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lucky14
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Tue, Jul 16 2019, 12:35 pm
I'm new to the whole freezing food thing. I'm trying to prepare and freeze meals in one or 2 people portions. Should I cook the food and then freeze? Is it safe to prep chicken with seasoning and then freeze and cook after defrosted? Hamburgers? Does it matter in terms of taste- does either raw or cooked food get freezer burned faster?
Basically- for me it's easier to cook it all now and then freeze in smaller portions. But if it will taste better if I freeze raw and cook later then I'll do that.
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yerushamama
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Tue, Jul 16 2019, 12:59 pm
I cook it until it is juuust barely cooked (or even slightly underdone) and then cook it straight out of the freezer. Once I prepared a lot of shnitzels and froze them raw, and when someone wanted a shnitzel sandwich for a tiyul, I forgot that they weren't yet cooked! Whoops!
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SixOfWands
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Tue, Jul 16 2019, 1:04 pm
I prefer to freeze raw, but either way works.
I highly recommend investing in a Foodsaver. It vacuum seals the food and keeps it fresh in the freezer.
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cbg
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Tue, Jul 16 2019, 2:25 pm
Some things cook all the way
Some things cook 3/4 the way
Some things freeze raw
Cassarole type dishes I cook all the way
Meatloaf
Meat lasagna
Moussaka
Shepherds pie
Kugels all types
Roast beef and other whole cuts 1/2 -3/4 way
Seasoned Chicken I freeze raw
Seasoned Tilapia also raw
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lucky14
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Tue, Jul 16 2019, 9:41 pm
yerushamama wrote: | I cook it until it is juuust barely cooked (or even slightly underdone) and then cook it straight out of the freezer. Once I prepared a lot of shnitzels and froze them raw, and when someone wanted a shnitzel sandwich for a tiyul, I forgot that they weren't yet cooked! Whoops! |
oh yikes!
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lucky14
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Tue, Jul 16 2019, 9:43 pm
SixOfWands wrote: | I prefer to freeze raw, but either way works.
I highly recommend investing in a Foodsaver. It vacuum seals the food and keeps it fresh in the freezer. |
Thanks. I'll add the foodsaver for my wish-list for the future :-) Purchasing the little freezer kinda maxed my budget for right now. It does make so much sense to vacuum pack the things though.
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lucky14
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Tue, Jul 16 2019, 9:44 pm
cbg wrote: | Some things cook all the way
Some things cook 3/4 the way
Some things freeze raw
Cassarole type dishes I cook all the way
Meatloaf
Meat lasagna
Moussaka
Shepherds pie
Kugels all types
Roast beef and other whole cuts 1/2 -3/4 way
Seasoned Chicken I freeze raw
Seasoned Tilapia also raw |
Thank you! This is helpful.
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