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Do bean dishes freeze well?

Update:

If the answer s "it depends," I'm thinking of baked beans, chili, and lentil soup. Also I welcome suggestions for other types of dinners that can be frozen and reheated. Lasagna and other baked pastas are the only ones that come to mind.

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  • 5 years ago
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    I freeze mine all the time (if by "fresh" you mean recently-cooked, although I freeze any leftovers even after a couple of days too).

    To save space in the freezer, I fill sturdy Ziploc bags with a cup or more of soup, get out as much air as possible, and zip the top closed.

    Then I lay out each bag *flat* on a cookie sheet, etc, and put them all in the freezer.

    Once they're frozen, I can then stack them horizontally or vertically like books.

    (First though, I'll often write the kind of soup on the front of the zip top bag with a Sharpie, if I don't think I'll be able to tell which soup it was just visually after freezing.)

  • 5 years ago

    Yes they freeze well.

    But if you intend on making just a double or triple portion of beans to use for later the amount of time they will take to thaw will be about equal to the time they would take to soak and start cooking all the while you have take up a lot of freezer space.

    If this is for the extra chili you make or baked beans you have left over then that is great for a meal later. Portion into 1 or 2 servings in a zip top bag, lay flat and it will thaw faster and you have a quick meal.

  • Green beans? Or legumes? Neither really freeze well. I mean anything is 'freezable' but your texture changes after thawing and breaks down quality and flavour. So figure out other ways to preserve your bean dishes.

  • 5 years ago

    yes. and the beans freeze well if you buy dried and cook a large quantity at a time - simply put them in a freezer bag and drop them on the floor when you want them to be free flowing.

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