This Green Bean Casserole is thick and creamy with chunky mushrooms, full of flavor and crisp green beans. It is the best dairy and gluten free alternative to the traditional. This recipe serves 6 people, or more depending on their serving sizes. For time-saving on Thanksgiving you can prepare this up to mixing the sauce and green beans together. Then day off just pop it in the oven for 30 minutes and fry up your onions. I would definitely recommend doing the onions day of if you have time!
While the beans are in the oven, chop up the rest of your ingredients: onions, mushrooms and shallots. To cut your mushrooms: cut them in half, and then slice the halves into 4 or so slices. Alternatively you can also process them in a food processor for smaller chunks.
Heat up a pan on medium high heat and when hot melt your 2 tablespoons of ghee/ butter/ coco oil. Once melted add the onions and sprinkle with a pinch of salt. Cook for about 5 minutes until the onions become translucent.
Once melted add the onions and mushrooms. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt. Allow the mushrooms and onions to caramelize, cooking for 10-15 minutes. If they are still releasing a lot of liquid, you can continue to cook until that steams off.
Once the onions and mushrooms have reached a beautiful brown, caramelized look add the chicken broth first, then the rest of the ingredients: coconut milk, thyme, and sage. TASTE your sauce and add salt and pepper as needed. Bring the sauce to a simmer for 5 minutes.
While the sauce is simmering make your slurry! The slurry helps the arrowroot/ tapioca/ cassava to dissolve and thicken the sauce without clumping. Mix the flour and water until you have a milky smooth liquid.
While the casserole is baking, cook the onions. Use a pan on medium heat, once hot add your cooking fat. When melted add your onions and spread out evenly, sprinkle with salt if desired. Try not to stir the onions too frequently, you want them to sweat out and then get a little brown and crispy. If this is happening too fast, turn the heat down. The onions should be just about ready when the 30 mins is up on the casserole. Alternatively, they have great gluten free crispy onions now you can buy at the store for a traditional feel!