although i HATE green beans, i have no problem cooking them for everyone else on Thanksgiving. this recipe from Serious Eats provided a perfect from-scratch way to make the traditional GB casserole, without having to mess with the old cream of mushroom stuff. i can't vouch for how it was personally, but the homemade soup i tasted while it was prepping tasted pretty damn good. everyone else gave it the old thumbs up, so it sounds like a keeper if i ever make traditional GB casserole again.
i scaled the recipe down a bit, but followed it verbatim otherwise (besides a lil extra garlic).
ingredients list: (serves 4-6)
- 1 cup fried onions (French's would work, i used an off-brand from the Asian market)
- 2 tbsp cooking oil
- 3/4 lbs white button mushrooms, rinsed
- 1 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup low sodium chicken stock
- 3/4 cup heavy cream
- 1 tbsp butter
- 4 cloves garlic, finely minced
- 1/8 cup flour
- fresh ground black pepper
- 1 lbs green beans, ends trimmed, and cut into 2" pieces
- 1 tsp kosher salt
made these to go with last night's din... i used a combination of 2 recipes, Sauteed Green Beans and Garlic Green Beans, both from allrecipes.com.
ingredients list: (for 2)
- 2 cups (roughly - i didn't measure) fresh green beans, trimmed
- 1/2 cup onion
- 2 sliced bacon, diced & uncooked
- 1/2 tbsp butter
- 1 clove garlic
- 2 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
- salt & fresh cracked pepper
to make: in a large pan, sautee bacon over medium heat. once it gets to a point where it's about half way cooked, add the onion and sautee until the onion is browned and the bacon is crisp, adding garlic for the last minute of cooking.
while bacon/onion mixture is cooking, boil green beans in a small pot of water for 4 minutes. rinse under cold water and pat dry. add the butter and green beans to the saute pan with the bacon/onion/garlic mixuture, and sautee for about 5 minutes until cooked through and the beans have a slight char to them. remove to a small bowl, and stir in the parmesan cheese, salt, and pepper to taste.
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i can't tell you what these tasted like because i don't eat green beans (or many other green vegetables for that matter), but kyle really enjoyed them so that's a good sign. if i did eat beans, i'm pretty sure cooked in bacon grease and onion/garlic is the way to do it. can't go wrong cooking anything like that : )
