Green Bean Casserole-From Scratch

Hopefully this is in time for your Thanksgiving preparations!

Homemade Green Bean Casserole

1 kg of green beans, trimmed and cut to 1 inch pieces

3-4 mushrooms, finely chopped

2 T. butter

2/3 c. cream soup mix

2 1/2 c. water or vegetable broth or chicken broth/bullion

1 c. milk

2 t. soy sauce

Fried onions (recipe below)

1. Boil the green beans until nice and tender and dark green. (You can do this several days ahead of time and refrigerate).

2. Melt butter in a sauce pan and add the mushrooms. Saute a few minutes till mushrooms are browned. Add water or broth and cream soup mix and stir to combine. Cook over a low heat until thick and bubbly. Stir in milk and soy sauce.

3. Combine soup mixture and green beans. Stir in 1/3-1/2 of the fried onions. Bake at 175 for 25 minutes. Top with remaining onions and bake five more minutes.

For Fried onions:

2-3 onions, sliced into rings (more if you like, depends on your personal taste, how much onion you like!)

1-1/2 c. all-purpose flour

1 t. salt

1/2 t. pepper

1/4 t. cayenne or red pepper

1 c. buttermilk (regular milk with 1 T. vinegar added, sit for 5 minutes)

1/2 t. salt

1/2 t. pepper

Heat 2-3 c. of oil in a deep pot.

Combine flour, salt, pepper and cayenne. Combine butter milk, salt and pepper. Dredge onion rings in flour, then in the buttermilk, then back in the flour.

Deep fry for about four minutes, turning once, until both sides are golden brown. Remove and drain on paper towels.

You can do everything ahead except the onions. I would do them the day you serve the casserole. Fresh fried food is best! :)