Gluten Free Green Beans with Balsamic Onions Recipe

Surely you must be aware of the green bean casserole that has been around since the advent of canned food. Canned beans, canned soup, canned fried onions. Sodium, gluten and tin – yum! Just what I want to eat when I sit down to a celebration dinner. NOT!

Maybe back in the day, the preparers of the Holiday Meal were indeed thankful that life had become easier. No longer did one have to go to the yard, decapitate the turkey (did people have turkeys in the yard?) watch it run around like a … well… like a chicken with its head cut off.

I reckon that when canned food first started rolling off the factory shelves that people were so enchanted with the products and the ease that they could not help but come up with all sorts of ways to utilize them. Like when we first got microwave ovens. But just because you can cook a whole stuffed turkey in the microwave in 17 seconds does not mean that it is a good idea.

Same goes with a green bean casserole. It is not one of those things you should make just because you can.

This Gluten Green Beans with Balsamic Onions Recipe are fresh and delish. To cut down on last minute prep for Thanksgiving, I make the onions the night before and parboil the green beans in the morning. Then while the turkey is being carved by the hubby, I re-heat the onions in the microwave and the green beans stove-top with a bit of butter and bring it all to the table nice and hot. It makes for a pretty presentation as well.

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Gluten Free Green Beans with Balsamic Onions Recipe

Prep Time20 mins

Cook Time1 hr

Total Time1 hr 20 mins

Course: Side Dish

Cuisine: American

Servings: 12 servings

Calories: 123kcal

Author: Gluten Free & More

Ingredients

• ▢ Non-stick olive oil spray
• ▢ 6 large onions (about 2½ pounds) peeled, each cut through vertically through root end into 12 or 14 wedges
• ▢ 6 tablespoons unsalted butter divided
• ▢ Salt and pepper
• ▢ 2 cups canned gluten-free chicken broth
• ▢ 3 tablespoons sugar
• ▢ 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• ▢ 3 pounds slender green beans ends trimmed

Instructions

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  Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
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  Spray 2 heavy baking sheets with non-stick spray. Arrange onion wedges in a single layer on the baking sheets and dot with 4 tablespoons of butter. Season with salt and pepper. Bake until onions are dark brown, stirring once or twice – about 40 minutes.
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  While onions are baking, boil broth in a large, heavy skillet over high heat until reduced to about ½ cup, about 6-8 minutes. Add sugar and vinegar and cook, stirring, until sugar dissolves and the mixture comes to a boil.
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  Add the onions to the sauce, reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer until the liquid is reduced and syrupy, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Reheat over low heat or in microwave.
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  Cook green beans in a large pot of boiling salted water until crisp tender -- about 5 minutes. Drain well. Return to same pot, add remaining 2 tablespoons of butter and toss to coat. 
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  If making ahead, cook beans for about 4 minutes, drain and rinse with cold water to stop the cooking. Wrap in paper towels, then in cling-wrap and refrigerate until just before serving time. Heat 2 tablespoons of butter in a large skillet or pot, add green beans and re-heat.
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  Serve beans in a large shallow bowl topped with onions.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts

Gluten Free Green Beans with Balsamic Onions Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 123 Calories from Fat 54

% Daily Value*

Fat 6g9%

Saturated Fat 3g15%

Cholesterol 15mg5%

Sodium 153mg6%

Potassium 353mg10%

Carbohydrates 16g5%

Fiber 3g12%

Sugar 9g10%

Protein 2g4%

Vitamin A 955IU19%

Vitamin C 20.6mg25%

Calcium 59mg6%

Iron 1.4mg8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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