Frozen food cooking adjustments

Dark Light · 18 Apr 2015 at 21:28

Does anyone know of a site\method to convert cooking instructions for chilled food for food that is frozen?

Pho · 18 Apr 2015 at 21:29

Defrost it first then cook as per the original guide?

scorza · 18 Apr 2015 at 21:31

What sort of foods are we talking about here? Cooking with frozen meat is generally a recipe for salmonella.

Dark Light · 18 Apr 2015 at 21:32

Pho said:
Defrost it first then cook as per the original guide?

I could do that but that means that I would have to put some in a plastic bag, which costs money, I can't defrost it all because I am not entirely sure when I froze it and don't really want to get food poisoning.

scorza said:
What sort of foods are we talking about here? Cooking with frozen meat is generally a recipe for salmonella.

It's chicken, and I guess I should have said cooking with an oven.

doofer · 18 Apr 2015 at 21:35

I only found out the other Month or so ago you could easily make toast from frozen sliced bread, just leave it in a little longer. This has completely changed my life! I will never throw mouldy bread away ever again and loaves are lasting me 2-3 weeks! :cool:

Dark Light · 18 Apr 2015 at 21:48

doofer said:
I only found out the other Month or so ago you could easily make toast from frozen sliced bread, just leave it in a little longer. This has completely changed my life! I will never throw mouldy bread away ever again and loaves are lasting me 2-3 weeks!

I know I do the same, the problem is that if the bread gets squashed before it is frozen you can't sometimes get the slices apart when frozen, got like a loaf and a half worth in my freezer. Best way to toast it I find is to put the toaster on the lowest setting and do it twice, flipping it around in between

BennyC · 18 Apr 2015 at 21:53

Simple. Portion it before you freeze it.

Freezer bags don't cost anything. If you can't afford freezer bags (or even cling film) then how can you afford chicken

scorza · 18 Apr 2015 at 22:11

Dark Light said:
It's chicken, and I guess I should have said cooking with an oven.

I'm afraid you have no choice then, defrost thoroughly and cook as per the original guide.

Dark Light · 18 Apr 2015 at 22:23

BennyC said:
Simple. Portion it before you freeze it.

Freezer bags don't cost anything. If you can't afford freezer bags (or even cling film) then how can you afford chicken

It's not that I can't afford them, I just don't want to waste them.

scorza said:
I'm afraid you have no choice then, defrost thoroughly and cook as per the original guide.

I'm sure you can cook it from frozen, you just need to adjust the cooking time.

spoffle · 18 Apr 2015 at 22:24

Dark Light said:
I could do that but that means that I would have to put some in a plastic bag, which costs money, I can't defrost it all because I am not entirely sure when I froze it and don't really want to get food poisoning.

It's chicken, and I guess I should have said cooking with an oven.

Why would you get food poisoning defrosting it versus cooking it from frozen?

Tommyzz · 18 Apr 2015 at 22:42

I cook chicken from frozen all of the time.

Wrap it fully in foil, put it on 180C and let it cook for about an hour and a half. Check after an hour though.

Dark Light · 18 Apr 2015 at 22:52

spoffle said:
Why would you get food poisoning defrosting it versus cooking it from frozen?

If it goes out of date.

Tommyzz said:
I cook chicken from frozen all of the time.

Wrap it fully in foil, put it on 180C and let it cook for about an hour and a half. Check after an hour though.

I don't mean chicken chicken I mean this, http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webs...sna1-_-asdacom-dsk-_-hp#/product/910000312342 and http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webs...sna1-_-asdacom-dsk-_-hp#/product/910000459405.

spoffle · 18 Apr 2015 at 23:10

Out of date before or after defrosting?

Dark Light · 18 Apr 2015 at 23:28

spoffle said:
Out of date before or after defrosting?

After, say I froze 4 pieces 5 days before the expiry date, I wouldn't know how many days I would have left, unless I remembered.

Warp279 · 18 Apr 2015 at 23:45

Dark Light said:
I don't mean chicken chicken I mean this, http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webs...sna1-_-asdacom-dsk-_-hp#/product/910000312342 and http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webs...sna1-_-asdacom-dsk-_-hp#/product/910000459405.

Cooking Guidelines

Oven cook - From Frozen: Remove all packaging.
Place chicken goujons on a wire rack, above a baking tray and cook on the top shelf of a pre-heated oven at 220C/425F/Fan 200C/Gas Mark 7 for 14 minutes.

Storage

Suitable for freezing. Freeze on day of purchase and consume within one month. Once defrosted use within 24 hours, do not re-freeze.

Dark Light · 19 Apr 2015 at 00:03

GalaxyS4 said:
Cooking Guidelines

Oven cook - From Frozen: Remove all packaging.
Place chicken goujons on a wire rack, above a baking tray and cook on the top shelf of a pre-heated oven at 220C/425F/Fan 200C/Gas Mark 7 for 14 minutes.

Storage

Suitable for freezing. Freeze on day of purchase and consume within one month. Once defrosted use within 24 hours, do not re-freeze.

Yeah I saw that, doesn't say that on the packaging.

BennyC · 19 Apr 2015 at 08:59

I regularly eat things that have been frozen for longer than a month and then defrosted and cooked and I am still alive. Stop being so delicate.

haaammit · 19 Apr 2015 at 11:58

Defrost and cook it all, then freeze the uneaten cooked portions.