Green Bean Corn Casserole
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Mix up your traditional Green Bean Casserole by adding corn to it! This quick and easy Green Bean Corn Casserole is going to be your new favorite holiday side dish with corn, green beans and cheese in a creamy sauce and topped with cheese crackers.
If you are up for a new twist on traditional green bean casserole, you are going to love this green bean and corn casserole! It’s creamy and loaded with green beans like the original but dressed up with cheese, corn, and a crunchy cracker topping.
I like to switch things up at Thanksgiving and usually add something new each year – it’s a fun way to surprise everyone! This green bean and corn casserole is a dish I first made years ago, and now everyone requests it. It’s one of my favorite green bean recipes. Everyone loves the flavors!
You Will Love this Easy Casserole!
- It’s not hard to make – just what we need for the holidays, right?! You guys know me – I would never share a complicated high-maintenance recipe!
- Even though it’s simple, it’s delicious! The combination of the creamy sauce, vegetables, and crackers on top is so good. This side dish hits all the right textures and flavors!
- It’s really easy to assemble, so you can make it the day you want to serve it or assemble it ahead of time to make life easier. It’s up to you!
If you’ve been looking for a new holiday side dish recipe, I think you’ll want to add this one to the list. It’s always a hit when I make it!
Ingredient Notes
There are three simple parts to this recipe: the sauce, the veggies, and the topping made with crackers.
The sauce is so creamy and cheesy with cream of celery soup, sour cream, finely chopped onion, and shredded cheddar cheese that melts into the sauce while it bakes.
To make things really easy with the main vegetables, I use canned French-style green beans and frozen corn. You don’t have to thaw the corn first – just add it to the sauce.
For the topping, all you need are crushed cheese crackers. You can use your favorite kind, but I usually use Cheez-Its. Crush them in a resealable bag with a rolling pin, or blitz them in a food processor.
2 Steps to Prepare this Quick and Easy Side Dish
Once you have your ingredients ready, it takes no time at all to assemble the casserole!
- Assemble: Combine the soup, sour cream, cheese, onion in a large mixing bowl. Add the green beans, corn, and stir to combine. Pour the mixture into a 2-quart baking dish coated with cooking spray.
- Bake: Cover the baking dish and bake the casserole for 25 minutes at 350 degrees F. Uncover it and sprinkle the crushed crackers around the edge of the casserole, leaving the middle exposed. Spritz the crackers with some butter spray. Bake it for 15 more minutes or until it’s hot and bubbly!
Assemble it Ahead for Holiday Dinners
This is a straightforward side dish, but to make life even easier for holiday dinners, you can assemble a day in advance and keep it in the refrigerator.
If you do, don’t add the crackers until you are ready to bake it. That way, they will be nice a crunchy! I usually crush them ahead of time and keep them in a resealable bag. That way, when it’s time to pop the casserole in the oven, I sprinkle them over the top and bake it.
If you bake the casserole straight from the fridge, you may need to add a few minutes to the baking time. It’s ready when it’s hot and bubbly!
Main Dish Ideas!
This green bean corn casserole with cheese goes with all the holiday main dishes, but it’s also a great side dish for weeknight dinners. You don’t need to wait for Thanksgiving or other holidays to make it!
- Serve it with roast turkey, honey baked ham, or slow cooker pineapple ham for a delicious holiday dinner.
- It’s also great with Parmesan pork chops, baked chicken legs, and griddle steaks for an amazing weeknight dinner!
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- Crock Pot Bacon Green Beans are a great way to save space in the oven for holiday dinners. Plus, it has bacon!
- Scalloped Potatoes with Ham & Cheese are Delicious, Homemade Scalloped Potatoes Layered with Ham & Cheese!
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Green Bean Corn Casserole
Ingredients
- 10.75 oz can cream of mushroom soup or cream of celery soup*
- 1 c. sour cream
- 1 c. shredded Cheddar cheese
- 1/2 c. finely chopped onion
- 2 cans French Style green beans, drained 14.5 oz each
- 2 c. frozen corn thawed
- 1/4 c. crushed cheese crackers
- Butter flavored spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl combine soup, sour cream, cheese and onion. Mix in corn and beans.
- Transfer to 2 quart baking dish prepare with non-stick cooking spray.
- Cover and bake 25 minutes in preheated oven. Uncover and sprinkle crushed crackers around outside of edge of pan. Spritz crackers with butter flavored spray. Bake 15 more minutes.
Elaine says
I have made this several times, using the cream of celery soup and my whole family loves it as an alternative to green bean casserole. I do drain the green beans and the corn first, otherwise follow the recipe to a T. Tonite making it with crushed Ritz crackers cause I am out of cheezits. They are buttery so should be good as well.
Julie Evink says
So glad you all enjoy it Elaine! Thanks for commenting and rating the recipe!
Linda Rodolff says
Made this on Thanksgiving and everyone said this recipe is a keeper.I used frozen cut green beans and cream of mushroom soup.will make it on Christmas and use the celery soup.
Julie Evink says
Wonderful to hear Linda! Thanks for commenting and rating the recipe!
L says
I was really excited to make this dish to pass with my family! I followed the recipe to a T, and it smelled good out of the oven.
Everyone was polite and took a small spoonful. They kept asking what was in it, and initially I was excited to list off the ingredients, but once I tasted it myself, I understood the flat niceties. I’m not sure what to do with the leftovers, as no one took any with their Tupperware 🙁
Super disappointed, absolutely do not recommend.
Julie Evink says
I’m sorry to hear that.
Lou says
Yeah, I’m sorry my entire family and extended family hated your recipe.
Regrets, am I right?
Maybe suggest cooking the onions first? In fact, cook all the veg first. This recipe is putrid.
Bernie says
Hi.im in South africa
If i cant find cream of celery soup way can i substitute it wih
Julie Evink says
Can you find cream of mushroom soup? Otherwise there are recipes to make homemade cream of mushroom soups.
Camelia says
Hello, can I use frozen green beans and if so should I thaw them?
Julie Evink says
Yes, but make sure to thaw them.
Amanda says
This looks amazing! Do you think it would be OK to use frozen green beans? If so, should I thaw them out first? Thanks for any insight you might have.
Julie Evink says
I would thaw them and pat off as much water as possible!
Leighann Stevens says
can you suggest a substitution for the sour cream? i have dairy free peeps in the family!
Julie Evink says
Hey Leighann! I’m sorry I don’t specialize in dairy substitutions. What would you normally replace it with?
JFK says
How about trying lactose free Greek yogurt?
Paulette Kraybill says
My family really likes this dish. I am wondering if this could be done in a crock pot. I want to double the recipe and because of needing oven space I would like to know if a crock pot could be used.
Julie Evink says
I would just follow the cooking directions on this recipe – https://www.julieseatsandtreats.com/the-best-crockpot-green-bean-casserole/
Sarah says
Has anyone added pre cooked meat like chicken or ham?
Julie Evink says
That would work great!
A.G. says
Even with the intuitive addition of much ground pepper and a healthy sploosh of Worcestershire, the result was bland and tasteless. I made it for a buffet-style dinner party, and ended up with almost as much at the end as I had at the beginning…and I noticed while cleaning up that guests who’d tactfully put a glob on their plates left it there. I scraped a whole lot of this mess straight down the drain. Epic fail. Too bad. It cost around 8 bucks for the ingredients.
Julie Evink says
I’m sorry you felt like that.
Nora says
Do you drain the green beans?
Michelle Sperr says
Hi Nora, thanks for the question. Yes, you’ll want to drain the green beans!
Joanne says
Fabulous! Quick, easy, delicious.
Julie says
I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Grace says
I haven’t tried this YET but I seriously doubt I won’t like it since I love all the ingredients. I do have a question that I hope you can send me a quick reply to can I use fresh green beans Vs. Canned and if so should I cook it longer or up the temperature?
Thanks
Julie says
Yes, you can use fresh green beans. I would leave the temperature as it is and cook it longer if needed. Start with the cook time on the recipe and add from there until the beans are cooked through!
Ashley says
This was so good. I added ham and carrots to it.
Julie says
Perfect! I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Dylan Grissom says
What type of cheese crackers would you recommend?
Julie says
We use original Cheez-Its but really, any cheese cracker would work.
Samantha says
I added a splash of soy sauce, maybe a tbsp total, and a tbsp of Dijon mustard when combining the soup and sour cream. We e didn’t have cream of celery on hand, so I had to use cream of mushroom instead. It was fabulous!!! Can’t wait to make it again for Thanksgiving in a few days!! Thank you for this great recipe!!
Julie Evink says
Great additions! Love that it worked with what you had on hand!