#3164 - Green Bean Bacon Casserole

(by Shirley McNevich)

2 - 28oz. cans green beans (drained)
3 TBSP flour
2 TBSP Breakstone's sour cream
1 can French's french fried onions
6-8 bacon strips
1 cup milk
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese (more if you wish)

In a skillet over medium heat fry the bacon until crisp, then place the bacon on paper towels to drain. To the hot bacon grease carefully add the flour--mix with a whisk until dissolved. Slowly add milk and sour cream to bacon grease--mix with a whisk until combined. Crumble the bacon and add it to the bacon grease mixture--cook/stir over medium heat until mixture thickens into a gravy. In a large bowl add the green beans and the bacon gravy--stir to coat. Spread the green bean mixture evenly into a greased glass 9 x 13 baking dish. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, remove from oven, sprinkle french fried onions and shredded cheddar cheese all over the top, return to oven and bake 10 minutes longer or until heated through.