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Can you freeze cooked rice?

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Hil1761 · 16/06/2008 17:12

Hi

I have made a batch of Peachy Chicken Casserole for 9 month old and want to know if you can freeze the rice. Does anybody else do this?

Thank you

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Ecmo · 16/06/2008 17:14

I do if I have any left over from a meal. I haven't been poisoned yet.

SazzlesA · 16/06/2008 17:18

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Seona1973 · 16/06/2008 20:17

you can freeze and reheat rice as long as it was cooled and frozen quickly and not left at room temperature too long.

from food standards agency:

It's true that you could get food poisoning from eating reheated rice. But it's not actually the reheating that's the problem ? it's the way the rice has been stored before reheating.

Uncooked rice can contain spores of Bacillus cereus, bacteria that can cause food poisoning. When the rice is cooked, the spores can survive. Then, if the rice is left standing at room temperature, the spores will germinate into bacteria. These bacteria will multiply and may produce toxins (poisons) that cause vomiting or diarrhoea. Reheating the rice won't get rid of these toxins.

So, the longer cooked rice is left at room temperature, the more likely it is that bacteria, or the toxins they produce, could stop the rice being safe to eat.

It's best to serve rice when it has just been cooked. If that isn't possible, cool the rice as quickly as possible (ideally within one hour) and keep it in the fridge for no more than one day until reheating.

Remember that when you reheat any food, you should always check that it's piping hot all the way through, and avoid reheating more than once.

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