Learn how to freeze green beans from your garden or the farmers market. You’ll enjoy the fresh taste all year long!
7cups
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 4 minutesminutes
Total Time 24 minutesminutes
Ingredients
8cupsfresh green beans
Instructions
Rinse green beens in a strainer. Discard any overly large or blemished beans.
Use a paring knife to trim the attached end from the beans. The tail of the bean can remain.
You can keep beans whole or cut them into one or two inch pieces.
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. A 6 qt or 8 qt pot will probably do the trick unless you're making tons of green beans. While that comes to a boil, fill a large bowl with ice cubes and water.
Add the green beans to the boiling water, in batches if necessary. Immerse them, continuing to boil, for 3-4 minutes until they begin to turn a bright green color.
Use a slotted spoon to remove the green beans and transfer into your ice cold water. Allow them to cool in the pool for about 15 minutes, adding extra ice if necessary.
Once the beans have cooled, drain the ice water and spread the green beans on a clean kitchen dish towel to briefly dry or if you’d like to speed things along, you can give them a ride in your salad spinner to remove water.
Once most of the moisture is gone from the beans, transfer them to a parchment or waxed paper lined rimmed baking sheet. Spread the green beans into a single layer and pop them into your freezer for an hour or two until they’re frozen.
Transfer the frozen green beans into labeled zip top freezer bags. I like to portion my green beans into serving sizes, like two cup servings. Remove as much much excess air as possible to prevent freezer burn.
Freeze for 9-12 months.
You can freeze whatever quantity green beans you have. By default, I had to have an amount, so there you go!
Notes
You can freeze whatever quantity green beans you have. By default, I had to have an amount, so there you go!