Vegan Green Bean Casserole Recipe

This creamy Vegan Green Bean Casserole Recipe is surely a holiday delight! Its healthish, made with fresh cashew cream and in one pot dish. Simple and yet comforting in every bite.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword green bean casserole, healthy green bean casserole, how to make vegan green bean casserole, vegan green bean casserole

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 35

Total Time 45

Servings

Calories 271kcal

Author Gunjan

Ingredients

For the cashew cream

1 cup raw cashew nuts (soaked in hot water for 5 minutes)
1 1/2 cups unsweetened coconut milk (tetra pack)
1/4 cup nutritional yeast
1 tsp garlic powder

For the casserole

2 cups vegetable broth
1 12 oz pack or 4 cups fresh green beans (trimmed)
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp crushed black pepper
1 tbsp cornstarch
1 cup panko crumbs
1/2 cup vegan crispy fried onion (optional)

Instructions

In a blender combine the ingredients for cashew cream and blend it smooth. Keep it aside.
Preheat oven at 350-degree Fahrenheit and combine vegetable broth and green beans in a Dutch oven. Place it on the stove top and turn it on at high. Stir in salt and pepper. Cover and cook for 4-5 minutes or until green beans soften a bit but not mushy.
Now, fold in the cashew cream and stir in cornstarch. Bring the flame to medium heat and keep stirring continuously until there are no lumps. Let it cook uncovered for 2-3 minutes or until it starts to thicken. Turn it off.
Do a taste test at this point and adjust salt as per your taste. Cover the casserole with panko crumbs evenly and place the Dutch oven in the pre-heated oven and bake it for 20 minutes. Turn it off and let it settle inside the hot oven for 5 minutes.
Take it out and sprinkle the crispy onions if desired and enjoy it hot.

Notes

If you do not have Dutch oven then simply prepare a nonstick baking dish. Follow the steps 1, 2, and 3 cooking it your choice of pan on the stove top. Then, pour the recipe in the baking dish and top it with panko bread crumbs. Bake as per the instructions mentioned above and then follow the last step.
This recipe tastes best when consumed the same day but the leftovers can be refrigerated in an air tight container for about a week. Just warm it up in a microwave.
If prepping for a gathering then cook the entire recipe following until step 3. Then, 30 minutes before serving preheat the oven and top the dish with panko crumbs. Bake it, garnish and serve immediately.
I have provided the nutrition value with fried onions. The nutritional info without fried onions are : Calories - 264, Fat - 14, Carb - 25, Protein - 9

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