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Paleo green beans with fried onions on a plate.

Paleo Green Bean Casserole

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Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Author: Katie Stewart

Ingredients

  • 6 cup green beans washed and trimmed
  • Avocado oil for sautéing

For the mushroom cream sauce:

  • 3 cups shiitake mushrooms thinly sliced
  • 1 medium-large yellow onion roughly chopped
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ tsp dried thyme
  • ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1 cup broth chicken or vegetable
  • ½ can full fat coconut milk
  • 2 tbsp arrowroot powder

For the fried onions:

  • 1 medium-large yellow onion thinly sliced
  • 1 egg whisked
  • 4 tbsp almond flour
  • 2 tbsp arrowroot starch
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ¼ tsp paprika
  • ¼ tsp turmeric

Instructions

For the mushroom cream sauce:

  • Add avocado oil to pan over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms, onions, garlic, salt and thyme. Saute until onions are translucent and mushrooms cooked down.
  • Deglaze the pan with apple cider vinegar.
  • Add broth and coconut milk. Bring to a boil.
  • Reduce heat to medium and sprinkle in the arrowroot starch. Cook for 1-2 minutes or until thickened.
  • Remove from heat and use an immersion blender to pulse the mushroom cream sauce until slightly chunky (or add to a regular blender and blitz for a few seconds).
  • Set aside.

For the fried onions:

  • In a clean pan, heat avocado oil (enough to cover the pan) over medium-high heat.
  • Combine almond flour, arrowroot starch, salt paprika, and turmeric in a bowl. Set aside.
  • Add onions to the bowl of whisked egg and coat well.
  • Working in batches, add egg-coated onions to the almond flour mixture. Coating well and adding to hot pan -- keeping onions to a single layer.
  • Fry until golden brown and flip -- frying the other side until golden brown as well.
  • Remove onions from pan and drain on a paper towel in a single layer. Set aside.

For the beans:

  • Preheat the oven to 350F. Lightly grease a baking dish with avocado oil. Set aside.
  • Steam the beans until bright green and still crisp (about 3-5 minutes).
  • Transfer beans to the baking dish and pour mushroom cream sauce on top. Mix until beans are well coated.
  • Bake at 350F for 20 minutes.
  • Top beans with fried onions. Bake for another 5-10 minutes.
  • Remove from oven and serve immediately.