The Crockpot takes on a holiday classic.
Here’s how you make green bean casserole in the slow cooker!
For a lot of families, green bean casserole is the traditional veggie dish that you have to have on your Thanksgiving table. This is a deceptively simple recipe – just green beans in a cream-soup sauce, topped with French-fried onions – but the whole is definitely greater than the sum of the parts. For some reason no one can explain, the blend of creamy soup and crunchy onions elevates plain old canned green beans to the level of art.
The only problem with making this as part of your Thanksgiving meal is that there are so many other parts of the meal you have to worry about at the same time. This casserole isn’t hard to make at all, but it takes about half an hour – and it’s hard to find that half an hour when you’re busy trying to juggle turkey, stuffing, gravy, potatoes, and cranberries. In the rush to get everything onto the table at the same time, it’s easy for the veggies to slip your mind.
So, once again, the Crockpot is here to save the day. Whenever you have a spare minute, you can just mix your beans and sauce up right in the pot, sprinkle the onions on top, and put it on high. In a couple of hours, your casserole will be piping hot and topped with a gorgeous, crunchy crust. And if it turns out the rest of the meal isn’t ready at that point, the dish can sit happily on the warm setting until you need it.
In fact, the Crockpot makes this holiday recipe so easy and good, you’ll want to enjoy it all year round.
Crockpot Green Bean Casserole
(printable recipe at bottom of post)
INGREDIENTS:
3 (14.5 oz) cans of green beans, drained
1 (10.5 oz) can of condensed cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup vegetable stock
1/2 cup of heavy cream or whole milk
1 tsp minced garlic
1/4 cup butter
1/4 cup flour
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 (6oz) can fried onions, divided
salt and pepper to taste ( I used 1/4 tsp pepper 1/4 tsp salt)
DIRECTIONS:
- Combine all ingredients into the crockpot except for green beans and onions. Mix well.
- Add in green beans, and half of fried onions. Stir.
- Top with remaining onions and cook on HIGH for 2-2.5 hours. NOTE: If you would like crispier onions, wait to add topping until the end of cooking. You can also quickly brown our onions in the oven before adding those on top for an extra crunch!
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Crockpot Green Bean Casserole
Ingredients
- 3 14.5 oz cans of green beans, drained
- 1 10.5 oz can of condensed cream of mushroom soup
- 1/2 cup vegetable stock
- 1/2 cup of heavy cream or whole milk
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 6oz can fried onions, divided
- salt and pepper to taste I used 1/4 tsp pepper 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients into the crockpot except for green beans and onions. Mix well.
- Add in green beans, and half of fried onions. Stir.
- Top with remaining onions and cook on HIGH for 2-2.5 hours.
- NOTE: If you would like crispier onions, wait to add topping until the end of cooking. You can also quickly brown our onions in the oven before adding those on top for an extra crunch!
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Nutrition Information:
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Theresa C Fields says
I’d like to try this with fresh green beans, I guess I should Blanche them first. Will let you know.
Susan Evans says
This is one of my favorite side dishes for both Thanksgiving and Christmas!
Michelle Cannon says
We love it, too. But we make it all year long. At least once every couple of months.
Meg says
Probably a dumb question…do I need to melt the butter before adding it? Thanks!
Nicole says
I noticed the recipe in the article says 3 cans of green beans and the recipe in the printable version says 2. Can you clarify which it is?
Corey says
I am so sorry about that Nicole. It is 3.
Melanie G says
Can I please get your original recipe not using condensed soup. It was great and I want to make it again. Thank you! Melanie
Corey says
Yes Melanie, I will email it to you 🙂
Nathalie says
May I please have this recipe using prepared soup? Thank you!
Corey says
Just omit the heavy cream if you are using prepared soup.
Mary Wilson says
Oh my goodness! I am SO using this! Thank you!
Terri says
The onion topping doesn’t get soggy?
Christa says
That is something I am wondering as well.
Amanda says
I am wondering the same. Maybe you’re supposed to cook with the lid off?
Corey says
If you are worried about the onions getting soggy (they will not be as crispy as the oven version), you can add the topping on at the very end of the cooking before serving.
Theresa C Fields says
I made this on Monday night, did not want to try anything new on Thanksgiving, it turned out wonderfully!! I am so doing this on Thanksgiving Day!!!
Corey says
So glad you loved it Theresa!!
Kim says
Does it really only serve 4? Typically crock pot recipes serve a lot more than that. We will have about 17 at the table. I can’t imagine that I need to make 4 times as much as this recipe? I figured I would double it & that would be enough…especially considering all the other side dishes at Thanksgiving. Can you tell me what you think?
Corey says
Oh my gosh Kim, that should read 8. I will make sure that is changed right now 🙂
Amanda says
Would it be possible to double this recipe? I have a work lunch and this would be the perfect recipe and the perfect way to have it ready at that time. Thanks, Amanda
Corey says
Yes! Make sure you have a large crockpot… a 6qt should be big enough 🙂 You might need to increase the cooking time by 30 mins or so. I hope that helps!
McKenzie White says
We are making this for thanksgiving next week, I’m excited! Wondering if I can substitute the cream for milk? Thanks!
Corey says
You sure can!
Desiree says
I followed the instructions precisely. Doubled everything as it was for a large group of people. It turned into soup. Had to dump the the whole pot. I could have just cried.
Corey says
Hmmm. That is strange Desiree. I can only speak for the recipe as written, not doubled, but I would like to figure this out. Did you remember to double the flour as well? With 3 cans of green beans to 1 can of soup, it’s seems odd that it was soupy. Sorry again that your double batch did not turnout 🙁
Mary Kay says
Do you add a can of milk for the condensed cream of mushroom soup and more milk? Then drain the green beans, right?
Corey says