Freezing rice?

adsk

No experience of freezing fried rice but boiled rice freezes well. Can be frozen in a plastic bag or in a plastic container. Use cheap Asda Smartprice 250ml tubs (Tesco do something similar) that cost about 30p each. It allows you to freeze a portion at a time.

Reheating in the microwave takes 2 mins 30 from frozen and about 1 min 30 if defrosted in the fridge. I reheat in the container it was frozen - lid removed and inverted on plate. If reheating rice loose make sure to cover with cling film.

The rice comes steaming hot out of the microwave - if any germs can survive those temperatures I'd be very surprised. Had rice like this hundreds of time and suffered no ill-effects.

cheekymole

We always freeze rice. I make meals for OH to take to work and he just zaps it in the microwave - he's looking a bit pastey though!!!!!!!!!!

Raspberry_Swirl

My OH cooks meals during the day for when i get in late in the evenings as i work a second job in a pub. Friday night is usually curry night but we've been getting lazy and buying microwave rice or the tubs of egg fried rice from the supermarket indian section when they're reduced.

Can you cook rice and then freeze once it's cooled? we've stopped buying the curry from the chinese and are making it ourselves, but it's the rice letting the old style side down at the moment!

Thanks

jcr16

yeah i always cook extra and freeze it. i then just nuk it in microwave when i need it.

i freeze it in single person protions. it taste just the same to me. and is always a fantastic stand by

JoeyEmma

You have to be acareful with rice, especially reheating it. It has a nasty habit of causing food poisoning.

Freezing rice that you have cooked is ok. However the rice from a takeaway has been cooked once, cooled, reheated when you ordered it and then reheating it a further time can cause problems.

My mum had a transplant three years ago and rice was the numbr one food stuff she was warned about as you never think that it could cause problems.

Mr_Proctalgia

Seeing as you can buy it in bags already frozen I cannot see a problem, cook it, chill it under running water, drain and freeze!

sarahs999

I freeze it for my son's meals (he's one). As long as you heat it properly it's fine.

dannahaz

I always cook extra rice and freeze the excess. It microwaves beautifully, just like those expensive packs of microwave rice.

I freeze promptly and reheat thoroughly to avoid problems. Have not frozen takeaway rice.

Raspberry_Swirl

Thanks very much for all the advice.
i will be freezing my own from now on

LydiaSophia

I have just cooked some rice with peas and bacon. I like always have ade far to much.

I was wondering if I could freeze it???

I am also unsure as to how long this will last in the fridge.

Can you help please?

Thank you