Authentic Green Bean Casserole
Ingredients
Cream of Mushroom
- 1/2 cup onion finely diced
- 2 cloves garlic finely diced
- 1/2 cup celery finely diced
- 1/2 lb fresh white mushrooms sliced
- 1/4 cup carrots finely diced
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 5 tbsp flour
- 5 strips bacon diced
- 2 lbs fresh green beans stemmed and snapped in half
Topping
- 1 1/2 cup french fried onions
- browned bacon
Instructions
Green Beans
- Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil
- Add the green beans and cook for 2 minutes until beans are a bright green and slightly softened.
- Remove and strain. Run cold water over the bean until cool.
Cream of Mushroom Soup
- In a medium pot, under medium heat, brown the bacon pieces. Then remove the bacon and reserve.
- Add the onions, garlic, carrots, celery, mushrooms, salt and pepper into the pot with the bacon grease.
- Cook until the onions are clear. About 5 minutes.
- add the flour and stir for 2 minutes.
- Add the heavy cream and chicken stock and stir.
- Bring to a simmer and lower the heat. Add the paprika. Add extra salt and pepper as needed.
To Finish
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Add the green beans to the mushroom soup and toss.
- Grease a casserole dish. Add the green beans and mushroom soup to the casserole dish.
- Top with the french fried onions and the bacon.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes until the the casserole is bubbly. Remove and serve.