Dawn Hornsby's Unusual Green Bean Casserole

Traci & Jeff Poole2's Note:

My mom used to make this all the time. She would experiment with all types of food and in turn, her creations were wonderful!! Though, I do not know if this is one of her original recipes but it was handwritten in her notebook of recipes that was given to me at the time of her death.

• Total Time: 35 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 batch

• 3 (9 ounce) packages frozen French style green beans
• 1 ½ cups water
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• 1 (5 ounce) can water chestnuts , sliced, drained
• 2 cans cream of celery soup
• 1⁄8; teaspoon pepper
• ½ cup whole milk
• 2 cans French fried onions rings

Directions:

1. Combine water, beans and salt. Bring to a quick boil.
2. Reduce heat until it has thawed and slightly crisp. **About 4 minutes** Drain them.
3. In a 2 quart casserole dish, layer the beans and chestnuts.
4. Next, mix the milk and soup into a separate bowl. Add pepper.
5. Pour this over the beans and chestnuts. Bake at 350* for 25 minutes.
6. Remove from oven and top with the onion rings and bake again until they are a golden brown.

Reviews

[Bergy]

I had a gang for dinner and made this green bean dish and everyone loved it! Thanks — Jul 2, 2001, I have made this so many times it is souper easy and very tasty. This time I added pictures-I hope you like them Traci & Jeff

[Robin Wehunt]

This is really good.The only thing i did not like was the water chestnuts.I will make this again but i wiil not use the water chestnuts.

[TwinMom1108]

This was very good. Much like the classic recipe, but tasted slightly lighter because of the celery soup vs. mushroom. I chopped the water chestnuts up and also mixed ingredients versus layering (except some onions on top).