can you freeze fresh ginger and fresh chillies?

[whymummy]

i've just got my second home delivered shopping and instead of one chilli and one piece of ginger i ordered 1 kilo of each!!!i need more practise with this internet shopping
thanks

LOL! I'm always ordering the wrong size of things when i internet shop

i would've thought they'd be ok to freeze but I don't know from experience. I'd probably chop the root ginger up into portion sized pieces first though.

Yes I am sure you can, have bought them frozen before - probably be better to chop or grate first and then freeze in a little box rather than as single pieces.

ginger is best frozen IMHO, it makes it easier to grate, I always freeze mine..
Chilis must be fine too...

You shouldn't need to freeze the ginger - it keeps for ages as the edges dry out and seal in the middle part.

You could always make some candied ginger.mmmm.

You can freeze a whole piece of ginger - I do mine like this always and then u can grate it directly into your pot/pan etc from the freezer skin and all - very handy.

ah great,thank you!! last week instead of 3 loafs of bread i ordered 3 boxes of bread mix and i haven't got a bread maker,lol
senora how do you make candied ginger?

yes you can freeze chillis whymummy

I am going to brag now.....I have grown loads of chillis in my window box (and honestly though I would need a greenhouse to grow them) but there are loads and I was starting to panic about what to do with them all! but my trusty stepdad said i could freeze them, phew!

wm - I'm not sure, I've only ever eaten other people's. I assume you just boil it up with sugar - it's delicious. Hang on, I'll go and see what Mrs Beeton says.

top tip about grating frozen ginger - thanks for that one

here's a recipe - and you get some ginger beer to boot. fantastic.

recipe

lol,fio in 2008 when i finished mine i will buy chillies from you

thanks senora it sounds yummy i will give it a go

LOL whymummy - I've done the same, I once got a potato mountain from Tesco - huge bag instead of small bag, then they'd substituted more potatoes for the sweet potatoes I'd ordered plus a small box of new potatoes became two as they were on BOGOF.

Senorapostrophe, you show off! Fancy you having a Mrs Beeton! Where did you get it from? I've been looking for years...

wilbur
ps.who's mrs beeton?

we buy fresh chillies and ginger, then grind them, then makes little cubes of them and place them in the freezer. My mum's been doing it ever since I can remember. Great for making curries.

Mrs Beeton was a Victorian/Edwardian housewife who wrote a manual for women about how to cook and run a home. It's brilliant and hilarious as well. I gave a copy to my SIL for a hen night present - she's not the domestic kind - and she loves it. You can get a copy here , meanbean.

thanks wilbur,sounds interesting
ps.she was one of 21 children!!!!

i forgot to say thank you sandi,i will fill an ice cube tray like you do as i only use ginger and chilli for curry

senora just to let you know that i made some of the candied ginger and it was delicious,MIL was here and loved it so i printed the recipe for her too
thanks :)

lol wm! Glad you sorted it out! Really interested to read all these tips... i use ginger loads and always have a bit in the fridge for fear of running out... it'd be great to freeze some for emergencies!!!