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Green bean casserole from scratch
Beans in creamy mushroom sauce under crisp fried onions
AmericanGreen bean casserole was invented in a test kitchen in the 1950s and spread across the Midwest via church cookbooks; today it is on most American Thanksgiving tables. This version skips the tins: fresh beans in a homemade mushroom cream sauce, topped with crisp shallots you fry yourself. Chef's tip: blanch the beans only until bright green and still squeaky, because they cook again in the oven.
- Total time
- 65 min
- Difficulty
- medium
- Serves
- 8
Ingredients
For the onions
- 4 shallotsthinly sliced into rings
- 1 ⅜ oz plain flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 cup vegetable oilfor frying
For the casserole
- 1 ½ lb green beanstrimmed and halved
- 1 ⅜ oz butter
- 10 ½ oz chestnut mushroomschopped
- 2 cloves garliccrushed
- 1 oz plain flour
- 1 cup vegetable stock
- 1 cup single cream
- 1 pinch grated nutmeg
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
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Method
0/6 doneStep 1: Toss the 4 shallots with the 1 ⅜ oz plain flour and ¼ tsp salt. Heat the 1 cup vegetable oil in a small pan to 350°F and fry in batches for 3–4 minutes until golden; they crisp as they cool. Drain on paper.
15 minStep 2: Heat the oven to 400°F (350°F fan). Boil the 1 ½ lb green beans in salted water for 4 minutes until bright green, then drain and plunge into iced water.
8 minStep 3: Melt the 1 ⅜ oz butter in a frying pan over a medium-high heat and cook the 10 ½ oz chestnut mushrooms for 8 minutes until browned and dry. Add the 2 cloves garlic for 1 minute.
9 minStep 4: Stir in the 1 oz plain flour, then gradually the 1 cup vegetable stock and 1 cup single cream, and simmer 3 minutes until it thickly coats a spoon. Season with 1 pinch grated nutmeg, 1 tsp salt and ½ tsp black pepper.
5 minStep 5: Stir in the drained beans, tip into a 2 litre dish, and bake for 15 minutes until bubbling.
15 minStep 6: Scatter the fried shallots on top and bake 5 minutes more. A common mistake is adding the onions at the start, where they burn.
5 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 260 kcal
- Protein
- 6 g
- Carbs
- 20 g
- Fat
- 18 g
- Fibre
- 4 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does green bean casserole from scratch take?
- About 65 minutes in total: 25 minutes to prepare and 40 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 8 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- What can I use instead of shallots?
- Half an onion per 2 shallots.
- What can I use instead of plain flour?
- Self-raising flour, same amount (then leave out the baking powder).
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