How to freeze uncooked chicken?

What does it mean to freeze uncooked chicken and why should you bother? Well, regardless of whether you’re trying to avoid wasting food or are simply trying to ensure that your diet is on point, there’s no denying that freezing your raw poultry is an ideal way of keeping it fresh for extended periods.

Freezing cooked chicken may seem like a pretty basic process. But if you find yourself Googling it frequently – trust me, I do the same – then this guide has got everything you need. Let’s start at the beginning.

Understanding What ‘Freezing’ Means

Before we burst out clucking with excitement about how delicious our now-frozen-in-time chickadee will taste someday in the future, let’s take a moment to appreciate what actually happens when anything gets frozen: water turns into ice crystals.

Now those might look beautiful under a microscope but they aren’t particularly appetizing inside your meat. When fluid shifts around due to temperature changes (you science enthusiasts can stop giggling…no make that chuckle furiously) melting occurs which creates empty spaces within cells leading them becoming flabby and thin-skinned; rendering all soft tissues less moist..and less tasty!

Anyway, back on track – when something is being frozen, usually as part of some grand effort not to waste anything left overs from dinner, those crystal bad boys continue forming little by little until pretty much all moisture has turned solid. We don’t want this happening inside poultry either – because who wants toughened up muscle well marinated resistance fighters? Definitely not us!

Instead, we want ice development kept swift aka should be done carefully enough while also considering varying sized/weights/options wrapped properly for easy retrieval later down line so meal planning doesn’t turn ugly..

The Basics

So now onto walking through the basics of how to freeze your uncooked chicken so you can eat it later.

Chicken Breasts, Thighs or Legs

Whether you’re starting to hoard chicken in bulk from a special offer rotation or have ended up with more than you could ever cook, there’s no need to panic. Your frozen package will become a loyal soldier – er bird – waiting for its next call of duty once you properly store and label the goods:

• First, wash your hands before handling the food product
• Use clean working surfaces and knives when cutting meat into portions
• Make sure packaging is sturdy_
  1. It needs to be able to keep moisture out (and yeah little ice crystals too)
  2. Labeling accordingly will guard against mix-ups next time they are in use! Just don’t forget that duct tape won’t stick if everything isn’t dry first.

How To Package

When packaging meat there are different ways – but really which one is best? Here’s how I do mine:

Using ziplock bags is probably easiest as they’ll help make air-tight seals around your poultry pieces because ideally we want these sealed snug like a Swaddled baby Lamb.

If breasts Butcher paper/carton/envelope style separates loaded protein options works well-I mean who wouldn’t love casually homemade meals as opposed last minute microwave blasting?

Once inside chosen storage container-vacuum sealing machines should be kept at right distance keeping air levels under precise control.There might be slight variations between brands.

Chicken breasts take especially kindly here!

Wrapping Tips

How can you cram even better results when wrapping up white meat cutlets?

Just flatten them out by bashing away year-long frustrations on top; making these thin palatable foundations suitable for freezing just bang the daylights outta lurking stressors helping create tender (non-flaky), now healthy future dinners..

Still wondering where this guide is leading? Well, hopefully you’re starting to see that there’s a bit more to freezing chicken than simply dumping it in the freezer.

More Tips & Hacks

Using Aluminum Foil

If you’re struggling with containers and bags, consider wrapping your chicken loosely in aluminum foil instead. This lessens any moisture getting trapped inside alongside meats – ensuring they don’t go ahead grow any unwanted crystals!

Water Bath

A water bath is basically an aquatic blanket that insulates frozen meat so little ice blockages won’t damage structural integrity of your delicious meal building blocks.Useful for those who are forgetful when stocking up their freezers!_

Stocking Your Freezer To Perfection

With Christmas around corner + impulse purchases too many/people shopping scares /great deals at farmers markets it’s easy get distracted from long-term food plan. Don’t let unused poultry wilt away toward bad decisions though..freeze like professional-

1. Always make sure your container or bag stays flat (lateral orientation people!! we’re not storage wizards here). Sure maybe stacking tall boxes may save some space but actually being able to check contents as you dig through cooler will outweigh rectangular reductions every time!
2. Allow Foods Fast Freeze I mean FAST-FREEZE-ING for cryin` out loud!. Waiting even just half hour plus can nasty damp pockets forming among quickly chillling options\ resulting repulsive taste outcome due condensation build-up.
   3.Remove air compact spaces evenly filling between lines because uneven compressions causes breaks-bags/containers and also unresponsive squish-wrapped raw eats!(how fun does THAT sound)

Surely following these tips laid down clear path towards better tasting bird occupying larger portion inside dense freezer.with minimal hassle along way..