... to not eat re-frozen chicken

[JacquelineChan]

Who is right ?
DP bought a tray of raw chicken thighs and declined to portion them up before freezing because he was going to 'cut them with a hot knife' ! when he wanted to take some out for cooking.
Well unsurprisingly he cannot 'cut them with a hot knife' so has taken them out to thaw , batch cook curries, then put back portions in the freezer.
Tell me - is this safe ?
I say no !

JacquelineChan it's the opposite in my house.

My husband is convinced you cannot re-freeze previously frozen meat even if cooked. I keep reassuring him that my parents, sisters and myself are all living examples that it's fine (to date not one of us has ever had food poisoning...yep appreciate I may now be cursing myself!).

He does it grudgingly but I suppose you can't just break the habit of a lifetime just because someone says so

has he admitted yet that it would have been better to freeze them split up?

I've eaten re froze chicken many times and I'm alive to tell the tale as is dh

I'm really paranoid about chicken but if it's defrosted and then cooked it's fine to be frozen again.

I'm a chef and can confirm that it is absolutely safe to freeze raw chicken, defrost and cook, then freeze the cooked product.

hahaha helpful - No he has not

but it would have been ! that was my suggestion lol

i think i am paranoid because i had a bout of food poisoning about 10 years ago at xmas and i have never forgotten it. I have never been so ill since , I am always cautious.
But I am really glad I found out that it is ok to re freeze cooked meat , it will save me a lot of angst

But he should have portioned it up in freezer bags !

Of course it's ok. What would make you think it wasn't?

Oblom - i really don't know why I thought that or where I got the idea. It's a rule I have always adhered to - and I had no need !

I do this all the time. No illness yet.

es i batch cook but always with fresh meat then freeze , then defrost , reheat and eat

Ah I understand where you're coming from. I go by the rule a pp said, freeze once in each state.

good job as well, I'm a sucker for meat deals when they're on.