Freezing chicken breast 22 September at 9:17AM in Old style MoneySaving 19 replies 909 views

dollypeeps

We use a lot of chicken breast.
I typically buy large packs and then portion them up to freeze.
I’m trying ( like many others) to reduce my use of plastic bags.
Currently I’m finding it easier to use small plastic/freezer/sandwich bags to portion up the meat - both on convenience and storage in the freezer.
What other methods are the lovely forumites using to freeze fresh meat? 

 TIA

Blackandgold_2

I'm very similar to you @dollypeeps in that I open freeze meat first and then keep it in a labelled bag. 

Nathalia

I use plastic Chinese takeaway boxes which I then wash in the dishwasher.  Some of them are years old now.

dollypeeps

Nathalia said:

I use plastic Chinese takeaway boxes which I then wash in the dishwasher.  Some of them are years old now.

@Nathalia
I’ve got some of those plastic containers. Do you find that they go brittle at all? 

YoungBlueEyes

I do the same as you dollypeeps. Raw meat into portions, into a sandwich bag, squidge the air out, and into the freezer. I like the sandwich bags that are resealable, keeps the moisture in. 

Nathalia

@dollypeeps, yes they do go brittle eventually, but they get used many times before that.  First for divvying up meat we've bought, then freezing fruit we've grown or picked and when they are in a sorry state I use them to stand toilet roll middles in and sow broad bean or pea seeds in the toilet roll middles - like a chap version of those RootTrainer things which I would love to have but refuse to buy!

KxMx

I'll usually wrap individual pieces in cling film then freeze. 
Once unwrapped the film gets wiped with a soapy cloth at the end of my washing up, dried and taken to a soft plastics recycling point once I've filled a bread bag. 

bouicca21

I too wrap in cling film then store in freezer bags.  Would love to learn how to do it differently.  We don’t have soft plastics recycling here and I know the ‘landfill’ is burned.  The freezer bags get washed and reused.

KxMx

My local council doesn't take soft plastics, but most supermarkets offer recycling points for it. 

https://www.recyclenow.com/recycle-an-item 

RobM99

Nathalia said:

I use plastic Chinese takeaway boxes which I then wash in the dishwasher.  Some of them are years old now.

Hoew about the aluminium ones?

JIL

Couldn't you just open freeze and then they can all go in one storage bag/box. Like the already frozen chicken breasts bought from Iceland. Or repurpose margarine tubs or cereal bags.