Freezing meats and making up meals and then refreezing help

FabDee

Hi

I could do with some advice please.

I have bought a few packs of chicken and mince to make up meals to freeze.
I am not going to start making them until the weekend and put the meats in the freezer now. Have I made a mistake doing that, will it be ok to defrost make up the meals, refreeze and then defrost and heat?

If I have made a mistake I can easily cook the meals on the day or for the next day and put in the fridge.

Thanks in advance for assistance.

FabDee

[Deleted User]

Hi, I often buy meat fresh and freeze it and make up meals and then refreeze without any hitches.

As long as the meat is thoroughly cooked you shouldn't have any problems.

Tea

Alfietinker

I read somebody say (might have been on here?) that if you take something out the freezer, you need to put it back in a different state. IE - if you take it out raw, it must go back in cooked.

So yes, you'd be fine.

Queenie

If you freeze it raw, then defrost it, you need to cook it before you freeze it again.


So yes, you are ok to defrost it, bake/cook it up into meals and then freeze the cooked meals. You can then defrost those cooked meals and reheat them when you need them.