{"id":50,"date":"2023-11-20T14:35:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T14:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homesteadingkid.com\/?p=50"},"modified":"2025-12-04T17:13:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T17:13:18","slug":"blanching-green-beans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homesteadingkid.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/20\/blanching-green-beans\/","title":{"rendered":"Blanching Green Beans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/homesteadingkid.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/20\/blanching-green-beans\/#How_to_blanch_green_beans\" >How to blanch green beans<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/homesteadingkid.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/20\/blanching-green-beans\/#Ingredients_for_blanching_green_beans\" >Ingredients for blanching green beans<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/homesteadingkid.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/20\/blanching-green-beans\/#Tools_needed_for_blanching_green_beans\" >Tools needed for blanching green beans<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/homesteadingkid.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/20\/blanching-green-beans\/#How_to_blanch_green_beans-2\" >How to blanch green beans<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/homesteadingkid.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/20\/blanching-green-beans\/#Blanching_other_vegetables\" >Blanching other vegetables<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_blanch_green_beans\"><\/span>How to blanch green beans<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hello and welcome to this blog post. My name is Joshua Kid and I am 11 years old. Today I am going to tell you about blanching green beans but you can do it with other things too. My allotment produced an a&#8217;bean&#8217;dent (abundant beans basically, get it) harvest of beans, so we had to preserve them so we can eat them during the winter. But if you just put them in the freezer their texture and taste changes and quite frankly, they do not taste nice. So, we blanched them and then put them in the freezer to preserve them. Here I will show you in a step-by-step guide with pictures how we blanched our beans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ingredients_for_blanching_green_beans\"><\/span>Ingredients for blanching green beans<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Really all you need for blanching beans is the beans, but what tools do you need? Well, here is the list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tools_needed_for_blanching_green_beans\"><\/span>Tools needed for blanching green beans  <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You Need: 3 big saucepans; a baking tray (optional); a knife; kitchen roll; ice; water; a hob and a wire basket (Like you use for cooking chips in a deep fat fryer.). So now we get on to how to do it<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_blanch_green_beans-2\"><\/span>How to blanch green beans<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"54\" src=\"https:\/\/thehomesteadingkid.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/10\/img_3680-1.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">plunge the beans into boiling water for three minutes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"51\" src=\"https:\/\/thehomesteadingkid.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/10\/img_3675-2.jpeg?w=768\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">then put them into ice water until cool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"53\" src=\"https:\/\/thehomesteadingkid.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/10\/img_3678-1.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">remove the beans and pat them dry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"52\" src=\"https:\/\/thehomesteadingkid.files.wordpress.com\/2023\/10\/img_3681-1.jpeg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">put the beans into bags and freeze<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" style=\"list-style-type:1\">\n<li>You take the hard bit at the top of the bean off with the knife<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You then have to wash the beans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Put the first saucepan on the hob to simmer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then you take the second saucepan and fill it with water and ice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You take the wire basket and fill it with beans ready for blanching<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You put the wire basket in the first saucepan when it is simmering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You leave it for 3 minutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then you transfer the beans into the second saucepan (the ice water one)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Take the beans out when they are cool<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>While you are waiting for the beans to cool you take your baking tray if you are using one and line it with a double layer of kitchen roll. If you are not using a baking tray, just put a double layer of kitchen roll on the side<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then when the beans are cool you can use tongs or a spoon to transfer them out of the ice water saucepan and onto the kitchen roll.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you are doing more than one batch you may need to add more ice into the saucepan at this point in the process<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Now you take an extra piece of kitchen roll to dab the top of the beans dry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When the beans are dry you can put them into freezer bags<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then put the contents and date on the bags because you do not want to eat off green beans!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Then tie the bags up ready for the freezer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Put the bags in the freezer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When you want green beans just take them out of the freezer cook and enjoy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Blanching_other_vegetables\"><\/span>Blanching other vegetables<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The frozen beans you get at the grocery store are blanched. The frozen peas and the frozen sweetcorn are blanched too. There are endless possibilities. But they all follow the same principle. I showed you how to do it on green beans but you can do it with other vegetables too. As I said there are endless possibilities\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to blanch green beans Hello and welcome to this blog post. My name is Joshua Kid and I am 11 years old. Today I am going to tell you about blanching green beans but you can do it with other things too. 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