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Can you freeze food that has been prepared after the original frozen food has been thawed, prepared, cooked and cooled?
i.e.: frozen>thawed>cooked>frozen
Yes, you can freeze food that has been prepared from
frozen food. The United States Department of
Agriculture's website has this useful guide:
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Focus_On_Freezing/index.asp.
Under the section "Refreezing," the site explains that
foods can be thawed in the refrigerator or cooked and
then placed back in the freezer. As the site mentions,
the quality of the food may not be as good, but it is
safe. A good example of this would be making lasagna
from scratch, using frozen ground beef or cheese,
cooking it and then freezing leftovers.
Do note, foods that have not been properly thawed are not safe to refreeze. Please refer to our webpages, http://missourifamilies.org/quick/foodsafetyqa/qafs225.htm and http://missourifamilies.org/infosheets/foodsafety/thawprnt.pdf for more information about proper thawing techniques.
Answered by Jessica Kovarik, RD, LD, Extension Associate, College of Human Environmental Sciences, University of Missouri Extension
Last update: Tuesday, July 01, 2008
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