Green Bean Casserole (from scratch)
- 450 g (1 lb.) Green beans
- 250 g (1/2 lb.) mushrooms
- 2 Tbsp (30 g) butter
- 2 Tbsp flour
- 120 ml (1/2 cup) whole milk
- 120 ml (1/2 cup) water from blanching beans, vegetable broth or more milk
- 2 pinches ground nutmeg
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper
- 1/2 onion, sliced thinly
- pinch salt
- 1/2 Tbsp flour
- 1/2 cup Breadcrumbs for tossing onions
- Wash and cut of any stems of the green beans.
- Bring a pot of water to a boil, add a good amount of salt and blanch the green beans for 2-3 minutes.
- Drain and immediately cool in ice water or running cold water.
- Chop up the mushrooms into small pieces
- Prepare the sauce: Melt butter in a heavy pot or frying pan.
- Add the mushrooms and cook for 5 minutes until they are soft and juices are starting to come out.
- Stir in the flour.
- Cook for 3 min.
- on medium heat.
- GRADUALLY add in the milk and whisk constantly to keep clumps out.
- Bring the milk to a boil slowly, make sure you stir constantly.
- Cook on very low heat at a bare simmer for 15-20 minutes or until thicker.
- Season with some salt to taste, a dash of ground nutmeg and optional cayenne.
- Make the fried onions: Heat 1 tbsp vegetable oil or butter in a frying pan.
- Fry onions on medium low until browned stirring often - it will take several minutes.
- Toward the end when the onions have started to brown, sprinkle with a little flour to help crisp them up.
- Fry for another couple minutes until crisp.
- Toss onions with 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
- Preheat oven to 375F/190C.
- Arrange green beans in a baking dish big enough to hold them compactly.
- Pour over the sauce and spread out evenly.
- Bake for 20 minutes covered lightly with aluminum, or until bubbly and hot.
- (the baking time may vary depending on how deep your dish is - adjust by adding more time or baking less as needed).
- Remove from oven.
- Sprinkle the onion breadcrumb topping on top and bake another 5-15 minutes until breadcrumbs are browned.
- Serve and enjoy!
green beans, mushrooms, butter, flour, milk, water, ground nutmeg, cayenne pepper, onion, salt, flour, breadcrumbs
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/315501-green-bean-casserole-from-scratch (may not work)