Showing posts with label vegetables. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vegetables. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

How to Freeze Fresh Green Beans

This is so easy! It will take less than an hour from basket to bag - depending on how many beans you have.
Step 1: Harvest the crop. These are pole beans.



Step 2: Rinse beans well to clean.



Step 3: Snap off the stem-end of the beans only. The other ends contain good nutrients. Break longer beans in halves or thirds.





Step 4: Meanwhile bring to boil a pot of water salted with Kosher or sea salt - I use about a tablespoon per 2 quarts.




Step 5: Add the beans to vigorously boiling water, top with the lid until it reboils and cook for 3 minutes.




Step 6: Drain the hot water from the pot and add beans to iced water to cool.


Step 7: C'est Fini! Label and bag your beans!