Bechamel Green Bean Casserole Recipes

Steps:

• 1. Greenbeans: Defrost, drain, squeeze out water with paper towels Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. Start Béchamel In saucepan Add milk, bay leaves, garlic and heat on low/med-low. Allow milk to heat up slowly so the flavor from the garlic and bay infuses. Add Kosher Salt and White Pepper. Start on mushrooms.
• 3. Mushrooms Love that food processor! Break mushrooms in 1/2 by hand into your food processor. Pulse until finely chopped and you have at least 4 cups. Sauté in 3T butter until all liquid is evaporated. Season with Kosher Salt, Black Pepper to taste and Chopped Sage.
• 4. Complete Béchamel In second saucepan melt butter, add flour and sauté on med. Until flour is cooked, before it starts to brown, gradually whisk in warm milk ensuring lumps are removed.
• 5. Prepare Casserole Add Mushrooms to Béchamel sauce - taste. This will be seasoning all those beans. Mix Defrosted/well drained Green Beans with homemade Creamy Mushroom Sauce. Place in casserole dish sprayed with Cooking Spray. Bake in pre-heated oven until casserole bubbles. Remove from oven and sprinkle with Cheddar Cheese and French Fried onions. Return to oven and allow cheese to melt, onions to lightly brown.

Steps:

• Boil green beans in lightly salted water 8-10 minutes, or until crisp-tender.
• To make white sauce, melt butter in medium saucepan over low heat.
• Stir in flour; cook 1 to 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
• Using a wire whisk, stir in milk; bring to a boil.
• Cook, whisking constantly 1 to 2 minutes or until thickened.
• Stir in dressing mix and white pepper; set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Spray medium skillet with non-stick cooking spray; heat over medium-high heat.
• Add onion and garlic; cook and stir 2 to 3 minutes or until tender.
• Remove half of onion mixture; set aside.
• Add mushrooms to onion mixture remaining in skillet and cook about 5 minutes or until mushrooms are tender.
• Combine skillet mushroom mixture, green beans and white sauce in a 1 1/2 quart casserole dish.
• Combine bread crumbs with reserved onion mixture; sprinkle over casserole.
• Bake, UNCOVERED, 20-30 minutes, or until heated through.

Steps:

• Heat 1 tbsp of the butter and the oil in a large pan and fry the mushrooms for 10-15 mins until golden. Stir in the green beans and cook for another 3-4 mins until the beans turn bright green. Scoop out the veg onto a plate.
• Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Melt the remaining butter in the pan until foaming. Remove from the heat briefly and sprinkle over the flour, stirring into the butter to make a golden brown paste. Return to the heat and add the milk, a splash at a time, continually stirring until all the milk has been added and you get a smooth, thick white sauce. Season well. Stir the beans and mushrooms into the white sauce, and spoon into a medium ovenproof dish.
• Scatter over the crispy onions, then bake for 20-30 mins until bubbling and golden, covering if the onions brown too quickly.