General Instructions for Freezing Vegetables Posted in Cooking and Freezing Tips General Instructions for Freezing Vegetables Print Courtesy of Homestead Farm Instructions http://www.homestead-farm.net/ Most vegetables can be frozen for approximately a year and still retain their freshness, if they are properly handled. The vegetable must be blanched, which requires submersing the vegetable in a mesh bag, or with a wire basket, into rapidly boiling water for specific lengths of time, and then cooling the vegetable in ice water until chilled. Vegetables must then be packed and frozen in a single layer. Once they are thoroughly frozen, the packages may be stacked. Time guidelines Snap Beans: 3 minutes Broccoli: medium sections ~3 minutes; large sections ~4 minutes Corn: 6-10 minutes, depending on size (remove corn from ear and pack) Greens: 2 minutes 3.2.1263