he Green Bean Casserole! We’ve all had the age-old casserole with green beans out of a can topped with those tasty little french fried onions, but I promise that you have NEVER eaten a green bean casserole like this! Mine stands apart from the rest with fresh green beans, fresh sliced mushrooms, garlic, Parmesan, and homemade crispy onion strings! There will not be a single bean left when you serve this incredible side dish at your Thanksgiving table!
Okay, so let’s start with the star of the show: the green beans. I cannot even begin to tell you how much of a difference using fresh beans makes! Canned green beans tend to be mushy and tasteless once baked into the casserole, but using fresh beans cooked in chicken broth makes them perfectly crisp-tender and full of flavor! I promise once you use fresh, you will never go back to the can! I just grab a few big handfuls of beans, chop off the ends and cut them in half. You want them in about 1 1/2 inch pieces.
Now there are very few things that could make this casserole any better, but the addition of fresh mushrooms… perfection! I’m a huge mushroom-lover, but if you’re not a big fan, just go ahead and leave them out. But seriously though… you should leave them in and feel good about doubling your veggie intake for the day : )
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ cup onion, finely diced
- 8 ounce package button mushrooms, sliced
- 3 cups fresh green beans, ends removed and cut in half
- 3 cups low-sodium chicken broth
- 10.75 ounce can low-sodium cream of mushroom soup
- 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- homemade crispy onion strings
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onions and mushrooms and cook, stirring occasionally, until just tender. Add garlic and cook another 1-2 minutes, then remove from heat and set aside.
- Place green beans and chicken broth in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook about 8 minutes until beans are crisp tender and drain.
- Spray a 2 quart baking dish with cooking spray. Place the soup, mushroom mixture, green beans, Parmesan, salt, and pepper in a large bowl and stir to combine. Transfer mixture to the prepared baking dish and top with crispy onion strings. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, until casserole is heated through.
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