Easy Green Bean Casserole

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This Simple Green Bean Casserole With A Twist is a light saute of beans, mushrooms, onions, ginger and Kikkoman^® Soy Sauce with a topping of onions that have been coated in a Kikkoman^® Soy Sauce flavored egg wash and dredged in Kikkoman^® Panko Bread Crumbs.

Beans! As a tween, I was surrounded by beans – verbal beans, that is! My mom would often demand I “spill the beans” when my sister was in tears and I apparently looked guilty! And, my dad would often ask me why I was “full of beans” after he’d accidentally give me a mug of coffee instead of hot chocolate… I often wanted to say, “gee, dada, I’m full of caffeine and not beans“… but, I didn’t want to spill the beans on my new love affair with coffee! Buuuut… my coffee obsession love is for another day… today we are talking about beans…

Yes – beans! Those verbal beans that populated my childhood! Quite unlike the humble Green Bean Casserole – which was totally absent from those childhood years of mine!
Now, how was that for a segue – eh?! 🙂

On a serious note though, even though The Green Bean Casserole celebrated it’s 60th birthday recently, I wasn’t introduced to it until I had my first Thanksgiving here in the US in the fall of 1993 (36 years after it had been around)! Aaaaaannnnnd I was entranced. I could get used to this creamy, luscious green bean goodness – minus the guilt associated with the verbal beans of my childhood! I’m joshing – so joshing, y’all!

Since my first encounter with that green bean casserole, I’ve come to enjoy it in so many different ways over past holidays. Sometimes, with the traditional 6 ingredients it was originally made with. And, other times, with a twist, like a cheesy topping, or as a saute sans creaminess with a sprinkling of caramelized onions. Today, the version I have here isn’t made with condensed soup – it isn’t creamy – but it is packed with flavor! It is a light saute of beans, mushrooms, onions, ginger and Kikkoman^® Soy Sauce with a topping of onions that have been coated in a Kikkoman^® Soy Sauce flavored egg wash and dredged in Kikkoman^® Panko Bread Crumbs! Now, this is versatile, so if you’d rather add in a can of condensed soup, please feel free to do so – but do keep the flavor of the ginger, onions, fresh mushrooms and and Kikkoman^® Soy Sauce!

I was at Walmart recently and decided to try out this Green Bean Casserole with a twist on my daughter, before our holiday meal with family and friends. So, I picked up a bottle of Kikkoman^® Soy Sauce and a package of Kikkoman^® Panko Bread Crumbs (which can be found in the breading section at Walmart and not the Asian section). By the way, Kikkoman^® is not just for Asian sauces and marinades – it’s more mainstream and versatile, and perfect to incorporate into your holiday recipes. Kikkoman’s^® Traditionally Brewed Soy Sauce is a major flavor enhancer and brings out the “umami” taste of a dish, and also helps balance and round out flavors in it. Kikkoman^® offers a variety of Gluten-Free products certified by the Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG) as well as a lower sodium version: Kikkoman^® Less Sodium Soy Sauce, which is perfect for those home cooks who are looking to cut down on their sodium levels, without sacrificing flavor. KikkomanUSA.com offers easy “gateway” recipes so that home-cooks can enjoy flavor and flair any night of the week. If you’d like more holiday recipes using Kikkoman^® Soy Sauce, please click here. And – please do check out Kikkoman ^® on Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter and Instagram!

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I sure hope y’all give this Simple Green Bean Casserole With A Twist a try and, if y’all love it as much as my daughter and I did, I sure do hope it will be one of your favorite, lightened-up, holiday sides!