Green Bean Casserole has also been a staple on the Thanksgiving table for a lot of years! Well! This is a newer version! It will be on my Thanksgiving table! I hope you try it! I haven’t been able to work on my website for a long period because of sickness in our family! I promise to keep working on it ! Keep checking in ! Thank you for your interest! We appreciate it! ~ Mama Peggy
Ingredients
- ▢ — 1 ½ lb fresh green beans (trimmed)
- ▢ — 2 tbsp butter
- ▢ — ¼ cup all purpose flour
- ▢ — 1 ½ cups milk
- ▢ — ½ cup fat free buttermilk
- ▢ — 1 tbsp Ranch dressing mix
- ▢ — 2 tsp thyme (freshly chopped)
- ▢ — ¼ tsp salt
- ▢ — ¼ tsp pepper
- ▢ — 1 pkg sliced mushrooms (8 oz)
- ▢ — 1 cup French's fried onions (crushed)
- ▢ — ½ cup panko (Japanese breadcrumbs)
- ▢ — 2 plum tomatoes (seeded and chopped)
- ▢ — vegetable cooking spray
Instructions
- ▢ — Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- ▢ — Cook green beans in boiling water until they are done; drain.
- ▢ — Plunge in ice water to stop the cooking process; Drain and pat dry.
- ▢ — Melt 2 tbsp. butter in large pot.
- ▢ — Whisk in flour until smooth.
- ▢ — Cook, whisking constantly, 1 minute.
- ▢ — Gradually whisk in 1 ½ cups milk; whisking constantly 3 or 4 minutes or until sauce is thickened and bubbly.
- ▢ — Remove from heat and whisk in buttermilk and next 4 ingredients.
- ▢ — Melt 1 tsp. butter in a medium skillet over med. high heat; add mushrooms and saute’ 6 to 8 minutes or until lightly browned.
- ▢ — Remove from heat; Let stand 5 minutes.
- ▢ — Gently toss mushrooms and green beans in buttermilk sauce.
- ▢ — Place in a 13×9 inch or 3 quart baking dish coated with cooking spray.
- ▢ — Combine French's fried onions and next 2 ingredients; sprinkle over green bean mixture.
- ▢ — Bake at 350 degrees for 25 to 30 minutes or until golden brown!
