Green Bean Casserole with Bacon is the BEST holiday side dish recipe! Onion cream sauce is tossed with lightly blanched fresh green beans, and topped with crunchy fried onions, and crispy bacon.
Servings 8
Prep Time 15 minutesmins
Cook Time 40 minutesmins
Total Time 55 minutesmins
Ingredients
2poundsfresh green beanstrimmed and snapped in half
Kosher salt & freshly cracked black pepperto taste
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350℉. Fill a large bowl with ice water. Grease a 9x13” baking dish.
Bring a large pot of generously salted water to a rolling boil. Blanch green beans in boiling water for 2-3 minutes, until they turn bright green. Immediately scoop out beans and plunge into ice water to shock them and stop the cooking process. Once cooled, drain and set aside.
In a large saucepan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add onions and garlic, cook until onions are soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. If they start to brown, turn the heat down to medium low.
Add in flour and cook over medium low heat, stirring constantly with a whisk, until flour just begins to brown, about 1 to 2 minutes.
Whisk in stock slowly until smooth. Whisk in milk, and finally heavy cream. Taste and add salt and plenty of black pepper. The mixture should be the consistency of canned cream of chicken soup, if it’s too thick, add chicken broth until mixture is smooth and creamy.
Add green beans to baking dish. Top with the cream mixture, stir in gently. Top with chopped bacon and crispy fried onions. Cover loosely with foil.
Bake for 30 minutes covered. Remove foil and bake another 10 minutes or until bubbly. Serve hot.