Cooking and freezing chicken

[Nuttah]

Just after some advice as im slightly confused, never done this before.

I buy my chicken fillets frozen, defrost over night cook then eat for tea, however i would like to freeze them again after cooking and use the meat to make cold sandwich's with over the week for work. Can anybody advise the safest way to do this without killing my self

[toohuge]

Cook the chicken and then freeze it......

Just potion the chicken up before freezing it, so when you defrost it, you are only defrosting what you need and not refreezing anything.

[Nuttah]

Do i put it straight into the freezer or leave it out to cool? and its safe to eat once defrosted cold no need to reheat? also has anybody done this that can comment on how it tastes after?

[BoRED S2upid]

Why freeze? We often cook a chicken for Sunday lunch then keep it in the fridge and carve cold cuts for lunch on Monday and Tuesday then portion it up and freeze for another meal.

[Mobile Chicane]

So long as you defrost it thoroughly and cook it properly in the first place, you'll be fine.

There should be no pink meat on it, and the juices should run clear.

After that, freeze away. I do, and I'm not dead yet.

[Nuttah]

would like to freeze it so i can do it in bulk really, Sometimes the meat i get only last up to 3 days meaning i have to take regular trips to get more i plan to buy it in bulk cook it then freeze it and just take out what want to eat the night before etc. Thanks for the advice going to give it a try!

[Shaolin]

Make sure you separate it into smaller units for a day or two and freeze it in separate bags. Otherwise you'll have a big chunk of meat that will have to be entirely thawed to get access to.

[calibrax]

A good idea to make sure it doesn't dry out is to slice the chicken and freeze it in a little bit of gravy. Will make your sandwiches much nicer too

[Rhodr1]

Nuttah said:

Do i put it straight into the freezer or leave it out to cool? and its safe to eat once defrosted cold no need to reheat? also has anybody done this that can comment on how it tastes after?

I sometimes do this, often get a 5kg box of chicken breasts. Make sure you leave it cool completely before freezing though. As for re-heating, ensure that the meat has defrosted completely before heating. Usually add the defrosted meat to a curry.

[Nuttah]

Thanks guy's Will save me some time preparing my lunch s