I have plump thighs!

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youknowyouknow · 24/02/2008 10:10

I defrosted 4 chicken thighs yesterday to do a biryani and a korma...but....went to takeaway instead.
Can anyone give me 2 non-curry recipes for these thighs that I can cook and freeze for meals when the baby comes....I also have pot of single cream and some mushrooms

or can I just roast the meat and freeze that as an ingredient for the future, maybe for a future pie?

THey are waitrose free range and I dont want to chuck them for lack of inspiration...

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RiojaLover75 · 24/02/2008 20:01

Once they are defrosted you can't cook them and refreeze them. You can however cook them and eat them. What about a chicken salad for lunch tomorrow?

Saggarmakersbottomknocker · 24/02/2008 20:10

I thought you could refreeze after cooking?

colditz · 24/02/2008 20:12

You can cook them and refreeze them. Cook them, cube them, lay them on a tray to freeze, and when they are frozen bag them up and voila! You have ready made cubed cooked chicken.

Seona1973 · 24/02/2008 20:12

you can cook and refreeze them as they have been turned from raw chicken into cooked chicken and are not the same thing any more. Not much of a cook though so dont have recipes - sorry!!

RiojaLover75 · 24/02/2008 20:52

You can only freeze after cooking if it has not been previously frozen. Like you wouldn't refreeze oven chips after they have been cooked you definately shouldn't refreeze meat. You'd be risking food poisoning.

JackieNo · 24/02/2008 20:59

According to the Food Standards Agency (and this was my understanding too), it is safe to re-freeze once it's been cooked, even if it was frozen before - here (second question down).

RiojaLover75 · 24/02/2008 21:12

I'm sorry, I stand corrected .

Maybe I am slightly over cautious about these things, sorry ladies.

fizzbuzz · 24/02/2008 21:16

That's interesting. When I was pregnant with ds (14 years ago)the advice then was to only go through 3 processes,

eg, cooking, cooling, freezing. Any more thna that would be more then 3. So am suprised at how things have changed. As defrosting and heating would make it 5 processes

RiojaLover75 · 24/02/2008 21:21

Oh thanks Fizzbuzz, I thought I was going mad! I did a Food Safety course when I was at college (ahem, a few years ago) and I was SURE I had been told never to do it. Guess it might be a generational (sp) thing perhaps?

fizzbuzz · 24/02/2008 21:27

But why is it suddenly safe?

1993 is not that long ago......or is it? Ok it's 14 years ago, which is a fair bit, but they had computers and stuff then!!

RiojaLover75 · 24/02/2008 21:31

Hmmm not sure, would have to do some Googling. Have told lots of people including family that you shouldn't do it, hope they don't all think I'm mad .

pelafina · 24/02/2008 21:35

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Seona1973 · 24/02/2008 22:14

if the chicken started off raw and was frozen then after defrosting and cooking you could then refreeze. If it was cooked chicken you were defrosting then you could only cook it and then eat it as it started off cooked chicken and remained cooked chicken. If it starts as raw chicken and is cooked it has changed state (so to speak!) and can then be re-frozen. After freezing this time you could only reheat it once or you would risk food poisoning.

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