To not know if I can freeze this chicken soup?? Help me please!

[BackToB4Beatrice]

Bought a cooked chicken on Thursday. Made soup today, using bones as stock and meat in soup. I'm okay to know freeze it and de-frost and re-heat later in the week, right?

Or am I going to poison my family?

TIA

UselessAtWifeyTypeStuffBeatrice

Yes it'll be fine!

Should be fine to freeze, the supermarket would have cooked it from raw.

you'll live, It'll be fine!

Thanks!

It will be fine, I've done it loads. What you can't do is thaw meat then refreeze it again -it's a bit dodge. Or make the soup, freeze it, thaw, then refreeze-again a bit dodge. But cooking then freezing is fine, even from frozen meat.

You'll be fine. I've made chicken soup and frozen it tons of times. The only time I won't is if I've added cream as it goes a bit funny.

It will be fine, just dont add any milk or dairy similar before freezing as it will curdle on reheating

If you haven't got any space in your freezer, just bring the soup to the boil and simmer for a couple of minutes everyday until you want to serve it.

I keep a large stockpot going in the winter and add fresh veg/meat/leftovers as and when. I use the stock as a base for soup/ gravy/sauces or for making risotto.

Sorry to barge in but I am doing!
I've defrosted some chicken to make a curry. Can I then freeze the curry? I think I can.
feel daft surely should know this!

Yes you can Missmogwi. If you defrost anything, then cook it again to a high temp, it is OK to refreeze. But you can't do raw to raw, ie defrost raw chicken then re-freeze the same raw chicken. It has to be cooked first.

Thank you!
Bloody great this Mumsnet, I've learnt new swearwords, many in fact and chicken safety!

izzywhizzyletsgetbusy I do that - my husband thinks I'm trying to see him off with my own unique brand of food poisoning

About the stockpot, how many times can you reheat something without risking food poisoning? Or is it only dodgy when it involves frozen convenience foods?