Timing Chart for Blanching Vegetables for Freezing
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Vegetable Boiling Time Steaming Time

Artichoke, medium 8 to 10

Asparagus, medium spears 3 4

Bamboo shoots 7 to 13

Broad beans, in pod 4

Bean sprouts 4 to 6

Beet greens 2-1/2

Beets, small until tender

Black-eyed peas 2 2-1/2

Broccoli, split 3 to 4-1/2 3 to 5

Brussels sprouts 3 to 4-1/2 3 to 5

Cabbage, leaf or shredded 1-1/2 2

Carrots, sliced 3 minutes 3-1/2

Cauliflower, florets 3 3-1/2

Celery, diced 3 3-1/2

Chard 2-1/2

Chayote, diced 2 2-1/2

Chinese cabbage, shredded 1-1/2 2

Collard greens 2-1/2

Corn, to be cut from the cob 3 to 7 4 to 8

Corn, frozen on cob 6 to 10 7 to 11

Dasheen 2-1/2 3

Eggplant, 1-1/2-inch slices 4 4-1/2

Green beans 2-1/2 3

Kale 2-1/2

Kohlrabi, diced 1 1-3/4

Lima beans 1-1/2 2

Mushrooms, medium, whole 5

Mustard greens 2-1/2

Okra 3 to 4 4

Parsnips 2 3

Peas 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 2 to 3

Peppers 2 3

Pumpkin until tender

Rutabaga, diced 2 2-1/2

Shell beans 1-3/4

Soy beans, in pod 4

Spinach 2-1/2

Sweet potatoes until tender

Turnip greens 2-1/2

Turnips, diced 2 2-1/2

Wax beans 2-1/2 3

Vegetable	Boiling Time	Steaming Time
Artichoke, medium	8 to 10
Asparagus, medium spears	3	4
Bamboo shoots	7 to 13
Broad beans, in pod	4
Bean sprouts	4 to 6
Beet greens	2-1/2
Beets, small	until tender
Black-eyed peas	2	2-1/2
Broccoli, split	3 to 4-1/2	3 to 5
Brussels sprouts	3 to 4-1/2	3 to 5
Cabbage, leaf or shredded	1-1/2	2
Carrots, sliced	3 minutes	3-1/2
Cauliflower, florets	3	3-1/2
Celery, diced	3	3-1/2
Chard	2-1/2
Chayote, diced	2	2-1/2
Chinese cabbage, shredded	1-1/2	2
Collard greens	2-1/2
Corn, to be cut from the cob	3 to 7	4 to 8
Corn, frozen on cob	6 to 10	7 to 11
Dasheen	2-1/2	3
Eggplant, 1-1/2-inch slices	4	4-1/2
Green beans	2-1/2	3
Kale	2-1/2
Kohlrabi, diced	1	1-3/4
Lima beans	1-1/2	2
Mushrooms, medium, whole	5
Mustard greens	2-1/2
Okra	3 to 4	4
Parsnips	2	3
Peas	1-1/2 to 2-1/2	2 to 3
Peppers	2	3
Pumpkin	until tender
Rutabaga, diced	2	2-1/2
Shell beans	1-3/4
Soy beans, in pod	4
Spinach	2-1/2
Sweet potatoes	until tender
Turnip greens	2-1/2
Turnips, diced	2	2-1/2
Wax beans	2-1/2	3