Slow-Cooker Green Bean Casserole

Name: Slow-Cooker Green Bean Casserole
Yield: Serves 10
Ingredients: 1 cup, canned fried onions (see note); 3 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 10 ounces, cremini or white mushrooms, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices; , Salt and pepper; 4 , garlic cloves, minced; 1/2 teaspoon, dried thyme; 1/4 cup, all-purpose flour; 1 1/4 cups, low-sodium chicken broth (see note); 1 1/4 cups, heavy cream; 2 pounds, green beans, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces; 2 slices, hearty white sandwich bread, torn into pieces; 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted; 2 cups, canned fried onions (see note)

Side Dishes
Vegetables
Slow Cooker

Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2010

Come holiday time, middling green bean casseroles monopolize valuable oven space. We wanted a better version-from the slow cooker.

SERVES 10

TIME 5 to 6 hours on low

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