Best Ever Green Bean Casserole

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Excellent, I had to eat it cold at Thanksgiving and it was still very good.

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This would have been a 5-star review, except the prep for the onions was TERRIBLE. The green bean and sauce part of this recipe are EXCELLENT - much better than the usual GB casserole.

However, spare yourself the hour of work and just buy a can of the French's onions. My "homemade" onions came out partly soggy, partly burnt in a giant clump. I can't see how they would turn out any other way, as I followed the recipe to a T. I was a bit dubious to begin with, considering that on the show this was demo'd on, they never showed you the final result on the onions. I should have followed my gut.

Otherwise, a great recipe!

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I watched Alton make this recipe last week and decided to use it for Thanksgiving instead of the canned cream of mushroom soup.

I loved everything about this recipe, and it does taste much better than the canned version.

The only reason why I am not giving it 5 stars is because I had trouble with the onion part of the recipe. I followed the recipe to the letter. My onions came out "clumped together" and a bit bitter tasting. Maybe I used too many onions.

I ditched my onions and did purchase the french fried version from the supermarket and added it to my fresh ingredients. Everybody at the Thanksgiving table loved it.

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This was really good, but like many of the others I had problems with the onions.

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The flavors in this dish are delicious, and were the hit of our Thanksgiving. I used different kinds of mushrooms for different flavors, which added some easy complexity to the dish. But I really have question a 475 degree oven for a half an hour. On my first try with the onions, they were charred in 10 minutes. The second try I did at 400 and they were charred in about 15 minutes. I would really love it if Alton would re-visit this portion of the recipie and either fix it or give far more detailed instructions.

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I'm amazed that Alton Brown's component binding one pan casserole came to be big raves with my relatives on Thanksgiving day. The perfect use of FRESH green beans, onions, and mushrooms(even though I used Creminis instead of Alt's use of Whitewas a great way to make a "out of the can" type dish special. ALT, U ROCK!!!!

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Like other reviewers, my onions burned on the first try. On the second go around, I cut the onions thicker and lowered the heat a bit. Still very uneven results. The technique on the rest worked fine, but the flavor was sort of luackluster, even for this homey dish. Needs more garlic or maybe some shallots or an additional herb. Not Alton's finest hour.

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This was a very good recipe. My family really enjoyed it on Thanksgiving. A far cry from the canned onion and bean variety. Our first batch disappeared very quickly. Watch the onions though, they will go from cooking to burnt very quickly.

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I was hesitant to try a new green bean casserole this Thanksgiving as mine is considered the family "jewel." Well, this is the only one I'll make from now on. It was gone minutes after it was out of the oven! The savory topping, fresh mushrooms and sauce gives the casserole a richness you can't get (or miss in canned soup. I doubled the recipe with no problem. Tip: avoid pre-sliced mushrooms, they're usually packaged dirty so any time saving is spent cleaning and they cook better dry.

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We ate green bean casserole at my parents home, usually reserved for Thanksgiving or Christmas. However good the original recipe of greenbeans is, made with beans, canned mushroom soup and canned fried onions, I prefer your very tasty new creation.