Slow-Cooker Green Bean Casserole

Name: Slow-Cooker Green Bean Casserole
Yield: Serves 10
Ingredients: 1 cup, canned fried onions (see note); 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 10 ounces, cremini or white mushrooms, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices; , Salt and pepper; 4 , garlic cloves, minced; 1/2 teaspoon, dried thyme; 1/4 cup, all-purpose flour; 1 1/4 cups, low-sodium chicken broth (see note); 1 1/4 cups, heavy cream; 2 pounds, green beans, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces; 2 slices, hearty white sandwich bread, torn into pieces; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 2 cups, canned fried onions (see note)

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2010

Side Dishes

Vegetables

Slow Cooker

Come holiday time, middling green bean casseroles monopolize valuable oven space. We wanted a better version-from the slow cooker.

SERVES10

TIME5 to 6 hours on low

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For our Slow-Cooker Green Bean Casserole recipe, we tested frozen beans, fresh raw beans, and blanched fresh beans, and were happy to learn that fresh beans held up well in the slow cooker. We didn’t even bother with the canned stuff. Sauté...

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