Green Bean Casserole
Updated Dec. 29, 2025
- Total Time
- 35 minutes
- Prep Time
- 5 minutes
- Cook Time
- 30 minutes
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Ingredients
- 2cups chicken broth
- 2pounds frozen cut green beans, thawed
- 1teaspoon celery salt
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2cups heavy cream
- ¼teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1(6-ounce) can store-bought crispy onions, such as French’s
Nutritional analysis per serving (8 servings)
299 calories; 25 grams fat; 16 grams saturated fat; 1 gram trans fat; 7 grams monounsaturated fat; 1 gram polyunsaturated fat; 15 grams carbohydrates; 4 grams dietary fiber; 7 grams sugars; 6 grams protein; 606 milligrams sodium
Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
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Preparation
- Step 1
Heat the oven to 350 degrees. To a medium lidded saucepan, add the chicken broth, 1 pound green beans and ½ teaspoon celery salt. Season with salt and pepper. Cover and bring to a boil over high. Lower the heat to medium-low and simmer, still covered and stirring occasionally, until the beans are very tender, about 20 minutes.
- Step 2
About 10 minutes before the beans are done cooking, melt the butter in a large, oven-safe skillet over medium-high. Add the flour and whisk until smooth and beginning to turn golden, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Step 3
Slowly add the heavy cream to the flour mixture, whisking constantly, followed by 1 cup of the green bean broth. Bring to a simmer, then reduce the heat to medium-low and cook, whisking occasionally, until thick enough to coat the back of a spoon, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in the nutmeg and remaining ½ teaspoon celery salt, and season assertively with salt and pepper. (The sauce should taste overly seasoned at this stage.)
- Step 4
Drain the green beans and add to the sauce. Add the remaining thawed frozen green beans, season to taste again with salt and pepper, if needed, and stir to combine.
- Step 5
Transfer the creamy beans to a 2-quart casserole dish or keep in the skillet. Top with the crispy onions. Bake until golden brown on top, about 10 minutes. Let sit to cool and set before serving, at least 5 minutes.
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Thank you so much for this Eric. In Fall of 2015, my mother had been given a diagnosis of Stage IV Ovarian Cancer. As TYhanksgiving approached, she asked for only one thing to be served for her final Thanksgiving dinner, green bean casserole. The memories she had of this dish brought her enormous comfort. To this day, some version always ends up on my table for Thanksgiving. This yhear it will be yours. Thank you.
Marti, appreciate your assessment. The original is perfect, there's no doubt about that. My contribution is highlighting the flavor of the vegetables themselves, which is why you make a rich stock with half of the beans, then fold in the rest, frozen, for a mixture of textures and flavors. Hope you give it a try. Eric
If you get a chance, watch Eric’s YouTube video on testing many green bean casserole recipes, including the original invented by Dorcas Reilly. It will give you a lot of ideas. And he is just a joy to watch.
Green Bean Casserole is my favorite Thanksgiving side. The effort level for this recipe wasn't huge but still more than the original that I'm used to. It turned out fantastic and I'll consider making it in the future, but given how much I love mushrooms, I'll need to add those in next time. I mixed some onions into the green beans in addition to the toppings and ended up baking it a bit longer. Total in the recipe I think I only used a 1/2 tsp of salt and that was all I needed. Broth was delish
It's a no for me. The 1 cup green bean chicken broth water just wasn't enough to season the béchamel, and I ended up having to add a ton of salt just to give it flavor. Even then, it was much less flavorful than other green bean casserole recipes I've tried. Also: I don't need green my bean casserole to taste super green beany.
@A. Alexander. To avoid that green beany taste, eliminate the green beans.
This was delicious flavor wise, however I got feedback that it was "too soupy" - I was suspicious about the amount of beans: liquid ratio (and I weighed the beans). If I were to make this again I'd use 75% on all the liquid ingredients. The leftovers thickened up somewhat but it was still soupier than I liked.