eating defrosted chicken

moo842

i have some chicken breasts in my freezer that are uncooked. i want to make them into a curry in my slow cooker and then freeze all but the potion i'm having for tea. how do i defrost the others when it is time and is this safe? or should i just make enough for my tea

gwinnie

Hi moo, that should be fine. The official advice is here

Sunshine_and_Roses

Probably a really stupid question -

Do the rules apply the same to chicken portions bought frozen? I bought a couple of packs of BOGOF frozen chicken fillets. Is it safe to defrost these, cook a massive curry and re-freeze?

Thanks

Sunshine_and_Roses

Ooops.... meant to ask if this is the same for frozen mince too ????

**purpleprincess**

Yup, yup and yup!!! I do this all the time, buy mince and chicken (and pork and turkey and beef) and freeze it til needed. I then cook it how I want it and then freeze the leftovers of the meal that I have just cooked. When I want to eat that meal I normally just take it out of the freezer the night before and put it in the fridge, then come dinner time just reheat it!!! Ta-da!!!

gwinnie

Yes, for any food it is ok to freeze raw then thaw thoroughly, cook through, refreeze, thaw thoroughly, reheat until piping hot all the way through. But don't then reheat it.