Wax Beans

A pale yellow variety of a green snap bean.  Wax beans can be purchased, fresh, frozen or canned.  Use as a vegetable side dish or in casseroles.  Fresh beans should be firm with no brown spots.

Green beans OR yard long beans cut in pieces OR thin asparagus spears or nopalitos (thin sliced nopales paddles)

1 lb wax beans = 3 cups trimmed and cut or frenched
2 1/2 cups cut & cooked
16 oz. can = 1 3/4 to 2 cups
10 oz. pkg. frozen = 1 1/2 cups