Defrosted frozen food

[james_tigerwoods]

I cooked a load of chicken for my 10 month old and froze it into cubes and then bagged it. I've just noticed that I've left a bag of frozen chicken cubes out which have, of course, defrosted (meaning my little one has no bloody chicken now)

Anyway - As it's only just defrosted - can I cook this up (properly) in a tomato sauce (or something) and re-freeze it?

And how long can I keep it in the fridge for as it's still fridge cold....

[Chim Girl]

james_tigerwoods said:

I cooked a load of chicken for my 10 month old and froze it into cubes .... it's only just defrosted - can I cook this up (properly) in a tomato sauce (or something) and re-freeze it?

And how long can I keep it in the fridge for as it's still fridge cold....

When I did my food hygiene certificate, it was told:-

Frozen Raw
Defrost
Cook
Eat or Freeze
Defrost
Eat or Dustbin

That's it, cooked chicken should only be frozen once, so I would advise against cooking again and re-freezing, particularly for a child. Assuming it was frozen straight after it was cooked, I would say that it will keep okay for 2 days in the fridge.

[okgo]

After you have cooked it, how long can it be frozen for afterwards? Does it retain its protein content?

[james_tigerwoods]

Chim Girl said:

james_tigerwoods said:

I cooked a load of chicken for my 10 month old and froze it into cubes .... it's only just defrosted - can I cook this up (properly) in a tomato sauce (or something) and re-freeze it?

And how long can I keep it in the fridge for as it's still fridge cold....

When I did my food hygiene certificate, it was told:-

Frozen Raw
Defrost
Cook
Eat or Freeze
Defrost
Eat or Dustbin

That's it, cooked chicken should only be frozen once, so I would advise against cooking again and re-freezing, particularly for a child. Assuming it was frozen straight after it was cooked, I would say that it will keep okay for 2 days in the fridge.

(It was indeed frozen straight after cooking)

Anyway - I thought as much - my own fault for leaving a big bag of carefully cooked, cubed and frozen chicken out really

[bazking69]

Is it worth the risk?

[james_tigerwoods]

bazking69 said:

Is it worth the risk?

Nope - I made me a nice Risotto last night with it. Very tasty it was too

[ali_kat]

[quote=Chim GirlWhen I did my food hygiene certificate, it was told:-

Frozen Raw
Defrost
Cook
Eat or Freeze
Defrost
Eat or Dustbin

That's it, cooked chicken should only be frozen once, so I would advise against cooking again and re-freezing, particularly for a child. Assuming it was frozen straight after it was cooked, I would say that it will keep okay for 2 days in the fridge.
[/quote]

Waitrose however advised my beloved that their (previously unfrozen) cooked chicken could only be

Eaten & then
Dustbin

Which created a bit of a debate with me/my parents/cousins etc over Christmas.