Bechamel Green Bean Casserole Recipes

GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cook green beans until just tender, about 5 - 6 minutes. Meanwhile fill a large bowl with ice water.
• Drain green beans, pour into ice water, stir. Drain green beans well from ice water, pour into 12 by 8 or 13 by 9-inch baking dish.
• In a large skillet melt butter over medium-high heat. Add in mushrooms, season with salt and saute until softened, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and saute 1 minute longer.
• Sprinkle in flour and toss and cook briefly (about 30 seconds). Pour in chicken broth and half and half and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Bring mixture to a simmer to thicken sauce, stirring frequently. Stir in parmesan cheese.
• Pour sauce over green beans in casserole dish and toss to evenly coat.
• Sprinkle with crispy fried onions.
• Cover with a sheet of foil and bake 10 minutes, uncover and bake 10 minutes longer. Serve warm.

CREAMED GREEN BEANS, GRANDMA'S RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. NOTE: If using fresh green beans cook in a small amount of boiling water long enough to bring them to the tender-crisp stage. Drain and use as other beans in the following recipe.
• 2. RECIPE: In a saucepan over medium heat combine butter, flour, and salt and pepper. Whisk in milk and cook, stirring constantly until thickened. This makes a white sauce. Place beans in a casserole dish. Pour white sauce over beans. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Serve hot.

GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onions and cook for 2 minutes. Add the mushrooms and cook until golden, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Stir in the soup and cream and bring to a simmer. Add the Cheddar and season with salt and pepper. Stir in the green beans and toss to coat.
• Butter a 1 1/2-quart baking dish, spoon in the green bean mixture and top with the fried onions. Bake until bubbly, about 30 minutes.

BECHAMEL GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Boil green beans in lightly salted water 8-10 minutes, or until crisp-tender.
• To make white sauce, melt butter in medium saucepan over low heat.
• Stir in flour; cook 1 to 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Using a wire whisk, stir in milk; bring to a boil.
• Cook, whisking constantly 1 to 2 minutes or until thickened.
• Stir in dressing mix and white pepper; set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Spray medium skillet with non-stick cooking spray; heat over medium-high heat.
• Add onion and garlic; cook and stir 2 to 3 minutes or until tender.
• Remove half of onion mixture; set aside.
• Add mushrooms to onion mixture remaining in skillet and cook about 5 minutes or until mushrooms are tender.
• Combine skillet mushroom mixture, green beans and white sauce in a 1 1/2 quart casserole dish.
• Combine bread crumbs with reserved onion mixture; sprinkle over casserole.
• Bake, UNCOVERED, 20-30 minutes, or until heated through.

GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat 1 tbsp of the butter and the oil in a large pan and fry the mushrooms for 10-15 mins until golden. Stir in the green beans and cook for another 3-4 mins until the beans turn bright green. Scoop out the veg onto a plate.
• Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Melt the remaining butter in the pan until foaming. Remove from the heat briefly and sprinkle over the flour, stirring into the butter to make a golden brown paste. Return to the heat and add the milk, a splash at a time, continually stirring until all the milk has been added and you get a smooth, thick white sauce. Season well. Stir the beans and mushrooms into the white sauce, and spoon into a medium ovenproof dish.
• Scatter over the crispy onions, then bake for 20-30 mins until bubbling and golden, covering if the onions brown too quickly.

GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE WITH MUSHROOM BECHAMEL

Steps:

• 1. Greenbeans: Defrost, drain, squeeze out water with paper towels Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. Start Béchamel In saucepan Add milk, bay leaves, garlic and heat on low/med-low. Allow milk to heat up slowly so the flavor from the garlic and bay infuses. Add Kosher Salt and White Pepper. Start on mushrooms.
• 3. Mushrooms Love that food processor! Break mushrooms in 1/2 by hand into your food processor. Pulse until finely chopped and you have at least 4 cups. Sauté in 3T butter until all liquid is evaporated. Season with Kosher Salt, Black Pepper to taste and Chopped Sage.
• 4. Complete Béchamel In second saucepan melt butter, add flour and sauté on med. Until flour is cooked, before it starts to brown, gradually whisk in warm milk ensuring lumps are removed.
• 5. Prepare Casserole Add Mushrooms to Béchamel sauce - taste. This will be seasoning all those beans. Mix Defrosted/well drained Green Beans with homemade Creamy Mushroom Sauce. Place in casserole dish sprayed with Cooking Spray. Bake in pre-heated oven until casserole bubbles. Remove from oven and sprinkle with Cheddar Cheese and French Fried onions. Return to oven and allow cheese to melt, onions to lightly brown.