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​Healthy Green Bean Casserole ​

This ​Healthy Green Bean Casserole ​is about to be your new favorite Thanksgiving recipe! It’s made with fresh green beans, a homemade mushroom gravy, and delicious crunchy onions.
Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Total Time 40 mins
Course Side Dish
Servings 8

Ingredients
  

FOR THE ONIONS

  • 1 large egg
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 3/4 cup chickpea crumbs Watusee Foods brand -Gluten free, Non-GMO
  • 1/4 cup Daiya or Violife dairy free parmesan cheese
  • 1/8 teaspoon table salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground pepper
  • 2 large red onions sliced

FOR THE GREEN BEAN CASSEROLE

  • 1.5 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 cups chopped Cremini mushrooms
  • 3 tablespoons non dairy butter Earth Balance-soy Free
  • 1/4 cup Quinoa flour or gluten-free flour
  • 1.5 cups cashew milk
  • 1/4 cup chicken broth or vegetable broth
  • 1/4 teaspoon sea salt separated
  • 1 pound fresh green beans washed and ends removed

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350oF and spray a 9×11-inch casserole dish and a standard-size baking sheet with cooking spray. Set aside.
  • First, prepare onions​.​ Whisk together one egg and 2 tablespoons of water in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, mix together chickpea crumbs, parmesan, salt, and pepper.
  • Then, slice 2 large onions. Add sliced onions to the egg mixture. Stir mixture until all of the onions are coated with egg.
  • Pour the breadcrumb mixture on top of the onions and gently fold everything together.
  • Spread onions out onto a baking sheet and set aside.
  • Next, prepare green bean casserole​.​ Heat a large saucepan over medium/high heat. Add olive oil. When olive oil is fragrant, add mushrooms and 1/8 teaspoon of salt and sauté for 4-6 minutes. Remove from heat and transfer mushrooms into a separate bowl. Set aside.
  • In the same saucepan, prepare the roux. Melt butter over medium/high heat. Add flour to butter and mix until a paste is created.
  • Slowly add milk while continually whisking the milk, butter, and flour together. Whisk until mixture is thick. Remove from heat.
  • Add broth, cooked mushrooms, and the last 1/8 teaspoon of salt to the roux and mix well.
  • Place uncooked green beans into the casserole dish and then pour the roux over green beans and toss so that the beans are coated.
  • Place both the green bean casserole and onions in the oven at the same time.
  • Bake at 350oF for 20 minutes. Then toss the onions and bake for an additional 20 more
  • minutes.
  • Remove casserole from oven and then turn the oven to high broil. Broil the onions for
  • 3-5 minutes for extra crispy onions*.
  • Once onions are crunchy, use a spatula to gently transfer onions on top of the green
  • bean casserole.