Is water bath canning green beans safe?
No, it is not safe to waterbath can green beans. Here is why.
Botulism
Which canning method should I choose.
When you are home canning green beans you have to use a pressure canner.
This question has been asked several times....here are some examples.
I canned beans for the first time this year using the water bath method. I sterilized my jars, filled with snipped beans, covered with boiling water (left a one inch head space), put new lids and bands on and then boiled them covered for 25 minutes. The were all sealed for almost a week and now they are all unsealing. The beans inside smell rotten. Why are they unsealing? Thanks! ~ ~Mandy InHi Mandy
Green beans are a vegetable and therefore really must be pressure canned, not water bath canned. It sounds as if you did water bath canning.
This page has directions for pressure canning green beans. There are several links to more pressure canning directions on this page as well.
Other than the processing it sounds as if you did everything else right.
Unfortunately you will need to dispose of the beans already done. Throw it away where no animals can get into it. It can make them sick as well.
I'm sure this is discouraging but I hope you will try again.
I don't have a pressure cooker. How long do I need to boil jars of green beans so as to preserve them? Our parent's all canned green beans without a pressure cooker. ~ Thank You Tony D
Hi Tony
Many people used to water bath can green beans. They process them for a very long time. However it is now recommended that you pressure can them.
You are at risk of botulism if you only water bath can.
I am sorry I can not recommend a time for you for water bath canning green beans. The only recommendation I can give is to pressure can them.
Canning Green BeansI don't have a pressure canner. Can I do a water bath canning instead with green beans. ~Ruth IN
Hi Ruth.
Green beans are a vegetable and to ensure safety must be pressure canned.
If you don't have a pressure canner do you know someone you could borrow from? Or you might consider freezing your green beans.
Be sure to see what else you can do with Green Beans.
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