HELP! cooking from frozen!

fiscalfreckles

Have you got a microwave? You could defrost it in that before oven cooking it?

Charliex

fiscalfreckles wrote: »

Have you got a microwave? You could defrost it in that before oven cooking it?

Yes I do, would that be safer do you think?

McKneff

Not safer at all, just bung it in the oven, youre worrying too much.:D;)

babyshoes

I would cook it low (gas mark 3-4) and slow in the oven with foil over the top to stop it burning, then when a knife stuck in the deepest bit of the middle comes out feeling hot, turn the heat up a bit and brown the top.

valk_scot

Almost every cook-chill meal in the supermarket has instructions on the pack for cooking from frozen, so why should home made frozen meals be any different? Just remember you usually need to use a slightly lower oven temp than you would to actually cook the item, and as a rule of thumb heat it for about twice the length of time you would to reheat it if defrosted. Then double check to make sure it's piping hot in the middle.

meritaten

I was just about to post the exact same thing as Valk-Scot! I do this all the time hun, and havent poisoned anyone yet! and if I had, it would have been ME, as I have a very sensitive stomach!

Charliex

Thanks all Normally I would just put it straight in the oven from frozen without thinking about it if it was just for me - but just wanted to double check due to the reasons I mentioned before