Sides & Veggies · Calibama Cooking
Extreme Green Bean Casserole
Let’s have an honest moment, shall we? Green Bean Casserole is a common Thanksgiving dish. But if I’m honest, I’ve never liked it…and I don’t thin my…
Ingredients
- 2 ½ c green beans
- 1 lb of bacon (fried crisp, in bite sized pieces)
- ½ yellow onion (chopped)
- 1 T garlic paste
- 1 cup mushrooms
- 1 T thyme
- 1 T chili powder
- Pinch of cayenne pepper
- 3 T flour
- 1 ½ c heavy whipping cream
- 1 c gruyere cheese (shredded)
Directions
- 1.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- 2.
Boil the green beans in a large pot of salted boiling water for 3 – 5 minutes.
- 3.
In a large skillet cook the bacon until it is crisp. Remove excess bacon fat that has been rendered, leave approximately 2 – 3 Tbsp of bacon fat rendered in the skillet.
- 4.
Add the chopped yellow onions, garlic paste, mushrooms and thyme. Cook until fragrant.
- 5.
Add chilli powder and cayenne pepper (if using).
- 6.
Add the flour and stir continuously until the flour has absorbed the fat and is no longer raw.
- 7.
Add the heavy whipping cream to the skillet, continue stirring, and bring to a boil.
- 8.
Add ¾ c of the gruyere cheese to the skillet.
- 9.
Add the green beans and stir to combine well.
- 10.
Transfer everything to a baking sheet that has been sprayed with cooking spray.
- 11.
Top with remaining ¼ c of gruyere cheese.
- 12.
Bake until the cheese has melted and the top is bubbly. About 15 – 20 minutes.
- 13.
Remove from oven when done, top with crispy fried onion straws.
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