Green Bean Casserole from Scratch
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This classic, homemade Green Bean Casserole is an upgrade for your cans of soup – it only takes 10 minutes to create a delicious cream and mushroom base to go with your french style greens and crunch fried onions. Can you say perfection?
Homemade Green Bean Casserole
Campbell’s, French’s, even Paula Dean and the good ole’ Pioneer woman all have a special take on green bean casserole.
But did you know that you can skip the canned soup and still make a delicious, homemade, and just as quick green bean casserole from scratch?
I love this side dish recipe because its so simple and difficult to mess up, making it the perfect dish for the entire family to get involved in.
But don’t let its simple ingredients fool you!
Full of flavor and easy to customize with fresh mushrooms and roasted onions, some traditional recipes, like this one, are worth making year after year.
This recipe is savory and also heats up well, making it a perfect left over that tastes the same the next day.
Green Bean Casserole with French Style Green Beans
Now if you have never learned how to make green bean casserole, I am going to save you on delicious no fail classic recipe that is homemade.
Scroll to the bottom for a printable version of this post, including all measurements and instructions, so you can follow along in your kitchen without being on your phone.
Here is what ingredients you need to gather to get started:
- butter
- garlic
- flour
- chicken broth
- whole whipping cream
- salt
- black pepper
- fresh mushrooms
- french fried onions
- french style frozen green beans, thawed
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SIDE DISHES TO SERVE WITH: Corn Casserole, Boiled Red Potatoes, Sweet Potato Casserole
Is Green Bean Casserole Low Carb?
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No Soup Green Bean Casserole Recipe
Preheat oven to 400 and grease a casserole dish
. Set aside.
It’s totally easy to make green bean casserole with cream of onion or cream of mushroom soup but its also totally unnecessary!
No need to run to the store to see what you have on hand when you can combine delicious fresh (or frozen) green beans in your own marinade of sauce this season.
Add butter and garlic in a skillet and heat on medium until butter is melted.
Stir in flour, chicken broth, whipping, salt and pepper – this makes a roux.
Cook on medium heat, whisking frequently.
Continue to whisk as mixture gets bubbly and begins to thicken.
Remove from heat and stir in mushrooms, 1/2 cup French fried onions and green beans.
Mix well.
Pour green bean mixture into prepared pan and spread evenly.
Sprinkle top with remaining french fried onions.
Bake for 15-20 minutes or until bubbly and heated through.
Let set for 5 minutes before serving.
Serves 6-8
Green Bean Casserole Variations
This casserole can easily be made with and without mushrooms.
You could also use canned. You can use whole, cut frozen green beans as well.
You could also technically just add the onions on the cast iron pan and toss it in to the oven.
But I don’t think serving the skillet is that amazing, especially since you typically make this for holiday meals.
Green Bean Casserole from Scratch
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 cup whole whipping cream
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 8 ounces sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1 container 6 oz, French friend onions, divided
- 1 bag 16 oz, french style frozen green beans, thawed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 and grease a casserole dish. Set aside.
- Add butter and garlic in a skillet and heat on medium until butter is melted.
- Stir in flour, chicken broth, whole whipping cream, salt and pepper.
- Cook on medium heat, whisking frequently.
- Continue to whisk as mixture gets bubbly and begins to thicken – this takes about 8 minutes. You can turn your stove up or down depending on how fast its thickening.
- Remove from heat and stir in fresh mushrooms, 1/2 cup French fried onions and (frozen but defrosted) French Style Green beans.
- Mix all ingredients well.
- Pour green bean mixture into prepared pan and spread evenly.
- Sprinkle with remaining french friend onions on the top.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until bubbly and heated through.
- Let set for 5 minutes before serving.
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Notes
- Note on the casserole dish – I have dishes that go from the stove to the oven and that is the best way to handle this casserole. However, if you do not have that, simply use a pan for the first part of the recipe and transfer to a prepared casserole dish before baking.
- You can find french style green beans in the frozen section of the store- just leave the bag in the fridge for a few hours to defrost naturally and drain any excess water.
- In my store they sell 3.5 oz bags of French Fried Onions – I usually grab two and pour one in the mix and one for the topping.
Nutrition
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I’m curious if you’ve made this and put it in a casserole the day before and then finish cooking in the oven the next day?
I have not, but there should be no issues. Just do not add the crunchy onions ahead of time.
Would it work with fresh green beans or should they be cooked first?
Yes, it can work with fresh green beans but they need to be steamed or boiled first. You can see a different version of green bean casserole here with fresh green beans as well – https://www.saltysidedish.com/fresh-green-beans-casserole/
How can you say from scratch if you are using nasty unhealthy fried onions from the store?!
Not all homemade recipes consist of entirely and only homemade items. All these ingredients come from the store in some fashion – short of raising cows and a farm, even the green beans and dairy come from a store. Regarding the onions, if you want to take the time to make fried onions personally to top the recipe, you can. But that’s often unrealistic for a 20 minute meal and would def stretch it out and put a lot more time constraints on a holiday side dish like this. Additionally, we are not a healthy (that term is used differently by different people) site and therefore do not claim any particular recipe falls within a dietary need as each person can decide what that looks like for them.
This recipe is a from-scratch recipe for most people that use a traditional canned green bean and canned cream of soup and instead replaces with real green beans, real cream, and real mushrooms.
Its an excellent recipe and if you want to leave out storebought fried onions, that is fine as well.
I would like to make this a day before serving. You mentioned not putting the fried onion rings on top, until ready to bake.
But what about the fried onion rings already mixed in the dish?
The ones in the dish are already in the moisture so to speak so they will be soft. The ones on the top wont be crispy if you pre-add them, which is their role in the recipe. Does that make sense?
Trisha