Freezing chicken breast

KxMx

Iceland have a manufacturing process to stop things sticking together which means they can easily have multiple pieces of meat in a bag without sticking. 

I personally don't eat cereal and margarine tubs wouldn't accumulate quickly enough and take up too much space in my small freezer, but they are great suggestions that would work for others.

Even before I could recycle the film, I had drastically cut down my use of plastics elsewhere and it helps to prevent food waste. So am happy with my method. 

dollypeeps

JIL said:

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. 

I don’t really have the freezer space to open freeze. 

I think cereal bags maybe a good option or even repurpose bread bags.
the reusable tubs and possibly margarine tubs sound good too.
it’s the cutting down on plastic waste I’m trying for

I have got a few really strong freezer bags and I do wash those out.
thanks for all your replies and suggestions 

littlemoney

I tried open freezing and bagging up together when frozen. The chicken breast still stuck together. Individual wrapping seemed the only answer.

katkin

I recently bought wax paper in an attempt to reduce plastic use - ie less cling film, ziplock/freezer bags etc. It's good stuff.

Have been using it to wrap individual portions of meats and cake etc for the freezer, I then bag them up into a bigger bag / tupperware. It's really great for keeping cheese, cold meat and bacon etc "sweat" free in the fridge.  Again I then store the food in click boxes. 

It's also nice to get an individual slice of cake all wrapped up pretty with neatly folded wax paper corners 

Grumpysally

Our local farm shop has started using trays rather than bags. I cut up baking parchment and wrap each breast. Then I put them onto a tray that the previous lot came in and put them in the freezer.
Once they've frozen I transfer them to a carrier bag. The carrier bag stays in the freezer even when empty and then used for the next batch of chicken. 
The trays come in useful for freezer trays or as plant trays in the greenhouse. 

Nathalia

@RobM99 we don't have a takeaway that does the metal trays.  We do have a few but they are kept for small baking/roasting trays. They seem to go funny in the dishwasher so get soaked and handwashed.  Baked fruit (any random mixture of plums, apples, blackberries, blackcurrants plus a little honey and cinammon or cumin) or miscellaneous left over veg chopped up with olive oil (and cumin ).  Or sometimes a beetroot.

Ours came with cardboard lids that could not be cleaned so I would feel funny about freezing things in them.  Just a foible, I'm sure.

I_Love_comps

We tend to freeze in the container that they come in from the supermarket. We only use sandwich bags, when we divide portions up.

Slinky

I've got some resuable sandwich bags I bought from Lakeland which I use for portioning up meat. They were quite expensive but I've had them about 3 years and they get used a lot so I think I'm getting my money's worth and helping the planet at the same time.

Brie

has anyone tried freezing things in the reusable wax wraps?