Easy step by step instructions on how to freeze fresh green beans without blanching. These green beans will last up to a year. You can use them in casseroles, soups, stir fry and more!
If your garden is anything like ours right now you might be picking pounds and pounds of green beans. And if you’re anything like me, you really don’t want to turn on your stove to boil water to preserve your green beans during the Summer.
Last year I started to freeze our fresh green beans this way and they stayed extra fresh, keeping their bright green color and crunch. These frozen green beans last up to a year in the freezer making them a easy and economical way to save your green beans.
Can you freeze green beans without blanching?
Yes! You can freeze fresh green beans without blanching. The method below saves time because it doesn’t require blanching the beans. You’re just going to trim the ends off, chop into desired sizes, wash them and freeze! It’s that easy!
This is my tried and tested method that I’ve been using for years with our green beans!
How to freeze green beans
Step 1: Take a step back and admire your green beans because god damn, you’re amazing, you just grew green beans!
Fresh green beans are one of our favorite foods and they’re so versatile in the kitchen! You can use them in casseroles, soups, stir fry, or even slow cooker meals. Thanksgiving is only a few months away, so you can even save your garden green beans to make your favorite Green Bean Casserole family!
How cool is it to make a Thanksgiving casserole with FRESH green bean that you grew? Talk about a dish made out of love!
Step 2: Trim the ends off both sides of green beans.
Step 3: Cut the green beans in half.
Step 4: Wash with water, making sure to get all dirt off them.
Step 5: Dry completely. Place on a cloth towel or paper towel, allowing to dry completely. This usually takes about 20 minutes.
Step 6: Place in freezer bags. I like to make 1 cup, 12 oz and 16 oz bags. Label the bag.
Step 7: Freeze!
How to Defrost Frozen Green Beans
Step 8: Time to eat them? Depending on what you are making, defrost or place in boiling water/soup directly frozen.
To show you how great they freeze and keep their color, here are green beans that I’ve had frozen for 1 year!
How long do frozen green beans last?
I have stored these green beans in my freezer for a year and they still taste great! Good luck not eating them sooner though – they’re so delicious!
Hope this “How to Freeze Fresh Green Beans” post helps you with your mighty green bean harvest!
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Easy Way to Freeze Fresh Green Beans Without Blanching
PrintIngredients
- Green Beans
Instructions
- Take a step back and admire your green beans because god damn, you’re amazing, you just grew green beans!
- Trim the ends off both sides of green beans.
- Cut the green beans in half.
- Wash with water, making sure to get all dirt off them.
- Dry completely. Place on a cloth towel or paper towel, allowing to dry completely. This usually takes about 20 minutes.
- Place in freezer bags. I like to make 1 cup, 12 oz and 16 oz bags. Label the bag.
- Freeze them!
- Time to eat them? Depending on what you are making, defrost or place in boiling water/soup directly frozen.
Kimberly Schulman says
Wish I had seen this before I froze a ton of green beans from the garden without trimming the ends/cutting them up. I spent time today trying to make some for my son and they all came out mushy, no matter how I cooked them.
Kate says
I think you may have some good ideas, but swearing in your first paragraph is quite offensive. I won’t be using any tips or recipes from you.
N8 says
Jesus, folks, lighten up! We’re talking beans for chrissakes!
Patricia M Steger says
You lighten up N8. Some of us find it very offensive! You did not even spell
Christ sake correctly so you lighten up!
Sue Powers Whitteker says
Good directions. I’ll do this instead of blanching the green beans.
However, using gd was totally offensive and unnecessary.
Lori says
Totally agree with you – cursing the God that
Gave the harvest. Not cool
CW says
Wow! I had to go back and look and see what all the gd fuss was about…. then I realized that was the sentence I had laughed at, and didn’t even realize it said gd.
Do you have any secret tips to getting all of the dirt off the beans? I feel like I wash, then wash again, then wash again and still find dirt!!
Pamela says
Hey CW, I love using my salad spinner for washing my vegetables. After I give them a quick wash and scrub with my hands, I will throw them in the salad spinner for a few spins. The one I use is here: https://amzn.to/2wcNALg Hope this helps!
Jim says
Can the same non-blanching process be used on peas and beans?
Pamela says
Hey Jim, yes, we often freeze our peas the same way!
Darlene Ross says
For me, when you feel the need to use God’s name in vain, I feel the need to stop following you. There was no need to type “g– d—“, none at all. I am deeply offended! 🙁
Paula D Greene-Reed says
Love this! Thanks so very much. I was really dreading boiling in this heat this year to blanch. Thanks!😀🌿🌻
Pamela says
I hear ya Paula, it’s been a hot Summer! Enjoy your green beans!
Nella Blue says
Hi Pamela, I’ve frozen my green beans this way in the past, and when I thawed them out to use, the skins slipped off and made the dish I was preparing very unappetizing. Have you ever experienced this? Maybe I did something wrong, but I never used this method again. Thinking of giving this a try, thanks for the info.
Jim says
Did you have to curse the Lord? After all, if it wasn’t for him, you’d starve. Disgraceful
Nzfarmboy says
Thanks for the article! Love your site too.
Don’t worry about the crazy comments – article totally appropriate.
I have a date with some beans! Mid autumn here and vines laden
Best
Jim
Marianne says
I am with you Linda, it does offend me to hear the Lord’s name in vain. Let’s keep it clean for everyone to enjoy. I am not judging or anything like that at all. Just saying……some people are offended by it. If you wouldn’t have put that in your comments, it would not have made a difference in getting your point across, then more people could have enjoyed your posting. But seeing the language that was completely unnecessary, I won’t be back.
BerisM says
Not judging? Lol. Just saying just saying does not make what you said ok.
Off to try freezing green beans. Thanks Pamela.
Sonny says
The use of the GD phrase is totally not necessary and takes away from your article and you personally!!!!
Wendy says
Definitely have to give this a try. Two big grocery bags full of green beans. Not a fan of blanching either! Thank you Pamela!
Sara N. says
Just bought a bunch of green beans with the intent of pressure canning, but after making strawberry jam was pooped. Happy to have found this how to! Thanks and way to handle the criticisms. Hope you’re enjoying your day!
Pamela says
Hey Sara, hope this helps you! Have a great day yourself!
Fake name says
You could have done without cursing God. Don’t care if your g was lower case.??
Michelle says
Pamela, handled very maturely. The world needs more people like you. ?????? ?
Pamela says
Thanks Michelle. 🙂
Todd says
I think God has a sense of humor too, just read about Gideon’s dream. However, he said “I will not hold him guiltless who takes my name in vain”. I appreciate the time spent in preparing this. But nobody has actually caused green beans to grow, we only work with the miraculous way God has designed the world to work and the goodness he gives to everyone (before judgement, at least), even those who dishonor his name and don’t give a rip about him.
Cornelia Connelly says
Trimming with a knife wastes perfectly good bean. Just break off stem end close to end. Leave tail. It is not necessary to cut off the tail.
Cynthia Vasko says
So glad to know I don’t have to blanch them, this is my first year growing green beans and I planted 100 feet, 8″ apart! lol Too time consuming to be doing all that blanching. I especially enjoyed your pic of frozen beans one year later – I’ll be using a vacuum sealer and it’s awesome to see how well the long-term frozen beans hold their color. Thank you!
Pamela says
Hey Cynthia, that’s awesome that you’re going to have so many beans! Vacuum sealing works great – I do it with my sugar snap peas too! Enjoy!
Pat jessup says
Thanks for the info! Must do something with my truck/load of beans this year. Will definitely try your hack!
No offense taken here–
I think God has a sense of humor/
Wouldn’t mind the GD comment.
Why make sloths and hummingbirds on the same planet if you didn’t smile over the spectrum of creation? Personalities,included!
Pamela says
Hey Pat, enjoy the beans! Sounds like you got quite a harvest! PS. Sloths are super cute! 🙂
Genevieve says
Wow people you need to loosen up. God Damn!
lena shugar says
I agree, loosen up, and besides there is nothing wrong with GOd!
Pat Hale says
That’s the problem, there is no class left in our country. I stopped reading her recipe when I read that sentence. What was the point os swearing? It makes her sound ignorant.
Zach says
Pat, right because the God of the Bible sure is a classy God.
Jesus said to Moses; (Numbers 31:1)
17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him, Jesus said.
18 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves, Jesus said.
Thx for the tip Pamela!
Shay says
That was moses, not God!
Lori says
Hahaha! Yes! God damn lighten up!
Joan r says
You don’t get to choose what others find offensive. Whatever this person (won’t use the word ‘lady’) thinks of God, common decency and courtesy would lead one to stay away from language that is likely to offend. After so many requests to remove the words she didn’t so either she gets her jollies out of offending folks or doesn’t care a bit what her readers think. That’s enough for me not to come back.
As a less significant observation: ending every other sentence with an exclamation point does not automatically make the content exciting. That’s another unfortunate characteristic of someone who is just a bit too full of themselves.
Linda says
Just picked a load of string beans from my garden. Just found out I could do it this way after putting some in boiling water to blanch. I can try the other batch this way. But gee wiz. Did you have to use the good Lord’s name in vane?
Pamela says
Enjoy the green beans Linda – this will make the process much easier!
Linda Lee says
There was no need for the G– D— words. Was very offending
Pamela says
Thanks for leaving a comment Linda, hope you enjoy the green beans!
STEVE says
Great tip but I was Very offended by your ” gd ” comment….
jeff says
I was to . No reason to have that kind of language on something like this.
Pamela says
Hope you enjoyed the how to Jeff!
Barbara Brittingham says
DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY YOU USED GOD S NAME IN VAIN. PLEASE REMOVE THIS FROM YOU POST. PLEASE.
Teresa says
I agree! Ridiculous!
Pamela says
Glad you enjoyed the tip!
BJ says
Same here. Won’t be back.
Teresa says
I agree
janice thrasher says
Using “gd” comment was very offensive to me too. Lowered my respect and interest in this site. . . . . . . .
Kat says
Me too didn’t like the gd comment
Sharon says
The gd comment was very unnecessary and I can’t imagine why you would do that knowing it would offend some viewers.
Dj says
Boy that’s great. Bought way too many green beans for thanksgiving . Now I can save them for Christmas. Thanks
Transcation
Pamela says
Enjoy Dj! I always love holiday green beans!
Pat C.Wilson says
great tip to save the time, thanks for sharing. forwarding more posts from you, Pamela. have a nice day.
Marta @ What should I eat for breakfast today says
Great tip, thank you!
Amy (Savory Moments) says
Freezing without blanching is a great time-saver! Unfortunately, rabbits ate all of my green bean plants this year…. 🙁
Pamela says
That’s a bummer Amy. 🙁 A bunny got one of our cabbage heads last weekend. *Raises fist at every bunny in the world!*
Ken Moore says
Beans and rabbit go good together.
John/Kitchen Riffs says
Much easier than blanching! Great recipe — thanks so much.