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How to Freeze Fresh Green Beans

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September 10, 2014 by Kendra 12 Comments

I don’t know about you, but our little garden did very well this year and we were blessed with lots of green beans. I canned quite a bit, and canning is ideal because they keep well this way and there is no worries about loosing food if the electric goes out.

However, we are huge fans of frozen green beans. They just taste so much better!

I took some photos of the relatively simple process and thought I would would share how to freeze fresh green beans today. 🙂

How to freeze fresh green beans from your garden.

How to Freeze Fresh Green Beans:

Start out by preparing your beans. Sometimes we pick the small beans and just snap the ends off and freeze them whole, similar to how restaurants serve them. On this occasion Jason waited too long to pick them, so we snapped the ends off and broke the beans.

Then I did a double wash to get all the dirt and stuff off of them. The next part works best if you have a steamer pan. I don’t have one, but I do have a basket which kinda fits one of my pans. If you don’t have either, I’m sure a large slotted spoon would work.

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I filled a pan with water and brought it to a boil. Once the water was boiling I put the steamer basket into the water and filled it with green beans.

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With the beans in the boiling water I set a timer for 2 minutes. This blanches the beans enough to break down the starches so they don’t become icy in the freezer.

When the timer goes off I pull the steamer basket out of the water and use a slotted spoon to get the stragglers. Then I dump them into a sink of cold water. Sometimes I add icecubes to make it really cold.

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Since I have a double sink I just clean the whole thing and fill both sides with cold water. That way I can put beans in both sides, especially when I’m doing a lot.

Once the beans have cooled off I scoop them out of the sink and onto a towel to dry.

How to freeze fresh green beans

In the past mother and I would freeze our beans in Ziploc freezer bags. They worked but the beans started getting freezer burnt after 5 or 6 months. Now we vacuum seal our green beans and they stay nice for over a year.

How to freeze fresh green beans

For the two of us, I usually put a glass 2 cup measure clear full into the bags and that makes one meal. We like our green beans!

And while we’re on the subject, my favorite way to fix frozen green beans is to put them in a skillet with a small amount of water. I cover and cook them until the bean are thawed and separated. Then I remove the lid and add butter, onion slivers and minced garlic and saute it. Yummy!

 

 

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Filed Under: Home and Garden Tagged With: freezing, gardening, green beans, preserving

Respectful opinions are always welcome

  1. the smelly lady says

    September 10, 2014 at 9:08 pm

    Growing up my mom always canned them. I tried freezing them once after I got married, but I didn’t blanch them first, I just froze them. Maybe that’s why we didn’t like them.

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  2. Lori says

    October 16, 2015 at 6:17 am

    Thank you for the step by step guide.

    Reply
  3. Ella says

    July 30, 2016 at 10:11 pm

    Am trying this method..will follow up when we eat them.

    Reply
  4. Luzette says

    September 18, 2016 at 7:08 pm

    Today I was given green beans from the garden and will be freezing them tomorrow. Thank you for this easy method. I plan to use these for Thanksgiving dinner so I will be using freezer bags. Will let you know if I run into any problems.

    Reply
  5. Edie Trobough says

    October 13, 2016 at 1:47 pm

    Thank you for sharing step by step , helped me a lot

    Reply
  6. Debra Leonard says

    March 28, 2017 at 9:31 pm

    Once the beans are dry I lay them out on cookie sheets and place in the freezer just long enough to be partially frozen then place them in freezer bags. They do not stick together and is easy to remove just the amount I want to use for that meal as I go. I do the same thing when I freeze blueberries I only clean and dry them though, works very well.

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    • Kendra says

      March 31, 2017 at 5:10 pm

      Basically a flash freeze then 🙂 I don’t because we eat so many beans it’s no issue at all to freeze them in larger amounts!

      Reply
  7. Suzette says

    May 23, 2020 at 12:01 am

    Do they still taste like fresh picked is the question? I want to freeze mine due to space issues… I have canned mine in the past and was given some frozen once and they tasted horrible but want them to taste like they are fresh out of the garden or at least not chewy in texture…

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    • Kendra says

      May 29, 2020 at 5:14 pm

      If you blanch them first, they taste very close to fresh. Not chewy but not soft like canned either. It’s hard to explain.

      Reply
  8. Cherie Johnson says

    July 15, 2020 at 5:45 pm

    I’ve never been a big fan of boughten frozen green beans. The texture seems sort of rubbery to me. Do these get that texture?

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    • Kendra says

      July 18, 2020 at 7:33 am

      No… I don’t usually notice that.

      Reply
  9. Pat says

    October 19, 2020 at 4:41 pm

    I got a sealer this year and that makes all the difference. I blanched them and let them dry but I also put them on a cookie sheet and partially froze them. Then I vacuum sealed. We have eaten one package so far and I felt like they were like fresh picked. Browned bacon and onion and cooked them until crisp tender!! Yum!

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