Hi again y’all,

Sorry for flooding the community, but I’m currently been trying to find new recipes to work with, and came across one that called for fresh green beans. I have a bag of frozen ones, and am curious as to whether or not I can use the frozen ones I have as a substitute.

In general I was curious that if I were to substitute fresh produce with frozen, if there would be anything I’d need to keep in mind. Would the cooking time differ? Would I need to thaw the frozen produce prior? Is some produce unable to be substituted with frozen equivalents?

Thanks for help in advance.

  • Binzy_Boi@feddit.onlineOPEnglish
    2·
    2 months ago

    Less cooking time? Why’s that? I would have assumed the opposite considering they would need time to be brought to the same temp, no?

    • fart_pickle@lemmy.world
      5·
      2 months ago

      In most cases frozen veggies are blanched before freezing. Blanching is nothing more like boiling fresh veggies and rapidly cooling them off. The process makes veggies already per-cooked. Another thing to consider is that freezing veggies will break the cells (the magic of water crystals breaking the veggie cells) which makes the veggies softer.