Description
Classic French’s green bean casserole brings comfort to holiday tables with creamy mushroom sauce and crispy onion topping. Home cooks can easily recreate this nostalgic side dish that delivers comforting flavors and satisfying texture.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1.13 cups French’s Crispy Fried Onions
- 4 cups green beans (fresh, frozen, or canned)
- 1 10.5 oz (298 g) condensed cream of mushroom soup
- ¾ cup milk
- 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat Oven: Calibrate oven to 350°F (175°C), creating an ideal thermal environment for the casserole’s transformation.
- Combine Base: Whisk mushroom soup, milk, and pepper in a spacious casserole dish, crafting a silky, flavor-rich foundation that will envelop the green beans in creamy decadence.
- Assemble Casserole: Gently fold green beans into the soup mixture, ensuring complete coating, then scatter two-thirds of the crispy fried onions throughout, distributing texture and flavor evenly.
- Initial Baking: Slide casserole into preheated oven and bake for 30 minutes, allowing ingredients to meld and bubble, creating a harmonious culinary landscape with edges crisping and center warming.
- Final Embellishment: Sprinkle remaining crispy fried onions across the surface, forming a golden, crunchy crown that will provide a tantalizing textural contrast to the creamy underneath, then return to oven for an additional 5-10 minutes until topping achieves a deep amber crispness.
Notes
- Adjust Oven Temperature: Verify your oven’s actual temperature with an oven thermometer to ensure precise 350°F cooking and prevent uneven heating.
- Control Moisture Level: Drain green beans thoroughly before mixing to prevent watery consistency and maintain the casserole’s desired creamy texture.
- Onion Crunch Strategy: Reserve crispy onion topping until final 5-10 minutes of baking to prevent burning and preserve maximum crispiness.
- Dietary Modification Option: For gluten-free version, substitute regular cream of mushroom soup with gluten-free alternative and use certified gluten-free fried onions.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Dinner, Appetizer
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 7
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 700 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 7 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 24 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 5 g
- Cholesterol: 10 mg