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How to Blanch Vegetables

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Green vegetables can keep their bright, beautiful color when they're cooked if you follow Curtis Stone's simple trade secret for blanching and refreshing vegetables. Broccoli, asparagus and snap peas keep their color, their crunch and more of their nutrition if you cook them quickly. No grey, mushy veggies here!

Step 1: Blanch du Veggies
Cook vegetables in plenty of boiling salted water just until they become crisp-tender and their color brightens.

Step 2: Ice, Ice Baby
Immediately remove the cooked vegetables from the boiling water and submerge them in a bowl of ice water to lock in their vibrant color and stop them from cooking.

Step 3: Pat 'Em Down
Once the vegetables are cool, remove them from the ice water and pat them dry with paper towels. Do not allow the vegetables to soak in the ice water after they have cooled, since doing so can cause the vegetables to become waterlogged.

Step 4: Enjoy
Chew with your mouth closed.

Items You'll Need for this GMC Trade Secret

  • Green Veggies
  • Large Pot
  • Large Bowl
  • Paper Towel

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Jim

NEVER USED ICE WATER BEFORE. WILL TEST TOMORROW AND SEE JUST
HOW GOOD IT WORKS. NOTHING IS BETTER THAN FRESH VEGIES.

July 14 2012 at 11:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
cothiam

Very good tips that I use every day.

April 17 2011 at 10:35 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
darinw40@mail.com

This is a must when you are preserving ( freezing) them...Green veggies start producing an enzyme when you pick them...blanching stops the ripening process...I do this for my broccoli harvest...( about 20 1 gallon bags worth/yr)

April 17 2011 at 8:49 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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