Wash, Rewash, and then Wash the Green Beans Again
#GREEN BEANS HOW TO#
Here is a video that demonstrates how to string and break a green bean:ģ. Some beans will only break into 2 pieces while others will be larger than normal and break into more than 3 pieces. You will place your thumb and index finger between the beans in the pod and gently snap them. You break the bean pod by placing it between your thumb and index finger.įeel for where the bean is inside the pod.
This is a good size to fit a good amount into a can so no space is wasted. A regular-sized bean can be broken into 3 pieces. Immediately after stringing the green beans, the beans will need to be broken. You will need to do this to both sides of the bean. You will string the beans by pulling the fine silks that are on the side of the bean straight down until they break off. They don’t taste bad as much as they are a nuisance when eating. The purpose of this is to keep from having thin silks in your cooked beans. You can read about all of the different species of beans in our Growing Green Beans post. Unless you plant certain breeds of beans that do not have strings, such as Bush beans, you will have to string them. Just be careful the first few times pulling them from the plant until you get the hang of snapping them off.
You do not want to damage the plant or open the bean in the process. You will pull the beans straight down from the plant until they snap off. Some people like to wait until the beans inside the pod have plumped up. You will know a green bean is ready for picking when the bean is about 2-3-inches long.
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