Homemade French's Green Bean Casserole Recipe - Low Carb

Nutrition: 194 Calories | 12.2g Net Carbs | 4.4g Protein | 12.6g Total Fat

A lower carb version of the classic French’s green bean casserole recipe with tender green beans, creamy homemade sauce, and crispy onions.

French’s green bean casserole is such a classic dish. Perfectly cooked green beans in a creamy sauce and topped with crunchy fried onions. For me, this always brings back memories of Thanksgiving. Although, it’s a great side dish any night of the week. This recipe has an easy homemade cream sauce. And, I’ve reduced the carbs by strictly using the fried onions as a topping.

Pre-Cook the Green Beans

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The first step in this recipe is to prep your green beans. If you’re using fresh green beans, trim the ends and cut them to your desired length. If you’re using frozen green beans, they usually come trimmed. So, you can skip that step. Steam the green beans for 10 minutes, until they are tender crisp. I tried once to skip pre-cooking the green beans to save time. It didn’t work. The casserole spent a lot more time in the oven and the green beans still weren’t quite done.

Homemade Cream Sauce

While the green beans are steaming, make your cream sauce. Other recipes will use canned soup, usually cream of mushroom, as a sauce. I like making my own better. It’s easy, tasty and I know exactly what’s in it. So, in a bowl, combine sour cream, milk, onion powder, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Add a few tablespoons of almond flour and whisk everything together. The almond flour acts as a low carb thickener, so when your casserole is done the sauce will coat the green beans.

Combine in a Casserole Dish

Once the green beans are cooked, put them in a 9″ by 13″ casserole dish. Then, pour the cream sauce on top. Use tongs or a spoon to mix everything together. Traditionally, you would also mix in some of the fried onions into the casserole. Skipping this eliminates 36 grams of carbs from the dish. With the onion powder in the cream sauce, you won’t notice a difference. And, it’s a quick way to make a favorite dish fit your lifestyle.

Bake the Casserole

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Finally, after the green beans are coated in cream sauce, bake your green bean casserole at 375° for 30 minutes. When you take the casserole out of the oven, the sauce should be bubbly around the edges. Sprinkle the French’s Fried Onions over there top of the casserole. Use about half of the package. Put the casserole back in the oven for 5 minutes until the onions are golden a crispy. Let the green bean casserole cool for about 5 minutes and then serve.

Looking for other side dish ideas? Check out these: Delecata Squash Rings, Balsamic Roasted Brussel Sprouts, Garlic Parmesan Cauliflower Puree, and Green Beans Almondine.