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I will be canning green beans in a regular canning pot, not a pressure cooker. Do you do as you would with a pressure cooker? Then how long do you need to cook them?
By Mary R.
You will have to google the topic to find out the time you have to have the jars of green beans in the hot water bath. The time is bound to be longer than in a pressure cook. When I was younger I did all of my cooking in the hot water bath. It has been so long since I did any canning that I don't have any idea about the time length. I don't know if it is an old wive's take or the truth, but I was always told that green beans can go bad really easily if not canned properly.
Foods that are not naturally high in acid are not safe to can using a hot water bath canner. This includes most vegetables (tomatoes are on the fence with this one so adding a little lemon juice to each jar makes them safe) and definitely green beans.
I am canning green beans, if my beans are hot when I put them in the jars and they seal before I put them in the pressure canner; do I have to pressure cook them?
By MJ
Yes! Contact your local extension office website for the proper method!
Yes, you still do. The beans don't really 'seal' when you put them in the jars and apply the rings, it is just the heat causing a small vacuum, enough to seem like they seal.
They still need to be further processed. Jams and jellies do the same thing when put into jars.
How long do I cook green beans in a pressure canner and at what pressure?
By Betty
This is a very helpful website for all things canning.
Here is the page for canning green beans.
www.pickyourown.org/
I recently water bathed green beans for 45 minutes. Can I reboil them for the remainder of the time needed?
By Rhonda
I need to know if I freeze my garden snap green beans now can i pressure can them later? I am waiting for my replacement pressure regulator to come thru the mail and my beans are coming on now!
By Jo
How do I can green beans?
By Robin E. from Hillsboro, OR
