Easy Green Bean Casserole
The easiest, creamiest green bean casserole ever. Even the pickiest of eaters will be begging for seconds!
So I need to start by saying that I am not a fan of green beans. At all. It was never really part of the Korean diet growing up so I don’t think I even tried a single green bean until my early twenties.
And after trying that single green bean, I swore green beans off forever. That is, until I had this green bean casserole, smothered in the creamiest mushroom sauce and topped with extra crunchy friend onions.
Now I may have just picked off all of the fried onions and mushrooms I could find but still, I think I managed to sneak in a couple of green beans here in there!
Easy Green Bean Casserole
The easiest, creamiest green bean casserole ever. Even the pickiest of eaters will be begging for seconds!
Ingredients
- 1 pound green beans
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 pound cremini mushrooms, thinly sliced
- 1 onion, diced
- ¼ teaspoon dried thyme
- ¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- ½ cup FRENCH’S® Original French Fried Onions, or more, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly oil a 9×13 baking dish or coat with nonstick spray.
- In a large pot of boiling salted water, blanch green beans until bright green in color and tender crisp, about 2 minutes. Drain well and cool in a bowl of ice water. Drain well and set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk together cornstarch and 2 tablespoons water; set aside.
- Melt butter in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add garlic, mushrooms, onion, thyme and nutmeg. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 3-4 minutes; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Stir in milk, heavy cream and Worcestershire.
- Bring to a boil; reduce heat and stir in cornstarch mixture until thickened, about 2-3 minutes. Stir in green beans.
- Add green bean mixture to prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with fried onions. Place into oven and bake until bubbly and golden brown, about 15 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
Did you make this recipe?
Tag @damn_delicious on Instagram and hashtag it #damndelicious!
Love your recipes I have tried! I love green bean casserole and have been looking for a way to make it fancier. Have you tried it with frozen or canned green beans or is only good with fresh?
This is really best when fresh green beans are used.
Yum! I AM a huge green bean lover…especially with those fried onions. Mmmm 🙂
Can you double this recipe and it still come out the same as the original recipe?
Yes, absolutely! But you may have to adjust cooking time as needed.
Can this be prepared early in the day and maintain the great flavor?
Linda, this is really best when served immediately as the French Fried Onions will loves its crispness over time.
Lactose intolerant. Has anyone made this with coconut milk, almond milk?
MmmMmMmMm green bean casserole is one of my favorite parts of Thanksgiving!! Yum! I think I will save this, though, and make it for dinner one night that’s NOT turkey day because why not, right? Yum yum!
I absolutely LOVE all the mushrooms in your green bean casserole… it looks absolutely mouth-watering divine! I’ll definitely be making this for Thanksgiving, as I LOVE anything that is loaded with mushrooms!
I love green beans..we grow them in our greenhouse every year just so we have plenty fresh!They grow hanging down the sides and top on lovely vines. I even love them just sautéed in olive oil…also zucchinis are great that way. So healthy and deliciously simple!! I will try this on Thanksgiving along with your creamed corn recipe…both look wonderful!
Chungah;
Oh, you’ve hit the nail on the head this time! This will blow my family away next week. None of the same old boring out-of-a-can casserole! Ha! Well, you know . . .
Thank you,
Christine
Green Bean Casserole was totally NO a part of Thanksgiving growing up in Canada…and then I came down to The States and my taste buds fell off my head when I tried it! Loving the creamy mushrooms with the crunchy topping! Pinned!
Green beans have never been a favourite of mine. I’m going to try this recipe even though it may be a little heavy on the calories. I guess that’s what makes it so yummy. Lol I think I’ll just do it all in a cast iron fry pan and transfer that to the oven.
Great idea about the cast iron. It’s all about saving on dirty dishes, right?
Ah I love crispy fried onions, SO good, and this dish looks fantastic 😀 x
This looks amazing and I love that there’s mushrooms in it….mmmm! I would eat this and only this if I could for Thanksgiving!
And not liking green beans? Ok now you HAVE to come down to SD because there is this place that serves fried green beans with a wasabi aeoli that basically is like…the best.thing.ever. I will do extra cardio just to indulge in those things. Possibly my favorite bar snack in all of SD! 🙂