Green Bean Casserole (Classic)

Name: Green Bean Casserole (Classic)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 600g green beans, trimmed; 300g mushrooms, sliced; 1 onion, diced; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 3 tbsp butter; 3 tbsp plain flour; 1 1/2 cups chicken or vegetable stock; 1/2 cup cream; 150g French fried onions from a tin; salt and pepper to taste

The classic American Thanksgiving side with green beans, mushroom cream sauce and crispy onions. Blanching the green beans for just 3 minutes before they go into the sauce keeps them vibrant and a little crisp, rather than turning grey and mushy after the long bake.

Total time

40 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

20 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

vegetarian

Ingredients

600ggreen beans, trimmed

300gmushrooms, sliced

1onion, diced

3 clovesgarlic, minced

3 tbspbutter

3 tbspplain flour

1 1/2 cupschicken or vegetable stock

1/2 cupcream

150gFrench fried onions from a tin

salt and pepperto taste

Instructions

Blanch green beans 3 minutes. Drain.

Sauté mushrooms, onion and garlic in butter. Stir in flour.

Add stock and cream. Simmer until thick. Season. Add beans.

Pour into a baking dish. Top with fried onions.

Bake at 180°C for 20 minutes until bubbling and topping is crispy.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

236

Protein

7.4g

Fat

15.5g

Carbs

22.3g

Fiber

6.5g

Sodium

361mg

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