Amazingly Delicious Green Bean Casserole

Name: Amazingly Delicious Green Bean Casserole
Total time: P1H15M
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Fusion
Ingredients: onions; flour; bread crumbs; kosher salt; nonstick cooking spray; kosher salt; green beans; butter, unsalted; mushrooms; black pepper; garlic; nutmeg; flour; chicken broth, low salt; light cream (half&half)

Amazingly Delicious Green Bean Casserole

After trying numerous green bean casseroles I was not a fan. This casserole changed my mind. Tender-crisp green beans that were actually green. Just the right amount of creamy coating loaded with mushroom flavor. And no canned tasteless fried onions. Delish!

Yield

6 servings

Prep

28 min

Cook

46 min

Ready

75 min

Ingredients

Amount	Measure	Ingredient	Features
For the onion rings
2	medium	onions thinly sliced, or 3 to 4 small ones
4	tablespoons	all-purpose flour
3	tablespoons	bread crumbs panko
1	teaspoon	kosher salt
		nonstick cooking spray	*
For the casserole
2	tablespoons	kosher salt plus 1 teaspoon, divided
1	pound	green beans fresh and rinsed, trimmed and halved
1 ½	tablespoons	butter, unsalted
14	ounces	mushrooms trimmed and chopped
½	teaspoon	black pepper freshly ground
4	cloves	garlic minced, or as needed
¼	teaspoon	nutmeg freshly ground
2 ½	tablespoons	all-purpose flour
1	cup	chicken broth, low salt or vegetable broth
1	cup	light cream (half&half) or whole milk, if you prefer lighter, use low-fat milk

Ingredients

Amount	Measure	Ingredient	Features

For the onion rings:
2	medium	onions thinly sliced, or 3 to 4 small ones
6E+1	ml	all-purpose flour
45	ml	bread crumbs panko
5	ml	kosher salt
1	x	nonstick cooking spray	*

For the casserole:
3E+1	ml	kosher salt plus 1 teaspoon, divided
453.6	g	green beans fresh and rinsed, trimmed and halved
23	ml	butter, unsalted
404.6	ml/g	mushrooms trimmed and chopped
2.5	ml	black pepper freshly ground
4	cloves	garlic minced, or as needed
1.3	ml	nutmeg freshly ground
38	ml	all-purpose flour
237	ml	chicken broth, low salt or vegetable broth
237	ml	light cream (half&half) or whole milk, if you prefer lighter, use low-fat milk

Directions

Preheat the oven to 475℉ (246℃) F.

French-fried onions

Add the onions, flour, panko and salt in a large mixing bowl and toss to combine.

Coat a baking sheet with nonstick cooking spray and evenly spread the onions on the pan.

Homemade french fried onions, during cooking

Put the baking sheet on the middle rack of the oven and bake until golden brown, stir the onions about 3 times during cooking, 25 to 30 minutes.

Home made French Fried Onions - baked until golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes.

Remove from the oven and set aside. Turn the oven down to 400℉ (200℃).

Prepare the green beans

As the onions are cooking, rinse, trim and halve the green beans.

As the onions are cooking, prepare the beans.

Bring a gallon of water and 2 tablespoons of salt to a boil in an 8-quart saucepan.

Add the beans and blanch for about 5 minutes.

Drain in a colander and immediately plunge the beans into a large bowl of ice water to stop the cooking.

Drain the green beans in a colander and set aside.

Drain and set aside. This can be done the day before. Store the green beans in the refrigerator until ready to assemble.

Fresh mushroom sauce

Ingredients for the fresh mushroom soup/sauce.

Melt the butter in a 12-inch cast iron skillet set over medium-high heat.

Stir in the mushrooms, 1 teaspoon salt and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until the mushrooms begin to release some of their liquid, 4 to 5 minutes.