DISH RESEARCH · Side dish
Green bean casserole
Holly Nilsson’s selected green bean casserole combines boiled frozen-cut beans with supplied condensed mushroom soup, milk, soy sauce, black pepper, seasoned salt, crispy fried onions and optional cheddar, then bakes with the remaining onions on top.

About Green bean casserole
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Holly Nilsson presents green bean casserole as a holiday or Sunday-supper side with tender beans and a shortcut creamy mushroom sauce. This account selects the frozen-cut beans named in her recipe card.
The beans boil in separate salted water until tender-crisp. They are then combined with supplied condensed cream of mushroom soup, milk, soy sauce, black pepper and the listed seasoned salt.
One cup from the measured crispy fried onions joins that same mixture. The selected optional shredded cheddar is mixed into the sauce, following the author’s preferred cheese arrangement.
The mixture bakes uncovered until bubbly, is stirred, then receives the remaining onions from the same original amount. A further bake turns the topping golden.
The creamy sauce and crunchy onions give the selected casserole contrasting textures. Canned or fresh beans, a homemade mushroom sauce, fried shallots and other toppings are separate alternatives to this frozen-bean preparation.
Ingredients in Green bean casserole
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- Mushroom soupsauce
- Cow Milksauce
- Buttercooking medium
- Wheat flourbinder
- Saltseasoning
- Green Beanother
- Onionstopping
- Fried onionstopping
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- American / Holly Nilsson green bean casserole
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