This is the one - green bean casserole. Simple and really tasty. The recipe is on the can of French's Onions (dry, french-fried) ask any supermarket clerk where it is and they'll know.)
Now here's the secret: everybody in my family and their friends makes this dish for every holiday feast, but only my Mom's comes out just right: because except for her, they all messed with the recipe... they substituted ingredients such as gourmet type cream of mushroom soup (stick to Campbell's) and soy juice (no no no!) - the results always come out splammy.
The ONLY substition, and this is very important, is DO use french cut green beans (frozen, fresh not recommended unless exactly like french cut green beans) aka string beans. Whole green beens are too thick and don't absorb the mix. This is the one upgrade that Mom figured out. Otherwise don't veer from the commercial sounding recipe and it will come out great. Don't try to make this dish in the presence of new age food fetishists, they won't let you stick to the tried and true.
No additional spices, herbs, or altered amounts. Double up in precise proportion if you're feeding 10 or more people.
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trad vegitable dish
Simple and really tasty.
The recipe is on the can of French's Onions (dry, french-fried) ask any supermarket clerk where it is and they'll know.)
Now here's the secret: everybody in my family and their friends makes this dish for every holiday feast, but only my Mom's comes out just right:
because except for her, they all messed with the recipe...
they substituted ingredients such as gourmet type cream of mushroom soup (stick to Campbell's) and soy juice (no no no!) - the results always come out splammy.
The ONLY substition, and this is very important, is DO use french cut green beans (frozen, fresh not recommended unless exactly like french cut green beans) aka string beans.
Whole green beens are too thick and don't absorb the mix. This is the one upgrade that Mom figured out.
Otherwise don't veer from the commercial sounding recipe and it will come out great.
Don't try to make this dish in the presence of new age food fetishists, they won't let you stick to the tried and true.
No additional spices, herbs, or altered amounts.
Double up in precise proportion if you're feeding 10 or more people.