Description
This Healthier Green Bean Casserole recipe is a healthy twist on a classic, made with a homemade cream sauce and caramelized onions with a crunchy almond topping it’s the perfect addition to your holiday dinner table. Keto, low carb
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cans green beans
- 1 1/2 cup mushrooms (sliced (or 1 8oz. container))
- 3 tbsp cream cheese
- 3 tbsp butter
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 1 cup sliced yellow onion
- 1/2 cup chopped almonds
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Drain green beans.
- In a pan over medium heat, add 2 tbsp butter then mushrooms being careful not to overcrowd the pan. Cook mushrooms slowly until turning golden brown, about 7 minutes. Add salt and pepper and garlic. Cook two more minutes.
- Add chicken broth to the pan and scrape the bottom, making sure to get all the little bits off. Add in heavy cream and stir well.
- Grease a baking dish. Add all the green beans. Pour over mushroom/cream mixture. Mix in pan to combine.
- In a pan over medium low heat, add 1 tbsp butter and cook onions, stirring frequently until they develop a nice golden brown, about 10-15 minutes. Add in chopped almonds and cook for three minutes.
- Layer on top of the green bean/creamy mushroom mixture.
- Bake in the oven at 400 degrees for 30 minutes.