Green beans

Long, slender, green edible pod beans. Green beans, also called string beans are eaten steamed or boiled. The cooked beans can be served warmed as a vegetable or chilled and used in salads. Green beans are available fresh, frozen, or canned.

Substitute For Green Beans

You can substitute frozen green beans in place of fresh in most recipes; however the frozen beans tend to get soggy compared to fresh green beans. If the recipe is being baked you can use the beans still frozen.  If you're going to toss them in a salad then let them thaw naturally.  If green beans are the "star" of the recipe then it is worth the extra work to buy fresh green beans.

OR> Alternately you can use nopalitos (cactus paddle strips) taste very similar
OR>Use thin asparagus stalks
OR>Wax beans
OR>Yard long beans cut in 1 1/2" pieces<

1 lb. = 14 oz. trimmed, 3 cups trimmed or 2 1/2 cups cut & cooked
16 oz can of green beans = 2 cups