Can I freeze cooked chicken???

meritaten

Its absolutely fine to do hun! after all how many supermarkets sell frozen chicken curry? just make sure its thoroughly reheated again. you will prob find it tastes the same or even better than the original dish! Ive done it hundreds of times and usually make far more curry than I need simply so that I can freeze a containerful for nights i dont feel like cooking!

Penelope_Penguin

Asyou now have your answer, I'll add this to the existing thread

debtmess

can i ask on here:

brought a m&s ready cooked chicken (dine in menu) plan to make soup shortly using the stock, can i freeze whats left as i plan to portion it up for kids lunchbox wraps

if i had cooked chicken myself id have done it without asking not sure is a ready chilled chicken can be treated the same

tia

tootoo

Hi All,
A few weeks ago I cooked up a chicken, we ended up not being able to use it so I popped it in the freezer with the hope that it would be ok to use up. Will it be ok if its defrosted and then throughly cooked?

Thanks

erdd2

temperature is the key element of safe cooking and storing food...defrost in cool temperature...room temp is not suitable in summer.......and as you say.....cook thoroughly, ensure innermost parts are cooked (heated in this case) thoroughly..and bon appetit

HappyMJ

You don't need to cook or heat pre-cooked frozen chicken. You can simply defrost it in the fridge and eat it cold if you want.

erdd2

HappyMJ wrote: »

You don't need to cook or heat pre-cooked frozen chicken. You can simply defrost it in the fridge and eat it cold if you want.

That is so true however OP intimated he/she was intending to cook

tootoo

Thank you all.
There should be some left over so thats hubbys lunch sorted tomorrow too then!

3v3

Rechauffe cooking (heating up pre-cooked food) means the food has to be re-heated slowly.

zippychick

ive mrged this with an older thread which discusses freezing cooked chicken

ZIP