Description
A fresh twist on the holiday casserole my mom always made.
Ingredients
- 1 pound fresh asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 (8 ounce) package sliced fresh mushrooms
- ¼ onion, thinly sliced
- 1 (4 ounce) packet saltine crackers, crushed
- 1 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup coarsely chopped pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Grease a 1 1/2-quart baking dish.
- Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Cover pan and bring the water to a boil. Add asparagus
- cover
- and steam until just tender
- 5 to 8 minutes.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet; cook and stir mushrooms and onion until the mushrooms have given off their liquid
- 5 to 8 minutes. Stir in the asparagus
- tossing vegetables just until hot. Remove from heat.
- Mix saltine cracker crumbs
- sharp Cheddar cheese
- and black pepper together in a bowl; spread half the mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
- Spoon the asparagus mixture over the crumb mixture.
- Whisk the cream of mushroom soup and milk together in a bowl until smooth
- and pour the soup mixture over the asparagus mixture.
- Spread the remaining crumb-cheese mixture over the casserole and sprinkle with pecans.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the casserole is bubbling
- about 30 minutes.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 40 mins
Total Time: 1 hr
Servings: 6