Can You Freeze Zucchini

If you grow Zucchini you will soon know that you can be inundated with the amount that you will have. You will be using them in every meal and giving them away to all your friends and family. The thing is you do not want to waste your Zucchini you have grown. Are you maybe asking the question “Can you freeze Zucchini? Here we will explain the best method on how to freeze your Zucchini for a later date making sure that no homegrown food goes to waste.

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How to Freeze Zucchini

Here we will give you an easy step by step process on how to freeze your Zucchini so that you can use them at a later date and not waste any food. This method we are going to explain is called blanching Zucchini

1. First wash your Zucchini especially if you have grown your own.
2. Chop the Zucchini into small pieces, make sure you don’t leave the skin on or the seeds inside.
3. Boil a pan of water on the cooker until it is bubbling and boiling.
4. Carefully place your Zucchini into the pan to boil.
5. Only cook it for around 2 minutes until it is partially cooked. You don not want to fully cook your Zucchini.
6. Have a bowl of ice water on standby.
7. Drain your Zucchini and place it straight into the ice water
8. Leave the Zucchini in the ice water for as long as you cooked it – around 1 to 2 minutes.
9. Get a baking tray and place some greaseproof paper on the tray.
10. Arrange the Zucchini on the tray so that they are not touching.
11. Carefully pat the Zucchini with kitchen roll to dry them.
12. Stick the baking tray of Zucchini in the freezer for around 2 hours until frozen solid.
13. Take the Zucchini out of the freezer and put the pieces in a zip lock bag with the date written on the bag.
14. Place the zip lock bag back in the freezer until you need the Zucchini.
15. The Zucchini will last around 3 months in the freezer.

We hope you have got the answer to the question “Can you freeze Zucchini?” Now you won’t be wasting any Zucchini by throwing them away. Safely freeze your Zucchini until needed.