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Green bean casserole

Posted on 6/15/13 at 2:32 pm
Posted by Sir Drinksalot
Member since Aug 2005
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Posted on 6/15/13 at 2:32 pm
What can I do to make it not so boring?

Cheezits on top? Fontina? Ricotta?
Posted by TyOconner
NOLA
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 6/15/13 at 2:39 pm to
Bacon Bits is all I have for you. Ricotta sounds awesome though.
Posted by oldcharlie8
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 6/15/13 at 2:40 pm to
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Cheezits on top?


sounds like a great idea. will try
Posted by redfish99
B.R.
Member since Aug 2007
19541 posts
Posted on 6/15/13 at 3:13 pm to
Panko bread crumbs on top and French fried onion topping.
This post was edited on 6/15/13 at 3:14 pm
Posted by l'affiche
Member since Feb 2013
378 posts
Posted on 6/15/13 at 3:16 pm to
Donald Link has a great recipe for it. You'll never go back to the normal cream of mushroom stuff.


He has you fry your own onions, make a bechamel sauce, etc...

Posted by Trout Bandit
Baton Rouge, LA
Member since Dec 2012
15065 posts
Posted on 6/15/13 at 3:22 pm to
Add water chestnuts and sour cream to the casserole. Top with buttered corn flakes.
Posted by madamsquirrel
The big somewhere out there
Member since Jul 2009
56293 posts
Posted on 6/15/13 at 4:02 pm to
quote:

What can I do to make it not so boring?
Fresh green beans
first- remove the casserole part
second- cook with onions and bacon
Posted by Stadium Rat
Metairie
Member since Jul 2004
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Posted on 6/15/13 at 4:28 pm to
Make it from scratch. Alton Brown has a good recipe, if you need one.
Posted by Burt Reynolds
Monterey, CA
Member since Jul 2008
24618 posts
Posted on 6/15/13 at 7:23 pm to
quote:

Green bean casserole
What can I do to make it not so boring?

Cheezits on top? Fontina? Ricotta?



There really is nothing you can do. I would never make it myself. I would prefer a broccoli rice. I've always been told that green bean casserole is just kind of tacky in other words white trash.
Posted by Stadium Rat
Metairie
Member since Jul 2004
10206 posts
Posted on 6/15/13 at 8:16 pm to
IMO, it's only tacky if you use that 1950's recipe using canned ingredients. Try Alton Brown's recipe - it's not that hard and it makes a delicious dish.
Posted by Layabout
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2011
11082 posts
Posted on 6/15/13 at 9:37 pm to
quote:

What can I do to make it not so boring?

Nothing. Green beans are simply boring. Serve some broccoli with hollandaise or simple steamed asparagus instead.
Posted by jimithing11
Dillon, Texas
Member since Mar 2011
22532 posts
Posted on 6/15/13 at 9:41 pm to
quote:

What can I do to make it not so boring?



Scratch make with fresh ingredients.

Fresh green beans, mushrooms and make your own cream of mushroom sauce.
Posted by Sir Drinksalot
Member since Aug 2005
16875 posts
Posted on 6/15/13 at 11:11 pm to
Thx guys. Got some fresh greens from the garden. Dad requested casserole. Will work on it tomorrow morning.

Cottage cheese too dangerous to try and add?
Posted by Burt Reynolds
Monterey, CA
Member since Jul 2008
24618 posts
Posted on 6/15/13 at 11:43 pm to
quote:

Try Alton Brown's recipe - it's not that hard and it makes a delicious dish.



well frick, i'll make anything if alton brown is making it. That guy is the man
Posted by Moneyball
Member since May 2013
804 posts
Posted on 6/16/13 at 12:22 am to
Alton Brown's is pretty money. I've made it for family members at holidays and they like it
Posted by Degas
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Member since Jul 2010
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Posted on 6/16/13 at 1:59 am to
Somehow, these things always found their way atop my mother's green beans.




...I'm not necessarily saying that it's a good thing though.

Posted by El Josey Wales
Greater Geismar
Member since Nov 2007
22710 posts
Posted on 6/16/13 at 4:29 am to
Those were always my preferred topping.
Posted by Darla Hood
Near that place by that other place
Member since Aug 2012
14108 posts
Posted on 6/16/13 at 9:59 am to


I love these! They are not fried with batter and taste absolutely delicious.
Posted by DownSouthTiger
downsouth
Member since Jan 2005
2646 posts
Posted on 6/16/13 at 12:47 pm to
Use fresh home grown green beans and cook down like you weren't making a casserole with onions, bell peppers and salt meat .... Lots of salt meat. Also when you make the casserole after cooking green beans add cheese o it I use a little velvetta.
Posted by Sir Drinksalot
Member since Aug 2005
16875 posts
Posted on 6/16/13 at 12:53 pm to
I made it this morning. Ill post some pics later but I used bacon onions garlic ricotta half and half milk cheddar parm fresh green beans from the garden, butter and flour roux, smashed cheezits and French fried onions on the top. It tastes muh different than te traditional gb casserole-so much richer and better.
The only thing different I would have done is cook the beans down a little more. I just blanched then.
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