Green bean casserole

Recipe origin: United States Midwest Region

Ingredients

• ¾ cup milk
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup
• 2 packages frozen cut green beans, thawed
• 1⅓ cups french fried onions (canned)

Procedure

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Combine all ingredients except ⅔ cup french fried onions in a casserole dish.
3. Bake 30 minutes.
4. Stir, then top with remaining ⅔ cup french fried onions.

Serves 6.

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Green bean casserole, viewed from above, showing the french fried onion topping

Green bean casserole is a casserole consisting of green beans, canned cream of mushroom soup, and french fried onions. The recipe may also call for ground black pepper and/or soy sauce.

Contents 1 History of recipe 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

History of recipe

Green bean casserole was invented in 1955 by the Campbell Soup Company test kitchen under the leadership of Dorcas Reilly.^[1] Their goal was to come up with simple recipes using Campbell's foods, to promote the company's product. It has since become a popular Thanksgiving side dish in the United States. The casserole is typical of 1950s American food in that it smothers vegetables in a ready-made and thick, creamy sauce. Green bean casserole can be made with any brand of canned cream of mushroom soup available or a homemade cream soup.

In 2002, Dorcas Reilly presented the original recipe card to the National Inventors Hall of Fame in Akron, Ohio.^[2]

See also

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• Hotdish
• Comfort food
• Marketing

References

1. ^ "Dorcas Reilly: The Inventor of Green Bean Casserole". Campbell Kitchen. Archived from the original on 2009-12-01. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927231138/http://www.campbellkitchen.com/SpecialtyHolidayDorcasReilly.aspx?specialty=holiday. Retrieved 2009-04-14. 
2. ^ Colegrave, Stephen; P.J. Gray, Stanley Hunter (2003). "Bear cookin': the original guide to bear comfort foods". Haworth. p. 48. http://books.google.com/books?id=j4SVncCIHMAC&client=firefox-a. 

External links

Wikibooks Cookbook has a recipe/module on Green bean casserole

• Campbell's Recipe

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