How to Freeze Green Beans
Tips, Tricks
Watch more Food Preparation Tips, Tricks & Techniques videos: http://www.howcast.com/videos/329161-How-to-Freeze-Green-Beans Preserving garden goodness is a great American tradition you can enjoy when you learn to freeze the prolific, humble, and versatile green bean. Step 1: Select beans Select freshly harvested, high quality, crisp green beans. Tip Choose green bean varieties recommended for freezing by Extension Office agents or other experts to achieve the best results. Step 2: Wash and sort Wash the beans in cold water and sort them according to size and maturity to ensure uniformity in processing. Step 3: Cut Cut off the ends and then cut the beans into bite-sized pieces or slice them lengthwise. Tip One bushel of fresh green beans produces 30 to 45 pints frozen beans. Step 4: Blanch beans Blanch your beans by placing 4 cups of beans into a steamer basket and setting the basket in a covered kettle of boiling water for 3 minutes. Step 5: Cool Cool the beans under cold running water and thoroughly drain them. Step 6: Pack Pack the cooled beans in meal-sized amounts in freezer containers or freezer bags, leaving ½-inch headspace in containers and expelling excess air from bags. Step 7: Label and freeze Label your containers or bags with the date, and then place them in a freezer for up to 12 months to celebrate and enjoy the harvest all year long. Did You Know? The common green bean is known by several names, including string, bush, snap, and runner bean.
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Last year I froze quite a bit of green beans. Blanched and cooled them , used vacuum bags. Still didn't care for them. I tried freezing some corn on the cob. Didn't care for that either. Guess I'll have to try canning.
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Obviously you never had frozen string beans, and ya don't forget to breath
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when i saw the title i thought i was being trolled how to freeze green beans you will need green beans a freezer hands step 1 put beans in freezer did u know green beans are green
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I think its funny how many viewers think you can just throw stuff in the freezer and it will still taste good when it comes out. Its a shame because if they watched the whole thing they might actually learn something.
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take beans, but into freezer
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Damnit :\ I thought I unsubbed them.. Oh well. *inserts green beans into freezer* VICTORY. YEAH MAN, NEXT?
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Cool beans!
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0.06-0.09 what a ridiculous statement. I could say that washing your clothes is a great English tradition and it would make as much sense. WTF freezing food is an entirely mundane and universally functional action. This technique isn't specifically American- why prescribe a nationality to it? Howcast Nazis!
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@Zeppo3 fail
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