Canning Green Beans: Raw Pack Method
Equipment
- Pressure canner
- jars
- Lids, rims
Ingredients
- green beans
- salt
Instructions
- Break off tips of beans; snap into bite sized pieces.
- Wash, and drain.
- Pack beans into hot, clean jars, as tight as you can get them, leaving 1″ head space.
- Optional: Add 1/2 tsp salt to each pint jar, or 1 tsp salt to each quart jar.
- Ladle boiling water into each filled jar, leaving 1″ head space.
- Tap jars to remove air bubbles.
- Put lids on jars.
- Process pints for 20 min, or quarts for 25 min. at 10 pounds of pressure in a pressure canner.