How to defrost meatballs after freezing them?

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amother

Tue, Jul 19 2022, 6:27 pm

Cooked up a pot of meatballs and froze the extras.Mow how do I defrost it?

amother

Taupe

Tue, Jul 19 2022, 6:30 pm

I freeze them in a muffin pan, shaped into ready balls.
I drop them straight into the tomato juice mix when cooking.

If they are already frozen place in a plastic bag in a bowl of lukewarm water for an hour. Running water will expedite the process.

Cheiny

Tue, Jul 19 2022, 6:39 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

Cooked up a pot of meatballs and froze the extras.Mow how do I defrost it?

Put them in your fridge overnight and they’ll defrost. Don’t do it on the counter.

mom!

Tue, Jul 19 2022, 8:11 pm

I find they taste best when stuck in the oven on 350 frozen solid for about an hour and a half.

amother

Peach

Tue, Jul 19 2022, 8:12 pm

I defrost on the counter till completely defrosted and then warm them up.

amother

Nasturtium

Tue, Jul 19 2022, 8:17 pm

I’ve defrosted in the oven at 300 for around an hour
Yesterday I defrosted in the microwave since the meatballs and sauce were in a plastic container. It was fine.

amother

Aconite

Tue, Jul 19 2022, 9:58 pm

I don't defrost - I put them in crockpot with the sauce and crockpot until time to serve

amother

Tue, Jul 19 2022, 10:20 pm

amother [ Nasturtium ] wrote:

I’ve defrosted in the oven at 300 for around an hour
Yesterday I defrosted in the microwave since the meatballs and sauce were in a plastic container. It was fine.

I put it in the microwave as mine was also in a container and they didn’t taste too good.. how long did you put yours in for?

amother

Nasturtium

Tue, Jul 19 2022, 10:34 pm

amother [ OP ] wrote:

I put it in the microwave as mine was also in a container and they didn’t taste too good.. how long did you put yours in for?

I started with 2 minutes then checked them.. kept adding another minute and checking. I don’t remember what the total was but it was probably around 8 minutes or something similar. Since it was the first time I heated up frozen meatballs in sauce in the microwave I wasn’t sure and did it slowly.

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