dish and bake at 190 C for 20 minutes. Top with remaining onions and bake 5 more.
Serve it like this

Bring the dish straight to the table, golden onions on top, and serve beside roast turkey or chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy.

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What goes with Green bean casserole: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Cornbread35 min
Bread or rice Dinner rolls150 min
With a main Roast turkey with gravy240 min
With a main Honey glazed ham150 min
On the side Mashed potatoes30 min
On the side Sweet potato casserole75 min
To drink Pink lemonade15 min
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