How to Freeze Green Beans~Blanching vs. NOT Blanching Comparison!
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- Опубліковано 15 сер 2022
- Should you blanch your green beans before freezing? In this comparison of blanching vs not blanching when freezing green beans, I will do a test to show you the colour and texture of the frozen green beans once prepared to eat! Also harvest beans with me and find out the varieties we grow!
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This is exactly what I was looking for. It is precise and investigates several angles. It is clearly documented. Thank you from a random geek who very much appreciates the time and effort you spent making this video.
So happy I saw your video. What a time saver. Just finished putting all of today's picked beans in the freezer without blanching. Yay!!
Right behind you and Amen! Harvesting them towards the end of the season and will be freezing w/o blanching. Peace
Well....just saved me from feeling somewhat guilty about skipping blanching and moving right through to freezing !!! ✌🤞🖖
I never blanch my veggies. Beans, capsicum, celery, corn on the cob - I just put them in a single layer on a tray in the freezer and when they’re frozen solid I bag them up.
I enjoyed this video. It never occurred to me to freeze my beans without blanching first, but I will certainly try it! So much quicker.
I've never blanched any veggies except leafy greens. Glad to see this experiment.
Good morning, and thank you for watching! It is a time saver to not blanch, and when the garden is in full swing, we need all the time we can get! Such a busy time! Take care and have a great day!
So precious to see the bewilderness on your face when you realized nonblanched tasted better and retained crunchiness..I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EXPERIMENT, SAVED ME A LOT OF TIME.
Thank you very much for watching and for your kind words!
I was shocked...they were so much better...and they are still holding up as I still have a couple bags left!
Thank you again and I hope you have a lovely Sunday! 😊🌻
I love it when people question convention and put it to an experiment! And extra bonus when the path of least resistance is the winner!!
Thank you for sharing your experiment! You’re saving me time and the “crunchiness “ on our beans!
I spent about an hour watching videos on this and you're is the only one that won me over! Thanks for the work.
Hi there! Thank you so much...that is such a wonderful compliment!
Thank you for watching and for your kind words!
Take care and have a great evening! 🌻
Finished the last of last years fozen beans a few weeks ago. I didn't blanch and bagged them in portion size freezer bags after rinsing and drying. I always use a steamer to cook them about 5-7 minutes. Butter and seasoning after draining steamer of water no complaints. Freeze all my peppers pre-cut for cooking too, no blanching they work great in all dishes after months of being frozen.
Hi there...that is wonderful! I found the same....they still taste fine and texture pretty good too!
Thank you for your message and also for watching! Have a great evening!
Does this work with string beans too?
WOW, just wow.... I am so happy to have stumbled across this video. My mother has blanched, he mother has blanched before the freezing. I needed to see what method was right for myself & family. Your video helped so much and saves time.
I believe what I will do is blanch any veggies intended for the freeze process...I think 30 secs to kill any bacteria or microscopic bugs/eggs. THANK YOU!!! From: Lehigh Acres, FL
Great information. I'm not blanching corn anymore either. More crispy and more flavor without blanching
Awesome. Thank you for sharing this experiment ! So helpful
Wow!! This is GREAT NEWS! I never thought to do a side by side test! It will save a lot of time…especially in Harvest time, when we are trying to keep up with everything in the garden! Thanks for doing this for us!! BTW I just subscribed …found you fro Canuary videos. 😉
Thank you! Glad I found your channel.
THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS TEST, YOU JUST MADE MY JOB EASIER ❤😊
Tanks for the REAL results! Good girl!
Great video! Thank you!! I was so nervous I was going to need to blanch all my beans!!
Good news! Thanks for your time to do this experiment.
Thanks for the experiment
Ty for that, lots of info👍
Thanks so much! Love this video.
Thank you. I was just about to blanch and decided to sesrch Google. Your video came up and now I'm going to do it without blanching. Yay!
Thanks for taking the time to do this: it answered my question exactly.
Hi there! You are very welcome and I thank you for watching! Take care and have a lovely day! 🌻
Hi Alana excellent video again thanks, the little experiment was very informative i didn't know how to blanch beans as we always just wash them in cold salted water then freeze them, but from now on we will cut some up for stews instead of leaving them all whole, it's a great feeling walking down the garden and walking back with a basket full of vegetables, Sue has just dug three carrots 🥕 for tea tomorrow they smell amazing,thanks again for sharing with us take care and stay safe 👍 😊 .
Great experiment. I have both blanched and not balanced in the freezer. Can’t wait to try them. It would save so much time.
So glad I watched you video I will not blanch beans again. I blanched assperugus and they turned out mushy as well wondering if I can just freeze them as they are so darn expensive?
Thank you for sharing this with us!
Hi Nicole! Thank you very much for watching and for your kind message!
Excellent video! Thanks
Wow thank you for your video,this helps me as i have lots of beans in my garden
Good stuff. Straight in the freezer for me. Thanks.
Thanks so much fir going through the process of comparing! I do not blanch and wondered if I should this year-so your video was super helpful!!!
Hi there! Thank you very much for watching and for your kind comment! Take care and have a great day! 🌻
Thank you,you just saved me a lot of time,GOD BLESS
Thank you for doing that experiment! I will no longer blanch either!!
Thank you! You saved me a lot of time. I do that with spinach.
Thank you so much! So informative.
Hi there...thank you very much for watching and also for your kind message! Have a great evening!
Super, divno👏👏👏🙋
Astounding! Thank you!
Hi there! Thank you very much for watching and for your kind message! Take care and have a great day!
Thank you for this 😊
Thanks for sharing 😊
Thank you!👍
Nice garden...and big.
So glad i found your video!Hubby just picked all kinds of beans !I am from Ont to!
Hi there fellow Ontario friend! I'm jealous you have beans! Ours aren't ready yet but soon enough, I'm sure I will have beans coming out of my ears!
Thank you for watching and have a great evening!🌻
Great video just doing bens now I’ve canned lots so the last few I wanted to freeze and found your video just in t8me thanks for sharing this video
Thank you!❤
Great video! I'm growing green beans at the moment and have far more than I can use. Personally I prefer to blanch mine, and just boil them quickly before I eat them, but it's good to know I don't have to blanch them if I don't have time.
Great video Alana! I reckon if the beans are going to be eaten in the next few months then no blanching is the answer and that will save so much time. Lovely to see you - have missed you these past months 🙂
Hi Penny...I hope you and your family are doing well! I bet you are getting everything ready for a lovely Christmas...I can just imagine the wonderful treats you have been busy making! Take care and I hope you and your family have a fabulous holiday!
@@alanacawker-therusticwife I've just seen this Alana! so sorry not to reply. I am just setting up a UA-cam channel and am getting through the process! All is fine here and I'm excited about the next growing season. I think of you often and hope that you are well and thriving. Sending you lots of love xxx
I just harvested more beans today and needed YT to decide how I wanted to do this. Thanks for the vid. I have decided to not blanch but wanted to make sure before I started. BTW, I always thought blanching was just dumping them into boiling water for only about a minute or so and to not "cook" them. So your 2nd trial with two minutes was probably the most accurate way. But why bother like you demonstrated? Save time!😊
Great video Alana. Nothing like fresh beans. Take care and have a blessed day and I'll see you on your next video
Hi Billy...thank you very much my friend! I love fresh green beans...I eat them raw straight from the garden too...so good! Take care and have a great evening!
@@alanacawker-therusticwife I'll pull up a onion and clean it off and sit down and eat it
@@billyshumate853 oh my gosh...are they the hot onions? I will have to try that...my husband's Grampa used to put sugar onions!
Thank you for your demonstration so I will never blanch my fresh home grown beans! This was amazing!🎉😮🎉
Very helpful video. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you very much for watching and for your kindness! Take care and have a great night!
Hello what's good
Great video! I blanch my beans but don't really put a timer!!
Good to know!
Thank you....I have been blanching mine as well and don't like them.....Awesome!
Love this!!! Thanks for sharing, just threw my pot of water away!!
Thank you very much for watching and for your kind message! 🌻😊
I am also trying to determine the best way to store peas or beans. But not for cooking but just to preserve them for eating raw. They are always mushy after defrosting. In your case, the blanched beans will always turn mushy because you cut them and after blanching the water is trapped inside the beans. When freezing, the insides are now frozen water. Would like to try blanching UN-cut and see if better.
Bless your lil pea pickin heart! Lol 👍🙏🇺🇸👊
Haha! Thank you very much Bill! 😄
Thank you for the effort put in. Helps me to decide.
Hi there! Thank you very much for watching and for your message! I heated up some beans that weren't blanched the other night and they were still lovely! Good colour, texture and they weren't mushy...so far anyway! 😀 Take care and have a lovely day!
@@alanacawker-therusticwife Hi, Do the unblanched beans keep longer in a vacuum bag.
@@Lord72969 hi there! I haven't used a vacuum sealer yet but I bet they do! My brother has one and he said they keep everything really well! The crazy thing is, I bought one at a thrift store and haven't used it yet!! 😄 Why am I like this??! Lol!
@@alanacawker-therusticwife Hi Alana, Thanks for your reply. I've just purchased a sous vide vacuum sealer and will try it out over the next week. My beans have been cropping now for the past fortnight here in Southern England.
@@Lord72969 oh, you will have to let me know how it works out!
There is nothing like the taste of garden fresh beans! I will live vicariously through you until ours are ready! 😊😊
Thank You So Very Much! I Learned A Lot! Gonna Stop That Extra Process. Much Happiness I Wish For You!!!
Hi Tracy! Thank you for watching and for your kind message!
I love it when I can save time, especially this time of year!
I like how you say the word "out".
Great video! I've learned this about 9 years ago when we moved from the Netherlands to France. Was an eye opener for me, since than I put many thing directly in the freezer, onions, carrots, leeks etc.
Hi there! Such a time saver isn't it? I love to freeze onions as well...it is so handy to have them pre chopped so you can just toss them into a recipe!
Thank you very much for watching and also for your message!
Take care and have a great night! 🌻
What about color after in the freezer a few months? Anyone?
@@kelcritcarroll the color will fade just a bit, but frozen vegetables are not intended for bright crisp salads after long freezing. That would be less than 2 months. Long term freezing is really ideal for cooking without breaking the bank in the off season, when vegetables are imported and far more expensive. I make quite a good living, but still refuse to pay 400% more for cooking vegetables in the off season.. when a $5 pot of chili would cost $25 or $30.
I didnt even research beforehand i just put my green beans and runner beans from washing straight in the freezer. Ive done same with my beetroot. Froze without blancing. I hope my beetroot cooks ok i havent tried any yet. I do wonder when blanching the veg may lose some of its nutrients. Im glad i came across your video.
This is such great news! I'm sorry you've worked harder for so long but now you won't have to do so much! And neither will I! 😂
Hi there! Thank you very much for watching and for your kind message! So far so good on the frozen bean front...still tasting good! Fingers crossed it lasts! lol!
Great video. I never blanch before... and I will keep freezing it as raw. I did with fennel bulb sliced, and the secret is not allow air in, because will burn (dark) the top slices.
Hubby likes his beans mushy, so in my case I will keep blanching. I guess it's all about personal preference! I wonder if they would be good prepared like British mushy peas, with some vinegar. Definitely going to try it this year, I planted a bunch of beans!
Good morning! I bet the beans prepared like mushy peas would be good...I always have vinegar on my beans anyway, so I will have to try that!
We love beans here so we will be planting lots like you did! My daughter loves dill beans so that is a must to make too!
Thank you very much for watching and I hope.you have a great day! 😊🌻
Thank q
It sure would be great to omit blanching from the whole process of veggie preparation for freezing, but I’m wondering if a 5 day trial is actually long enough. Since blanching is supposed to greatly slow the process of decay or aging (as I understand it does), by inhibiting certain enzymes, it seems like a period of weeks-if not months-would be required to compare the two. Maybe not, but it seems like the breakdown in food quality would a slower process than a week (or less) would reveal. 🤔
I just did some this morning and I just set the timer for 2 minutes after I dumped them in and they didn't really come back to a boil but I suspect they will be just fine for soup and stew
Would the same apply to doing corn off the Cobb ? Thanks for sharing the info , stay safe ! Have fun !
Hi Robert! I just put our corn down in the freezer and I still blanched the cobs for 3 minutes before cutting kernels off of the cobs. I just find the kernels cut off the cobs easier when I blanch first. I don't think it's necessary to do it though. Take care and have a great day! 😊🌻
When using zip bags, you should submerge them most of the way in cold water, to push out all the excess air. You will get a much better result. Blanched or not…
Good morning! That is a fantastic tip...I never thought of that, thank you very much!! I'm trying that this year!
Thank you for watching and I hope you have a wonderful day! 😊🌻
freezing also kills anything that might be bad... and you're going to cook them anyway... soo.... thanks for the experiment!! I will not blanch my beans!!
I don't blanch and I don't cut them up . Green , yellow , pole , whatever . They are fine
I suggest you put a bit of fat in a cast iron pan. Lightly stir fry your beans then add enough water to gently simmer your beans until fork tender.
I blanch because they hold up to freezing for longer periods. But to cook I just reheat them in the microwave or tip them into a stir fry since they are already cooked.
Hi there...thank you for watching and for the tips! I cooked some beans the other night that weren't blanched and so far they are still great but I bet they won't be as great further into the year as the blanched ones.
Hi there . Does it work the same for pole beans ? I have the flat and regular pole beans .
Hello and thank you for watching! These beans that I used were a bush style bean but I have heard that the flat bean variety taste better when blanched. Apparently they are more woody when frozen without blanching. I hope that helps...take care and have a great evening!
We grew beans for the first time last year and I froze them without blanching. Not sure what I did wrong, but the texture was terrible when I cooked them. They were super chewy , the color turned brownish and they were limp. That was after cooking for maybe 7 minutes.
7 minutes...thats way more than blanching. Usually it takes me 1 minutem
The results may be different in longer term. After a couple of months in the freezer there may be a difference? Thanks for the experiment.
Hi Teresa! I agree...perhaps long term in the freezer might change my mind! lol! So far, so good but only time will tell! Have a lovely day!
Did long term end up changing your mind?@@alanacawker-therusticwife
Blanched one got twice cooked in this test and became mushy. It would be interesting to compare only raw frozen ones being blanched later. My vote anyway is for raw frozen.
Just wondering, could the length of time frozen affect the outcome? 5 days is just much shorter than how long I know I would probably have those babies in my freezer lol
Good morning! I always keep my beans much longer than 5 days too and the beans pretty much have the same texture for quite a long time I found. Now, I do believe different beans have different textures and some do need blanching...these ones were a bush bean and string less. Also, in my test, I should have accounted for the blanching time on the one batch and boiled them for less time than the unblanched ones. I hope that helps...it's a tricky thing to try to get as much as you can stored for winter at the height of harvest time. I'm always looking for ways to save a wee bit of time during the season!
Take care and have a great day!
Sooooo I haven't been blanching and I've learned certain variety do better blanched. I'm growing Long Beans and they are fibrous if I don't blanch.
Hi there! Somebody else mentioned that they find their long bean variety was tough if they didn't blanch...that is a good tip to know about other varieties! I always grow a bush bean and so far so good but if I do grow a long bean, I will definitely blanch first!
Thank you for watching and also for sharing that tip! Take care and have a great night!
I grow italian green beans and I have to blanch them. I cannot get them to cook right if I dont. they are woody texture if unblanched.
Hi there...I've never tried Italian green beans! I must try that variety but will remember to blanch them first though! Thank you for the tip and thank you, also for watching!
Hi! Should we blanch green peas ?
Good morning and thank you for watching! Personally, I have never blanched peas and they turn out lovely...not soggy or mushy! Take care and have a great day!
Can we wash vegetables with cold water before freezing
Hi there...sorry to answer later than expected as I was sleeping. Sure, you can wash vegetables in cold water before freezing. Just pat them dry before putting in freezer.
I, too, had little success with blanched frozen beans. This has been very helpful, Thank you!
Hi there! You are very welcome and I thank you for watching!
Take care and have a great day! 🌻
I never cut up my beans. Can I freeze mine whole without blanching them?
Hi there! I have never frozen them whole but I can't see why you couldn't? Maybe do a test with a few to see how they turn out? I would be curious to see as well!
Thank you for watching! Take care and have a lovely evening! 🌻
Not balancing mine anymore either thank you but will vaccum seal.
I didn't Blanche my beans this summer, i 'vac sealed ' and they turned 'water logged' & ruined..
This allows me to freeze them as I pick them, just date the bag.
I also don’t blanch peas or corn - cut off niblets from cob in bags and ears left in their husks. Honestly, I can’t say either the peas or niblets last more than two months before used. But I have found both taste better than store bought frozen vegetables. Family loves the corn on the cob - I am not a big fan of fresh or frozen corn on cob? Nobody has ever given me an explanation to blanch these vegetables that has occurred when I don’t blanch. The time I keep them frozen before eating could be a factor.
I just watched another video and the lady swore that the non-blanched beans were not good. So confused!
Do you blanch broccoli?
Hi there! I can't say for sure about broccoli as I don't store any in the freezer. I'm not partial to frozen broccoli as it is but I would imagine a quick blanch might be beneficial as I have read that without blanching, they will be quite wilted and more soggy. I'm sorry I couldn't give you a more definitive answer!
Thank you for watching and have a great day!
Thanks for doing this test. But I feel sure that results would have been more comparable if the *total cooking time* was the same. Then you could more accurately judge the real differences.
Hi there...thank you for watching my video! When I did the test, each pot was cooked at the same temperature for the same amount of time...unless, you mean I should have added the blanching time to the ones that were not blanched when testing?
@@alanacawker-therusticwife That's basically what I mean, except adding time would make them both mushy. The blanched ones are already partly cooked, so when cooked from frozen, they need 2 minutes less.
@@adamadamadamadam I will remember that tip! Damn...I hope I didn't mess people up with their frozen beans!
Thank you again for watching and for your message...take care and have a lovely evening! 🌻
@@alanacawker-therusticwife I have probably only blanched and frozen things like 3 times😂 So this is not an "expert" tip. But it just seems logical to me.
Thanks for testing in a 'scientific' method, so you're really comparing apples to apples (pun intended). This is my first time preserving fresh green beans, and I am NOT going to blanch them.
With that size garden u need a saver machine.
From what I’ve learned blanched foods will last longer in the feeezer (6-9 months). If you don’t blanch you need to use within a few months. Anyone else confirm
this??
Hi there! So far, the beans are still holding up...I always thought they wouldn't be very good either without it but I have some left and they still taste pretty good.
@@alanacawker-therusticwife just looked back and your almost a year out with the video…..well, I’m sure your cooking them well anyway before eating.
I’m really just learning from friends and family- with help of internet. I did like your video and your methods, you have a cool accent as well!
@@loritindall3324 thank you very much...you are very kind! People say they can hear my Canadian accent...it's funny how we never think of ourselves with accents lol!
Thank you for watching..take care and have a great evening!
@@alanacawker-therusticwifejust to confirm, you’re eating in blanched portioned green beans that are almost a year old and they are not mushy? Also, what is your cook time?
But you cooked the blanched beans two minutes longer.
Imagine trying to eat without any teeth. Maybe blanch sounds like it would help a certain populous
Hi there! You certainly are right...that would be difficult to eat those beans with no teeth! My daughter doesn't like pressure canned beans as they are softer than frozen...that might be a good option too!
Thank you for watching and have a lovely evening! 🌻
I blanched, they were mushy. Total disappointment
THEY'RE MUSHY!? i don't know WHAT to believe anymore :/