Green Bean Casserole
Comfort food as the weather gets colder

Have you experienced casseroles in the Midwest? For this Fall Food Friday, we’re sharing our take on the Green Bean Casserole, first introduced by Campbell Soup Company in the 1950s.

We’ll be bringing you all a few more creations you can make for upcoming holidays, Friendsgiving celebrations, and other gatherings!

The added mushrooms and cayenne pepper spice things up! Our recipe is below:

Recipe serves 5-6
Spread of ingredients to make includes mushrooms, cream of mushroom soup, green beans, half and half, fried onions and seasonings
Ingredients you will need
Ingredients
    • 4 c frozen green beans
    • 1 c sliced mushrooms
    • 2 T unsalted butter
    • 1 1/3 c fried onions
    • 10.5 oz Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup
    • 1/2 c half and half
    • 1 t soy sauce
    • 1/4 t ground black pepper
    • 1/4 t cayenne pepper

Tools
    • Serving spoon
    • Oven-safe skillet or braiser
    • Whisk
    • Small mixing bowl
    • Can opener

How to make it
  1. Preheat oven to 350° F.
  2. Melt butter in an oven-safe pan (we use a braiser) over medium heat.
  3. Whisk together soup, half and half, soy sauce, and seasonings until smooth. Set aside.
  4. Cook mushrooms for 3 minutes, flip. Add green beans and stir. Cook an additional 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add 2/3 c fried onions.
  5. Pour the soup mixture and fold into the green beans and mushrooms.
  6. Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from heat, stir, and add the remaining 2/3 cup fried onions to top.
  7. Return to oven and bake for an additional 5 minutes.
  8. Let stand for 5-10 minutes. Serve. Enjoy!
Green beans cooking with mushrooms on stove
Cook mushrooms and green beans
Pour soup mixture over the vegetables
Pour soup mixture over the vegetables
David whisks half and half with soup and seasoning blend
Use a whisk to make sauce smooth
David and Edwawrd ready to host after cooking their green bean casserole.
David and Edward ready to eat
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