Blanching broccoli sprouts

[Bolt_Upright]

New post on Surface Your Real Self: Blanching broccoli sprouts

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[Boscoejean]

It sounds like they put the broccoli sprouts in plastic bags. When blanching broccoli for freezing the broccoli is plunged into boiling water for a minute or two. Could the broccoli sprouts be put in a wire colander and plunged into hot water since it seems like whatever is in the plastic could get into the sprouts and that exposure to the plastic might not be all that healthy

[Bolt_Upright in reply to Boscoejean]

Just to be clear, you want to blanch at 60 degrees Celsius. Not boiling.

I imagine any way you can have it at 60 degrees for 5 minutes will work.

[Boscoejean in reply to Bolt_Upright]

so maybe if you put your sprouts in a mesh colander and got your water up to temperature you could plunge them in there for the appropriate time and lift them out and not have potential exposure to plastics?

[Bolt_Upright in reply to Boscoejean]

That sounds like a good idea.