Omaha Nebraska Spanish Green Beans Casserole
Created by Dee Ben on September 19, 2025
- Servings: 6
- Prep Time: 9m
- Cook Time: 45m
- Recipe #45199
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup onions, minced
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 15 ounces tomatoes, diced, drained (1 can)
- 30 ounces green beans, undrained (2 cans)
- Sauce
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1 cup milk
- 8 ounces American cheese, cubed
How to Make
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Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
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Step 2: In pan, heat butter and onions and season lightly; cook until translucent.
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Step 3: Add flour and brown lightly.
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Step 4: Add rest of ingredients and season to taste.
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Step 5: Pour into pam sprayed casserole dish.
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Step 6: Meanwhile, in a saucepan, heat butter and flour, lightly season.
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Step 7: Add milk and cook until thickened.
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Step 8: Pour onto top of green beans.
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Step 9: Bake for 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly and lightly browned.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (232.5 g)
- Calories 254
- Total Fat - 16.5 g
- Saturated Fat - 10.1 g
- Cholesterol - 46 mg
- Sodium - 795.6 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 13.6 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.5 g
- Sugars - 5.2 g
- Protein - 14 g
- Calcium - 435.4 mg
- Iron - 1.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 7.7 mg
- Thiamin - 0.1 mg