Traditional Green Bean Casserole
on Oct 16, 2020, Updated Jan 29, 2024
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Classic Green Bean Casserole is delicious with crisp onions and tender green beans. A holiday favorite to enjoy on Thanksgiving or Christmas!
This casserole is one of those perennial favorites you find at everyone’s dinner table during the holidays. Follow along with our Green Bean Casserole recipe for a Thanksgiving side that’s crispy, creamy, and delicious!
Classic Green Bean Casserole
With the holiday season coming up, I’m certain plenty of folks are looking for tasty recipes to stock the dinner table with. There’s plenty of opportunities to try new things, but there’s nothing wrong with sticking with a classic, reliable dishes! Sweet potato casseroles, cranberry sauces- all recognizable dishes, but I know most folks are fans of Green Bean Casserole!
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This timeless holiday dish does everything right: crispy fried onion topping, creamy filling, and tender green beans. It all plays off each other very well which is why people come back to this recipe every Thanksgiving and Christmas! Follow along with our recipe here for an easy Green Bean Casserole that your guests are certain to love!
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Our Casserole Ingredients
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Green Beans – We used fresh beans in ours, but you could also use frozen green beans as well! Canned green beans might even work too- it could make the cooking time a bit quicker.
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Cream of Mushroom Soup – Campbell’s is the classic choice here.
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Fried Onions – Can’t go wrong with French’s!
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Milk
How to make Green Bean Casserole
If using fresh or frozen green beans, you’ll want to start this recipe by first prepping your beans. Wash them and remove any stems before boiling for 20-25 minutes. If you’re using canned beans, you can skip the boiling step.
Once you’ve boiled those, we can start making our casserole filling. In a mixing bowl, combine your drained green beans, cream of mushroom, and your milk.
Before we put this in our casserole dish, we’re going to mix some of our onions in. We’ll add about 3 ounces worth of our fried onions and stir them into the casserole filling.
Now we bake! Put your casserole into a 350 degree oven and allow to cook for 30 minutes. If using canned green beans, you can cut that cook time in half.
Once that initial cook time is through, we’re going to top our casserole with another 3 ounces worth of onions and let bake a bit longer. It should only take 5-10 minutes for those onions to get nice and crispy! Let cool for a few minutes before scooping out a serving and enjoying!
Can you make Green Bean Casserole ahead of time?
It’s fairly easy to make this casserole ahead of time. For that, first, mix up your casserole filling and add it to the casserole dish. Instead of immediately tossing it into the oven, you can instead wrap your casserole filling with plastic and keep in the fridge. Prep your filling the night before and when it’s almost time to eat, pull the casserole from the fridge and follow the recipe where you left off!
Traditional Green Bean Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup or you can use, Homemade Cream of Mushroom Soup
- 1 lb Green Beans
- 1/4 cup Milk
- 6 oz French Fried Onions, divided
Instructions
- Heavily grease 9x9" baking dish. Set aside.
- Wash green Bean and remove stems.
- In a large pot boil green beans for 20-25 minutes.
- Remove from heat and drain.
- In a medium sized bowl mix green beans, soup, milk and half of the fried onions.
- Pour into a prepared dish.
- Bake in 350 Oven for 30 minutes.
- Remove from oven and add remaining French Fried Onions.
- Bake for an additional 10 minutes.
Nutrition
This post was originally posted on November 19th, 2013, and has been updated with new tips and images.
I like to add a couple of shakes of Worcestershire sauce to the recipe to give it a little extra flavor.
This is how i usually make it and its so good! Never made it ahead of time, this year im having a lot more people than usual so im trying to plan ahead. How early can you make ahead of time? And should you leave out the French’s fried onions? Thanks!
Hi this looks wonderful, how many servings would the recipe make?
I just made this, and one batch didn’t make enough for Thanksgiving, so I recommend doubling this, especially if you are making it for a crowd.