Green Bean Casserole

[rkimedes]

I based this onPaula Deen's green bean casserole, but I've made enough modifications that I'm re-writing it up for myself.

Ingredients
For the Onion rings:
2 med yellow onions, sliced thin
2 cups vegetable oil (I used canola)
2 cups Bob's Red Mill GF All Purpose Baking Flour
1 tsp House Seasoning (recipe follows)
2 cups milk

For the casserole proper:
2T  butter
1 med yellow onion, diced
1 8 oz package of white mushrooms, sliced
2 bags (1 lb) frozen french cut green beans
1/2 cup white wine
6 cups chicken broth
1 (10 3/4-ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
1 (10 3/4-ounce) can cream of mushroom soup with roasted garlic
2 cans water chestnuts 
Pinch House Seasoning, recipe follows

House Seasoning:
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon garlic powderDirections

French Fried Onions:
Because I'm GF, I had to make my own onion rings. They actually turned out really well. If you don't want to bother with this, then you can buy 2 of the 2.8 ounce cans of french fried onions, but I kinda preferred these, dietary needs notwithstanding. I made them about 2 days in advance.

1. Separate the onion slices into rings and soak them in milk.
2. Heat the oil in a pan til water skitters on it
3. Combine the flour with 1 teaspoon of House Seasoning in a ziploc bag
4. Shake the milky onions in the bag until they're generously coated with flour
5. Carefully place the battered onions in a single layer in the hot oil.
6. Cook the onions until golden brown, turning once.
7. Remove onions to a plate with a paper towel on it to drain.

Store in airtight container.
The next day:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Melt the butter in a large skillet. Saute the onions and mushrooms in the butter.
3. As the onions get soft and the mushrooms get small, add wine and let it boil down.
4. Dump onion/mushroom mixture into mixing bowl.
5. Place the green beans in boiling broth. Once the broth comes back to a boil, cook about 3 minutes (I find this whole process takes about 10 minutes)
6. Add the green beans, mushroom soup, water chestnuts, and a pinch of House Seasoning, to taste, to the onion mixture. Stir well.
7. If you are ready to put your casserole into the oven now, then add 1/2 of the onion rings that you made yesterday and stir well. If you're preparing this ahead, I recommend preparing up to this point and mixing in the onion rings right before you dump everything into the casserole dish.
8. Pour into a greased 1 1/2-quart baking dish.
9. Put the other half of the onions on top as a garnish
10. Bake for 30 minutes