Anybody ever try freezing soup in disposable pans?

tweety1

Tue, Aug 23 2022, 6:29 pm

Rather than containers? Pans are more compact than containers.
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How would I defrost it?

#Happymom

Tue, Aug 23 2022, 6:31 pm

I remember my mom freezing chicken soup in aluminum tins. (For the summer holidays) I think she just left it out to defrost and then put it straight on the hot plate (this way she didn't have to wash up any pots)

mizle10

Tue, Aug 23 2022, 6:32 pm

I’ve poured cooled soup into freezer ziplock bags and lay flat in 9x13. Once frozen solid you can take the bag out of the pan and stack them:)

tweety1

Tue, Aug 23 2022, 6:39 pm

mizle10 wrote:

I’ve poured cooled soup into freezer ziplock bags and lay flat in 9x13. Once frozen solid you can take the bag out of the pan and stack them:)

Thanks. Buy this wouldn't work for me because of how much I need per meal. I was thinking of deep 9x13 pans. Even the deep pans take up less room in the freezer than containers. I'm making tomorrow a big batch. I guess I'll give it a try.

amother

SandyBrown

Tue, Aug 23 2022, 6:47 pm

Yes, I freeze soup in pans. I stack the pans after the soup is frozen solid.

amother

Eggplant

Tue, Aug 23 2022, 6:50 pm

I always freeze soup in aluminum pans. I defrost and pour into a pot to rewarm cause I don't like cooking in aluminum.

flowerpower

Tue, Aug 23 2022, 8:10 pm

amother Eggplant wrote:

I always freeze soup in aluminum pans. I defrost and pour into a pot to rewarm cause I don't like cooking in aluminum.

I freeze in a bekela on purpose. This way it gets rewarmed in the oven. No pots!

lamplighter

Tue, Aug 23 2022, 8:47 pm

flowerpower wrote:

I freeze in a bekela on purpose. This way it gets rewarmed in the oven. No pots!

Wait what? This is genius! Tell me more. Like step by step instructions.

healthminded

Tue, Aug 23 2022, 8:53 pm

lamplighter wrote:

Wait what? This is genius! Tell me more. Like step by step instructions.

Simple, freeze in pen then rewarm in pan

flowerpower

Tue, Aug 23 2022, 8:53 pm

lamplighter wrote:

Wait what? This is genius! Tell me more. Like step by step instructions.

Once the soup is done cooking And is cooled off I pour them into bekelach and cover really well. When I want to use it I defrost it( semi defrost is fine too) and put in the oven on 300. It’s so convenient yom tov time.

JenniferK

Tue, Aug 23 2022, 8:55 pm

lamplighter wrote:

Wait what? This is genius! Tell me more. Like step by step instructions.

My oven is on shabbos mode at 200 degrees

Mindfully

Tue, Aug 23 2022, 8:59 pm

flowerpower wrote:

It doesn't spill before it is frozen and you are moving it counter to freezer shelf etc?

I like freezing stuff including liquids in zip lock bags. Freeze inside the 9x13's.
(Don't freeze acidic things in foil like tomato soup or apple compote. That would make the aluminum corode.)

Mindfully

Tue, Aug 23 2022, 9:01 pm

JenniferK wrote:

My oven is on shabbos mode at 200 degrees

Do you move the pan to severyone it?
I do like this ingenius idea of reheating in disposable!

flowerpower

Tue, Aug 23 2022, 9:01 pm

Mindfully wrote:

I don’t fill it until the top. I also close it really tight.
I never freeze tomato soup. Compote goes in plastic containers.

dankbar

Tue, Aug 23 2022, 9:01 pm

I freeze in foil pan, then defrost, and place straight onto hotplate. No containers, pots to wash, no pouring over.

As above poster said first freeze before stack so cover shouldn't fall in.

If you travel for Yom tov then it's better in plastic containers so shouldn't spill.

JenniferK

Tue, Aug 23 2022, 9:02 pm

Mindfully wrote:

Do you move the pan to severyone it?
I do like this ingenius idea of reheating in disposable!

I’m not understanding your question. Can you rephrase?

amother

Honeydew

Tue, Aug 23 2022, 9:03 pm

Maybe use 2 pans together in case one has or gets a hole in it.

dankbar

Tue, Aug 23 2022, 9:04 pm

If you are afraid that pan will spill while transferring to.freezer, use support bottom, or two pans till freeze or transfer while on a serving tray.

Mindfully

Tue, Aug 23 2022, 9:07 pm

[quote="JenniferK"]I’m not understanding your question. Can you rephrase?[/quoteĺ

When you are ready to ladel out the soup into individual bowls, do you do so while it is on the oven shelf? I can't understand how you move a steaming hot liquid filled aluminum pan from the oven to a kitchen counter without spilling it.

Do you use really strong pans or double pan it?