Freezing Chicken

[jackie7]

I buy the chicken tenders from Sams. So, its always a 5 pound bag. I tried to freeze the tenders by placing them single layer in a large rubbermaid container and then placing another layer of wax paper followed by another layer of chicken tenders. I would put the container in the freezer for an hour before I put the next layer on, hoping it would freeze enough. However, when I went to take a few tenders out, the while thing seemed to be frozen together.

Does anyone have a good way to freeze these tenders so that I can take out one or two at a time? Thanks.

 

[kgalas]

Could you put 1-2 of them in quart size freezer bags then put all the smaller bags in a gallon freezer bag so they'd be easily contained? I buy 9-10 chicken breasts at a time and this method works well for me.

 

[Ly10up]

I have great luck freezing just about anything by putting them in a single layer on a metal cookie sheet. When the are frozen solid I transfer them to a ziploc bag. This works with berries, appetizers, cookies, tablespoons of pesto sauce....just about anything. HTH

 

[Shelshula]

Part of your problem is your using wax paper. You'll have better luck using saran wrap or a plastic cling wrap of some kind. If you don't want to use a plastic product, you need to buy butchers paper or parchment paper. Also, you'll have better luck if you put two layers of saran wrap between the layers of chicken. What's probably happening is the chicken is freezing to the wax paper and then to each other. Saran wrap will be a better barrier, and if you use two layers between the chicken, you can pull the layers apart more easily.

Another option is just wrap each piece of chicken in a small piece of saran wrap and then put it on the tray. You can stack as many as you want that way and let them freeze over night until frozen solid. I do this sometimes with chicken breasts, pork chops, vegi patties. It isn't really that much extra effort in the prep area, but it makes it ery easy to seperate them later on.

 

[Audryb]

I second the cookie sheet idea. You can freeze anything that way (chicken, veggies, balls of chocolate chip cookie dough....) and then put the pieces in a ziplock bag together and take them out as you need them.

 

[jackie7]

Thanks everyone. I will give the saran wrap and freezing overnight a try.