Homemade Skillet Green Bean Casserole! – when your oven is bursting and there isn’t enough room for one more casserole dish, this stove top version is priceless and delicious!
And as a bonus…it’s Fresh Fresh Fresh! Â No canned soup required for this delicious and easy holiday classic!
Whats that saying, ‘necessity is the mother of all invention’. Â Last T-Day this mother was trying to figure out how to cram 6 baking dishes into one regular size oven. Â You would think I’d give that a thought ahead of time right? Â Food Blogger my….
 I was hoping something wonderful would happen.  Like I’d grow another oven or something…
So I did what I always do. Â I just started cooking and before ya know it…Stove Top Green Bean Casserole emerged!
How to Make Homemade Skillet Green Bean Casserole from Scratch:
Sauté  up the mushrooms in a bit of butter, add garlic and a bit of flour, then a splash of chicken stock.  The stock and flour is what thickens the half and half and makes it the perfect consistency, much like the version with the can of cream of ka-ka  that we all love. Only this is  so much better and fresh tasting!
Is it necessary to blanch the beans for this Green Bean Casserole?
- The one step that I wanted to omit so badly, was blanching the beans.  But you can’t.  You have to par cook those little beans.  So I blanched and rinsed in cold water.  (Martha would ‘shock them in a bowl of ice water’, but  I didn’t have time for a bath, let alone give the beans one. A quick rinse  in cool tap water proved to be just as effective.)
So, beans are blanched. Â You have thickened up the mushrooms with some half and half.
Toss in the par cooked beans!
Nothing tastes like Green Bean Casserole from scratch! Â You will never go back to that canned soup version again!
Stir, stir, cook, cook.  Top with store bought french onions. (nope, didn’t make my own.  I still love those canned french fried onions!).  Lid on, cook a bit more and boom!  You just diverted disaster and Aunt Knowsitalls  sweet potato marshmallow mess is tucked into the oven all warm and ready to send Uncle Bob into a diabetic coma…man, I love the holidays!
More VINO! Â This Mutha of Invention is rockin’ it!
I have a few more holiday dishes that should make your biggest cooking day oaf the year, Â just a little less hectic.
How about these beautiful  Whipped Potatoes!Â
This Traditional Stuffing is just like Grandma used to make!
Cranberry Relish – Looks so fancy but is so easy to make! Â You’ll never buy canned again!
Even better? Check out this video- it really shows you how to fine tune this yummy 1 pan meal!
To the Holidays, Family and keeping sane in the kitchen!
Clink!
Kathi
Skillet Green Bean Casserole
Ingredients
- 2 pounds trimmed fresh green beans, cut into 2 inch pieces
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 8 ounces crimini mushrooms, sliced
- 4 garlic cloves, chopped
- 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 1/2 cups chicken stock
- 1 1/2 cups half and half
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 6 ounce container crispy fried onions like French's brand
- salt and pepper
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
Instructions
- Fill large soup pot with water and bring to a boil. Blanch green beans for about 3-5 minutes until crisp tender. Drain and rinse with COLD water to stop cooking process. Set aside
- In large skillet melt 2 tablespoons butter.
- Add sliced mushrooms and saute' until slightly brown. Add garlic, continue to cook for 2-3 minutes.
- Sprinkle 2 tablespoons flour over the mushroom mixture and cook for 3-4 minutes or until flour is fully incorporated and slightly browned.
- Add chicken stock and cook until simmering and thickened.
- Add half and half, salt and pepper. Cook until thickened, about 3-4 minutes.
- Add Worcestershire sauce and stir.Taste for seasoning. More salt? More pepper? If using low sodium chicken stock you may have to add a considerable more amount of salt.
- Add blanched green beans, toss well. Cover and cook for 6-7 minutes or until beans are at desired tenderness.
- Top with fried onions, cover and cook an additional 5 minutes.
Notes
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Just found this and made it! Was looking for a stove-top green bean casserole and this fit the bill. Everyone loved it! Don’t think I’ll ever go back to the other version…
NOT just a holiday dish. My pole beans produced like crazy last summer
so I am keeping the recipe for next summer. Also, love the ‘no oven required’ part.
I think you should publish this recipe at the start of every bean season. Would be
great to have something different and unexpected. Thanks for the recipe!!!
Looks fresh and delish. Can I so all but the onion rings , put in baking dish , and take to dinner destination and finish in oven?
I love green bean casserole, I’m use to the traditional, but I would try this method. It looks good.
Thank you so much for the blanching instructions! I was doing a search on how to make green bean casserole without blanching, but your easy instructions convinced me that it was worth it! I gave your site credit for this on my own blog, which I am just now starting. I hope that’s ok! TheJourneyOfJayne.com
Hello! I’m hosting my first Thanksgiving this year and already know I don’t want to do the too-gooey canned version of this classic. So happy I came across this recipe! However I have some vegetarians coming (who already can’t eat the turkey, sad face) so I’d like to refrain from using chicken stock. Do you have a suggestion for a replacement? Veggie stock? Water? Just plain omit? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you and happy holidays!
Hi Kathleen! Veggie stock would work perfect! Tofu Turkey on the side? :). Happy Holidays to you too!
Hi there! I’m hosting for the first time and have one oven so this just made my day! How many people does this recipe serve? Thank you! Can’t wait to make it!!
I can’t believe that was not in the recipe card! My apologies! 8-10. I hope you love it!
This looks absolutely delicious, and I can’t wait to make it. I stopped making the usual gb casserole because of the canned soup years ago, and just went with frozen peas instead. Thanks for what I’m sure is another winner of a recipe. I love your blog.
Hi Gina! We love you too! Thank you so much for the nice note! Made our day!
Green bean casserole isn’t a tradition at my house, but this looks pretty delicious!
Thanks Diane! It really isn’t at our either LOL! I think the can of cream of ka ka was always such a turn off, but this tastes fresh and wonderful! Thank you for your note!
Love the idea of doing this casserole so simply. I did not grow up on it, and have made a version of it only once in my life. I’m not sure when I’ll be using the recipe but I’m definitely saving it, because I like simplicity and whole, recognizable, unprocessed foods.