Green Bean Stuffing Casserole (small batch)

 

In looking for delicious options for Holiday Side dishes this year I came across this Green Bean Stuffing Casserole Recipe on a site called Kitchen Fun with my 3 Sons.  I immediately bookmarked it and decided to try it out. It looks like a tasty mash of two of my favorite holiday side dishes. Stuffing and Green Bean Casserole.

I have always loved Green Bean Casserole. We all do in my family. It was never anything that our mother had made, but we had it once when visiting our mother's cousin Polly in Vermont.   They had a lovely big old house which sat on top of a hill overlooking a beautiful valley.

I remember Polly making it as a side dish for our supper that night.  I don't remember anything else we had, but that Green Bean Casserole stood out in my mind, and I have carried the memory of it ever since. We all fell in love with it.

 

Green Bean Casserole is a favorite side dish that American's like to serve as a part of their Thanksgiving celebrations.  It just wouldn't be Thanksgiving without it.  This recipe is a delicious mash up of two holiday favorites.  Green Bean Casserole and Stuffing.

To make it green beans are mixed together with a simple creamy mushroom sauce and fried onions before spreading in a buttered dish.  Stuffing is scattered over top, along with more fried onions and the casserole is baked until it is bubbling and golden brown.

The stuffing gets nice and crispy on top, whilst the stuffing next to the beans and mushroom sauce absorbs some of that sauce and gets moist and delicious.  Altogether this is a very tasty casserole. 

I did downsize the recipe to make a much smaller batch. This recipe feeds only six people as a side, rather than the 12 of the original recipe. If you want to make more than six servings, check out the original recipe or simply double the ingredients I have shared here.  

You can also add a bit of grated cheese to the top for another variation or some sliced and sauteed fresh mushrooms to the base. 

Super simple to make and oh-so-tasty!

 

WHAT YOU NEED TO MAKE GREEN BEAN STUFFING CASSEROLE 

This is a casserole that you can make using simple ingredients from the store cupboard. If you always have them in your larder then you are never far away from making a delicious side dish, and not just at the holidays!

• 6 ounces (170g) undiluted condensed cream of mushroom soup (Bachelors in the U.K.)
• 1/4 cup (60ml) milk
• 1/2 tsp soy sauce
• 1 tin (14 ounces/397g) of cut green beans, drained
• 3 ounces (85g) of turkey stuffing crumbs (1/2 package approximately of stuffing mix)
• 3/4 cup (180ml) chicken stock
• 2 TBS butter
• 1 cup (60g) French Fried onions, divided (crispy salad onions in the U.K.)

 

Here in North America, most of our tinned soups come condensed, which means that you need to add an equal amount of milk (when making creamed soups) or water (when making other soups) to them to make them edible.

Not so common in the U.K, but you can find them.  Bachelors makes a range of them.  This is the type of soup you need in order to get the proper consistency to this casserole. You might could use the regular soup, but you will not need to add any liquid to the recipe, and it may result in a casserole that is a bit soupier.

You can use fresh green beans cooked until tender and cut into 1 1/2-inch lengths to make this casserole, or frozen green beans which have been lightly cooked rather than using tinned green beans.  In my family we love tinned green beans. It's what we were brought up on.

French Fried Onions are also known as crispy fried onions. They are great for topping casseroles and are an integral part of this casserole.  You can find them near the salad dressings and oils in the grocery store.  Common brands here in North America are either French's or Durkee's.  

In the U.K. they are called Crispy Salad Onions.

There is no salt in this dish and you will not need any.  The soy sauce adds more than enough saltiness, and a bit of Unami.

HOW TO MAKE GREEN BEAN STUFFING CASSEROLE

There is nothing really difficult about making this. Its relatively simple and can be made well ahead of time and then just thrown into the oven while your holiday bird is resting.

Preheat the oven to 350*F/180*C/ gas mark 4. Butter a smallish casserole dish.

Heat the butter and chicken stock together in a small saucepan until the butter melts. Add the stuffing crumbs. Stir to mix. Cover and set aside for five minutes.

Whisk the soup, milk and soy sauce together in a bowl until well combined. Stir in half of the French-fried onions. Spread the mixture out in the casserole dish.

 

Fluff the stuffing mix with a fork and then crumble it over top of the green bean mixture to cover. Sprinkle the remaining onions over top.

Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes until bubbling and golden brown. Remove from the oven and serve!

 

This was a really delicious mash up of two of my favorite holiday side dishes.  Green Bean Casserole and Stuffing.  Putting the two together is genius.  I am not sure I could do without a bowl of regular stuffing, however.

While this was very, very good. It would not replace a bowl of regular stuffing on my table. Yes, I am a stuffing maniac!  There can never be enough stuffing.  

 

Here are a few other Holiday Side Dishes that I cannot be doing without for my holiday meals. They are old family favorites!

SAGE AND ONION STUFFING - Whether it is cooked in the bird or in a dish on the side, no holiday meal would be complete without stuffing. In fact, I could happily eat a plate of this stuffing and nothing else.  It is essential, and not only with the meal, what would a turkey sandwich be without a nice layer of this stuffing added.  This Sage and Onion Stuffing is simple to make ahead of time and one of my absolute favorite go-with's!

OLD FASHIONED PULL APART DINNER ROLLS - Homemade Dinner Rolls tell everyone at the table that you love them enough to want to make them something really delicious from scratch.  Light and fluffy these are the best dinner rolls!  You can make them a week ahead and freeze them, wrapped tightly.  Simply thaw and reheat in a low oven on the day! 

Yield: 6 servings

Author: Marie Rayner

Green Bean Stuffing Casserole (small batch)

Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 30 MinTotal time: 40 Min

The original recipe made 12 servings. Far more than I could manage to eat. I downsized to a delicious recipe, perfectly sized for the smaller family. This is simple to make and really tasty. A beautiful side dish for the holidays.

Ingredients

• 6 ounces (170g) undiluted condensed cream of mushroom soup (Bachelors in the U.K.)
• 1/4 cup (60ml) milk
• 1/2 tsp soy sauce
• 1 tin (14 ounces/397g) of cut green beans, drained
• 3 ounces (85g) of turkey stuffing crumbs (1/2 package approximately of stuffing mix)
• 3/4 cup (180ml) chicken stock
• 2 TBS butter
• 1 cup (60g) French Fried onions, divided (crispy salad onions in the U.K.)

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350*F/180*C/ gas mark 4. Butter a smallish casserole dish.
2. Heat the butter and chicken stock together in a small saucepan until the butter melts. Add the stuffing crumbs. Stir to mix. Cover and set aside for five minutes.
3. Whisk the soup, milk and soy sauce together in a bowl until well combined. Stir in half of the French-fried onions. Spread the mixture out in the casserole dish.
4. Fluff the stuffing mix with a fork and then crumble it over top of the green bean mixture to cover. Sprinkle the remaining onions over top.
5. Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes until bubbling and golden brown.
6. Remove from the oven and serve!

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