Have any leftovers? Store any leftovers in an airtight container (or cover your casserole dish with storage wrap) before refrigerating. If they're added before refrigerating, they'll get soggy instead of having that signature crispy crunch. Simply assemble the casserole, cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate until you're ready to bake! Some tips: Make sure to let it cool to room temp before baking, or add a couple minutes to your timer to adjust to the colder temp, and whatever you do, DON'T forget to add the fried onions until after the first round of baking. Make it ahead! Save some time (and oven space) on the busy holiday by making this Thanksgiving side ahead of time. If you want to keep this dish entirely homemade, make your own fried onions (bonus: homemade is available year-round □) or go for classic store-bought French's. Never skip the fried onions. Fried onion pieces are salty, crunchy, and absolutely mandatory for green bean casserole. If you want to add cheese, Gruyère, Parmesan, or Monterey Jack would all be delicious (just don’t use more than a cup). We can totally get behind this, though we don't include it in the recipe below. Although it's not super traditional, some recipes call for mixing shredded cheddar into the green bean mixture. Let that mixture simmer and thicken on your stovetop to have that creamy element of green bean casserole you know and love-no gloppy texture allowed.Īdd cheese. Make your own cream sauce. This sounds fancy, but it's seriously just melting butter, whisking in a little flour, and pouring over milk. Cook them until they get a little caramelized for that strong, rich mushroom flavor to really come through. By sautéing mushrooms (you can choose whichever variety you like most!) with thinly sliced onion in butter, you can build a base with some serious depth of flavor. Sauté onions and mushrooms. The biggest reason we didn’t use canned cream of mushroom soup for this recipe is because of its lack of a strong mushroom taste. You can blanch frozen or fresh ones to get them tender if you're using canned green beans, it's not our first choice, but no need to blanch them. Green beans aren't in season during November, so if you're more into using frozen, do it! Frozen green beans have been preserved at their peak, so they taste very comparable to fresh. Read on for our top tips to make this classic side dish the best it can be:įresh, frozen, or canned green beans work. You only need 8 ingredients and less than an hour to make it. Though we ditched the traditional cream of mushroom soup for a homemade cream sauce and fresh sautéed mushrooms, don’t worry-this dish is still super simple. This is our most classic recipe, the one you can return to again and again. We love it so much we have more than 7(!) recipes for it onsite, including a gluten-free version, a slow-cooker version, and even a vegan version. Like sweet potato casserole, mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce, it isn’t Thanksgiving without green bean casserole.
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