Freezing Meat

applecrumble24

Hi,

I've always frozen meat as soon as I've bought it, then defrosted, cooked and eaten straight away or i've cooked it straight away and then frozen if batch cookin e.g. chilli etc, but I was wondering how safe it is to freeze meat twice?

e.g. I've got some chicken thighs in the freezer, can I defroost them and make them into a curry and then freeze the curry?

Thanks

MrsRogers

Not sure what the official food safety guidelines are but I do this all the time, as do my parents, in laws and siblings! We are all still here

We always buy fresh meat - freeze it - cook it - re freeze cooked meat sometimes on its own eg left over Turkey at Xmas gets frozen ready for pies & curries etc

mrsmortenharket

You can re freeze meat that was raw then made into a meal. I do this all the time with mince.

applecrumble24

Thanks guys, I can start batch cooking in style now

LisaLou1982

Yes i too do this all the time!

Buy fresh meat, leave it in the fridge a few days, freeze it if im not going to use it in time. Take it out of the freezer, use it within a few days and then refreeze

No deaths or poisonings here!

melanzana

Freeze raw meat, defrost, cook it into something, cool it down, , refreeze... No problem.

If you defrosted the frozen meat, and re froze without cooking...mucho problemo!

That is why I never worry too much about power cuts. I just cook the raw meat, and freeze again when the power comes back!

And eat the cooked stuff that is frozen ASAP.

bluebag

Just remember the freezer storage time for cooked meat is much shorter than raw meat.