Not Your Mama's Green Bean Casserole

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This receipe requires a lot of your time. My onions burned very quickly and had to do a new batch. It also seemed I did not have enough sauce so I had to make more to try to cover the beans. This is a healthier alternative but I found it to be very time consuming. The flavor was ok. I added worcheshire sauce to the cream which helped the flavor. I may stick with the older Campbell's version next time. This is a good receipe for pot luck if you are not preparing anything else.

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Excellent! I am not a very good cook. I was worried about everyone's comments about burning the onions so I decided to fry my own onions (mandolin onions very thin; dipped in heavy cream; dipped in pancake mix, chili powder, garlic, salt and paprika; pan fried in canola oil. My husband's family absolutely LOVED the casserole. I had doubled the recipe as well.
I would suggest if some people don't like mushrooms themselves to maybe do a little less mushroom or do the mushroom mixture and then strain some out. Some people are just very picky though. I'm not a fan of mushrooms so I just diced them up pretty small and they didn't bother me.

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I forwent making my own fried onions since I <3 French's so much anyway. Whew, this recipe is much more time consuming vs. the Campbell's can version but so worth it! I always made my casserole with fresh beans anyway but now making the sauce also makes all the difference. My BF devoured it.

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Everyone really enjoyed this. The sauce was similar to a light gravy. 'Tossing' the onions doesn't work very well with their coating, instead, I found that flipping them with a spatula every 15 mins instead of every 10 minutes, and adding an additional 15 mins got them to a nice golden brown like the recipe calls for.

Alterations made to this dish:
*Slivered almonds complimented this dish nicely. I added a layer on top of the casserole for the last ten minutes that the dish was in the oven to toast it. I would recommend a little longer, maybe another 5 minutes for better toasting.
*I also garnished the casserole with frenches onions. Making additional onions available is nice for those of us that like more onions =
*I used less than a gallon of water per pound of green beans for boiling. A gallon is a little too much.
*I would recommend about three trays of ice per pound of green beans for blanching. Two worked for me, but I had to 'toss' the ice with the green beans.

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Really good! Trying to brown & crisp 2 onions at the same time was a mistake. I will do one smaller batches of onions in the oven next time. Everyone liked it at our Thanksgiving feast!!

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The mushroom soup recipe is great. Make sure you snap the beans fairly small. I found some great packaged "Peppered Garlic" onions in the produce department of the grocery store. Last year I made the crispy onion topping, but it just took to long to get them done. This is a good recipe and so much better than Campbell soup and frozen french green beans, as my mother used to make.

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After years of the same boring but traditional green bean casserole on the Thanksgiving dinner table, I was looking for something new. Everyone LOVED it - there were no leftovers! After reading other reviews, I did use canned onions to save time and it was still delicious. You rock, Alton!

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Tastes so much better than canned soup recipe!!!

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The best green bean casserole ever! I used all organic ingredients and it was delicious. A litle work but worth the effort.

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This is wonderful. Perfect name, forget the slushy pasty traditional casserole. Nice crisp beans, awesome mushrooms. I've never had people crowd around the stove stealing parts of a green bean casserole. Converted my wife who hates the traditional dish. We did cheat and use french's onions, which I thought worked great. Especially because the oven was already busy.