The ultimate way to prepare green beans is to blanch them.
Learning to blanch green beans makes sure they are delicious and tender. It’s a quick and easy process that produces superior results compared to other methods of cooking green beans. Once your green beans are blanched, you are able to store them long term in the freezer, add them to another dish, or eat them as a side dish. Here are some common questions and answers related to blanching green beans.
How long do you blanch green beans?
The actual cooking process involved in blanching green beans is quick. To make them perfectly tender, once the water is boiling, it typically takes between 2 and 4 minutes.
How do you blanch green beans for freezing?
Once your green beans are blanched and cooled from the ice bath, you are able to pat them dry and lay them on a tray to freeze. Once the green beans are frozen solid, you are able to transfer them to a freezer bag, remove excess air, and place them back in the freezer. These will usually keep for 1 year.
Ingredients:
- 12 oz raw green beans
- Pot of water 3/4 of the way full
- 1 tsp salt himalayan rock salt
- Large bowl with ice water(enough to cover vegetables)
- pan with paper towels
Prep:
- Clean and trim green beans
- Cut off or snap off wilted ends
- Bring a pot of water to a boil
Cooking:
- Add green beans to boiling water
- Boil for 3 minutes
- Remove green beans and immediately place in large bowl with ice water in it
- Gently stir twice (to make sure ice water is properly distributed)
- Let sit for 3 minutes (to ensure that the cooking process has stopped)
- Remove green beans and place on pan
- Gently dry with paper towels
- When green beans are dry, lightly sprinkle with salt
Enjoy!
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