Green Bean Casserole (from scratch)
Green Bean Casserole (from scratch)

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have green bean casserole (from scratch) using 14 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Green Bean Casserole (from scratch):
  1. Prepare 450 g (1 lb.) Green beans
  2. Prepare 250 g (1/2 lb.) mushrooms
  3. Get White mushroom sauce (béchamel):
  4. Prepare 2 Tbsp (30 g) butter
  5. Get 2 Tbsp flour
  6. Take 120 ml (1/2 cup) whole milk
  7. Get 120 ml (1/2 cup) water from blanching beans, vegetable broth or more milk
  8. Get 2 pinches ground nutmeg
  9. Take 1 pinch cayenne pepper
  10. Take Topping:
  11. Take 1/2 onion, sliced thinly
  12. Prepare pinch salt
  13. Make ready 1/2 Tbsp flour
  14. Make ready 1/2 cup Breadcrumbs for tossing onions

The outcome was so fabulous that I made it again two days later for Thanksgiving. Green bean casserole is the quintessential Thanksgiving side. Bizarrely, I never had it on my Thanksgiving table growing up, but I've become Frozen green beans have been preserved at their peak, so they taste very comparable to fresh. You can blanch frozen or fresh ones to get them tender.

Instructions to make Green Bean Casserole (from scratch):
  1. Wash and cut of any stems of the green beans. Bring a pot of water to a boil, add a good amount of salt and blanch the green beans for 2-3 minutes. Drain and immediately cool in ice water or running cold water.
  2. Chop up the mushrooms into small pieces
  3. Prepare the sauce: Melt butter in a heavy pot or frying pan. Add the mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes until they are soft and juices are starting to come out.
  4. Stir in the flour. Cook for 3 min. on medium heat.
  5. GRADUALLY add in the milk and whisk constantly to keep clumps out.
  6. Bring the milk to a boil slowly, make sure you stir constantly. Cook on very low heat at a bare simmer for 15-20 minutes or until thicker.
  7. Season with some salt to taste, a dash of ground nutmeg and optional cayenne.
  8. Make the fried onions: Heat 1 tbsp vegetable oil or butter in a frying pan. Fry onions on medium low until browned stirring often - it will take several minutes.
  9. Toward the end when the onions have started to brown, sprinkle with a little flour to help crisp them up. Fry for another couple minutes until crisp.
  10. Toss onions with 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
  11. Preheat oven to 375°F/190°C. Arrange green beans in a baking dish big enough to hold them compactly. Pour over the sauce and spread out evenly.
  12. Bake for 20 minutes covered lightly with aluminum, or until bubbly and hot. (the baking time may vary depending on how deep your dish is - adjust by adding more time or baking less as needed).
  13. Remove from oven. Sprinkle the onion breadcrumb topping on top and bake another 5-15 minutes until breadcrumbs are browned.
  14. Serve and enjoy!

This Healthy Green Bean Casserole recipe is made from scratch with lightened-up ingredients, it's fresh and creamy and crispy, and it is full of the absolute best flavors. My sister-in-law told me about this version of green bean casserole. Green bean casserole is a traditional holiday side dish that is often made for Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter dinner. Once you try this fresh green bean casserole recipe, you'll never go back to any other version. My Broccoli Casserole From Scratch is always one of my most popular recipes.

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