Alright, here goes my green bean casserole recipe...
Chop up a half white onion finely. Saute over medium heat until translucent in 3 tablespoons of butter. Add two tablespoons of flour and cook for several minutes until you've got a very light roux going.
Add the following to the skillet: 1 cup of sour cream, 1/2 tsp of salt, 1/2 tsp of black pepper, 1 tsp of sugar and 2 tsp of garlic powder. Stir frequently until well combined.
Remove from heat and transfer to a large mixing bowl. Stir in 4 cans of French cut green beans (drained), a cup of grated cheddar, and about a half a container of French fried onions crushed. Mix all of that very well and then transfer to a 13x9 casserole dish. Top it with another cup of shredded cheddar once in the casserole dish.
Finally, crush about 1/2 sleeve of Ritz crackers and remaining French fried onions in a bowl, and melt two tablespoons of butter. Add the butter to the cracker mixture and blend well. Spread this evenly on top of the casserole dish. If the mixture produces too much, don't overdo it. Should be a relatively thin layer that covers the whole dish.
Bake at 350 for about 30 mins, until the top is golden brown. Let it sit for 10 mins or so before digging in.
Thank me later.
CHIT, totally 4got about this. Here's what I made this year:
VEGAN green bean "casserole" with Shishito peppers, wild mushrooms and MISO/Lemon Vinaigrette
olive oil
3 shallots, peeled and very thinly sliced into rings
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon miso paste
12 ounces haricot verts - I used frozen
3/4 teaspoon flaky sea salt
6 ounces shishito peppers
6 ounces hen-of-the-woods mushrooms, chopped to bite size
Chile flakes
french fried onions
In a cast iron pan, sautee shallot in oil set aside
in batches, blister the green beans, shishito peppers on high heat but don't overcook - you want them to have a snap to them
do the same with the mushrooms and sprinkle with some chile flakes. if you can't find hen of the woods use some other meaty wild mushroom
combine all of the veg into a big bowl and mix em up
whisk together the miso paste with the lemon juice and dress the veg with them.
when it's time to serve, heat all this up again in a pan on low, sprinkle with the finishing salt, and add in a can of the french fried onions reserving a handful to sprinkle on top for serving.
I made a quadruple batch of this for thanksgiving (50 people, potluck style) and it disappeared while the oldschool green bean casserole was leftover for people to take home
