Re: Freezing green beans.. How?

sometime in the recent past Jimmy posted this:
I want to freeze a lot of green beans and have them crunchy when thawed out. Any way to do this? If I blanch them then freeze them will they be soft?

Thanks,
Jimmy


You blanch to destroy the enzymes that would turn sugars into starches and essentially continue the growing sequence of the fruit. Blanching green beans for 3 minutes and then immersing them in ice water to stop the cooking. Spin in a salad spinner to dry them a bit before a quick pat down on a clean towel and freeze. This will keep the beans the freshest they can be.

My great-grandmother recalls threading beans and hanging them in the attic to dry out and then later hydrated as needed. Sorry, I can't guess at how they tasted, but anything is better than nothing in mid-winter.

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