First year growing beans, and they’ve been doing really good. I’ve blanched them for about 2 minutes, followed by an ice bath. Dried and then put in bags to freeze. First batch I don’t think I fully dried before freezing and had a lot of ice crystals in the bag. Second batch was much more dry after blanching, but still had a bunch of ice crystals. Wondering if thats normal, or will reduce how long they stay good?
The longer something is frozen, the more the moisture in the item sublimates out and forms into ice crystals. That’s what the “freezer burn” is, all the moisture/water has been removed from the item.