All 68 dishes / Green beans
Two things decide it, and none of them is on the clock. Answer them and the time below is yours.
Sensei times the bean's thickness, not its length — cutting them shorter does not cook them faster.
Crisp-tender is the one most recipes mean.
Into the ice bath now.
Straight into ice water when the timer ends. Beans left in the hot pot keep cooking.
| What kind of beans? | How do you want them? | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Haricots verts (thin French) | Still crisp | 1:30 |
| Haricots verts (thin French) | Crisp-tender | 2:10 |
| Haricots verts (thin French) | Fully tender | 3:15 |
| Standard green beans | Still crisp | 2:05 |
| Standard green beans | Crisp-tender | 3:00 |
| Standard green beans | Fully tender | 4:30 |
| Flat romano beans | Still crisp | 2:45 |
| Flat romano beans | Crisp-tender | 3:55 |
| Flat romano beans | Fully tender | 6:00 |
The timer above is the same arithmetic Kitchen Sense runs. The part a web page cannot do is the next bit: you say whether it came out right, and the next one is closer. Free, 68 dishes, no account.