Can you reheat mince twice?

[CSMonkeh]

Advice is so contradictory!
Essentially my partner cooled off some mince and froze it
Thursday she defrosted it and used to cook cottage pie
It was left to cool overnight and stored in the fridge for tonight’s dinner
Ergo needs reheating again
Good idea?

 

[Terminal_Boy]

Reheat in the microwave until it’s piping hot and you’ll be fine.

 

[CSMonkeh]

Too big for microwave…..

 

[hughtrimble]

Too big for microwave…..

Do it in batches...

 

[CSMonkeh]

Can’t you just whack into an oven for 20mins?

 

[hughtrimble]

Can’t you just whack into an oven for 20mins?

Certainly can still use an oven as it's still just getting it hot enough that counts. No idea if 20 minutes will do for your oven and mince, just ensure it's piping hot all the way through.

 

[Semple]

It'll be fine, but the mince will probably have gone a bit tough.

 

[robfosters]

I would never reheat meat twice personally. My dad does this and is constantly wondering why he’s got the two bob bits

 

[J.James]

Stovies (chopped potatoes & mince all in one pot) My mum used to make us this as kids, it got reheated 2-3 times to get used. I loved it on the third day once most of the gravy had evaporated leaving a thick, thick stodgy mix of mince and chopped potatoes - add loads of HP sauce, what a treat!

 

[Efour]

Umm it's absolutely fine if you do it properly.

 

[dl8860]

I think each time reheating adds a degree of risk of excessive bacteria growth, but I would say twice like the situation you've described should be fine.

 

[div0]

Never did me any harm. If in doubt, just nuke it that little bit more.

 

[adidan]

Never did me any harm. If in doubt, just nuke it that little bit more.

Pretty much this. Cook the living daylights out of it it'll be right.

 

[mattyg]

Just make sure its over 75Deg and has been for a few mins and you'll be fine... taste wise though not the best.

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

Never did me any harm. If in doubt, just nuke it that little bit more.

this!

 

[adidan]

Did the OP survive the mince saga?

 

[Tony Edwards]

Still on the toilet.

 

[DXP55]

We had roast beef and yorkshire pudding on a Sunday and Monday -Rest of joint was put in freezer - It came out Sunday morning for Sundays roast and yorkshire puds and same monday - Tonight we have Cottage pie as I minced the remains of joint - If I am still here tomorrow I will post up.

 

[Brazo]

I see a lot of these type of threads. The important thing is how you cool foods. If you cool foods slowly or they stay warm or at ambient temperature then spore forming bacteria can produce toxins.

NB no amount of reheating can destroy a toxin (unless you can get your oven up to around 650c and then you may be able to denature it!)

So don’t worry about reheating as whether you reheat well or not it’s kinda irrelevant if you’ve messed up the far more important part of cooling foods.

 

[div0]

I regularly leave things to cool slowly overnight, at ambient temps. Then either reheat the next day, or put into fridge and reheat a day or two later.

Sounds like I'm dicing with death.