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Old 25-11-2014, 10:30
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Can I take them out of the freezer, while still frozen, and cook them in the oven?

Or do I have to let them defrost beforehand?


and if I can cook them frozen, how abouts can I marinade them?
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Old 25-11-2014, 10:33
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I always good chicken portions from frozen. I put a rub on them.
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Old 25-11-2014, 13:17
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Yes of course you can, I find I tend to get better results from thawed but works either way.
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Old 25-11-2014, 13:22
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I always defrost my meat before cooking. It cooks more evenly for a tastier result IMO.
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Old 25-11-2014, 16:22
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I always defrost my meat before cooking. It cooks more evenly for a tastier result IMO.
How do you think it takes to defrost 3 chicken thighs if I leave it in the fridge?
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Old 25-11-2014, 16:23
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I always good chicken portions from frozen. I put a rub on them.
put a rub on them?

how do you marinade them frozen?
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Old 25-11-2014, 17:27
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I always thought poultry had to be defrosted before cooking.
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Old 25-11-2014, 18:09
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I always thought poultry had to be defrosted before cooking.
Why? It just needs to be cooked thoroughly when eaten thats all.
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Old 25-11-2014, 18:19
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How do you think it takes to defrost 3 chicken thighs if I leave it in the fridge?
Probably overnight in the fridge.

Usually I put the portions in an airtight foodbag and defrost them in a sink of warm water.
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Old 25-11-2014, 18:27
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Can I take them out of the freezer, while still frozen, and cook them in the oven?

Or do I have to let them defrost beforehand?


and if I can cook them frozen, how abouts can I marinade them?
put a rub on them?

how do you marinade them frozen?
If you have a pyrex bowl with lid then cook them in that with the marinate or some stock to keep them juicy and not toughen on the outside.

on on a tray covered in tinfoil.

A dry rub is just that. Dry spices rubbed into the meat.
or a wet marinade using cupboard condiments or off the shelf marinaes.

Obviously they're not going to work as well on frozen meat but you should still get some coating and sauce.
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Old 26-11-2014, 07:39
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put a rub on them?

how do you marinade them frozen?
A rub is a dry marinade its herbs and spices..

If you are thinking of marinade them, then they will be defrosted by then anyway.
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Old 26-11-2014, 07:42
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I always thought poultry had to be defrosted before cooking.

When frozen food first come about people were told a lot of things that are now seen as over precaution but the myths are still around.
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Old 26-11-2014, 08:59
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I always thought poultry had to be defrosted before cooking.
Me too
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Old 26-11-2014, 09:29
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How do you think it takes to defrost 3 chicken thighs if I leave it in the fridge?
I would say 6 hours 37 minutes.

I assume they are not frozen together in a big lump? If so, I'd say 7 hours 42 minutes.
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Old 26-11-2014, 10:20
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Me three. I have never cooked chicken from frozen in the oven.
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Old 26-11-2014, 13:00
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Lots of places sell cook from frozen chicken.
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Old 26-11-2014, 13:16
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At a guess, I suppose the advice was given (if it was given I havent heard it myself) because cooking things from frozen means they are more likely to be undercooked, than if you cook something from fresh. Chicken of course is notorious for causing illness if its even slightly undercooked so I suppose it must have been just precautionary.
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Old 26-11-2014, 14:12
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I always thought poultry had to be defrosted before cooking.
So did I and I've been cooking for more years than I care to remember.

I would never cook chicken from frozen. never.
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Old 26-11-2014, 14:13
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So did I and I've been cooking for more years than I care to remember.

I would never cook chicken from frozen. never.
Why? What are your specific reasons?
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Old 26-11-2014, 14:16
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Lots of places sell cook from frozen chicken.
That's interesting Walter, as I noticed this myself recently. However the items I saw were very thin fillets of chicken. I know you can also buy stuff like Birds Eye chicken slices in some sort of coating but they're very skinny too. You'd never cook a whole chicken or a thick breast surely?
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Old 26-11-2014, 14:21
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Why? What are your specific reasons?
I'd be too worried about food poisoning, salmonella etc.

If you buy a frozen chicken or indeed a turkey it always says to defrost thoroughly before cooking and details how long this takes in a cool place or in a fridge.

You just have to be a bit organised and remember to leave it out somewhere the night before. I'd rather do that than risk food poisoning.

Also it must take a heck of a lot longer from frozen and I'd be worried about uneven cooking and the centre still being frozen.
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Old 26-11-2014, 14:26
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I havent ever cooked a whole chicken from frozen, but we have nearly always cooked joints of meat and chicken from frozen as we dont have a huge amount of fridge space, so we just like to put it straight in the oven.

It takes much longer slower cooking, both for cooking through without burning the outside but also to ensure its not tough. I also put frozen chicken breasts in a dish on the hob that is going to cook down for a while, during that time the chicken almost poaches in the liquid and it makes it lovely and moist.

But the same goes for any meat that you could cook from frozen
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Old 26-11-2014, 17:11
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As long as the meat is cooked and piping hot throughout, it's fine. You wouldn't want to cook a whole frozen chicken, as obviously you would need to cook it for so long that the outside would be utterly cremated by the time the middle was OK to eat. Cooking frozen joints of chicken however is fine, as long as it's cooked properly.

I always defrost before cooking though. I like my chicken just cooked, so that it's still moist and tender. I think any meat benefits from being defrosted first, but if you cook it thoroughly, it's not at all dangerous.
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Old 26-11-2014, 17:28
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So I gather from the advice here that I need to cook for longer, but how long and would I need to lower the temperature than I would normally cook in to prevent the outside of the meat being burnt?
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Old 26-11-2014, 17:29
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As long as the meat is cooked and piping hot throughout, it's fine. You wouldn't want to cook a whole frozen chicken, as obviously you would need to cook it for so long that the outside would be utterly cremated by the time the middle was OK to eat. Cooking frozen joints of chicken however is fine, as long as it's cooked properly.

I always defrost before cooking though. I like my chicken just cooked, so that it's still moist and tender. I think any meat benefits from being defrosted first, but if you cook it thoroughly, it's not at all dangerous.
I want to eat in around 2 hours, is it worth bothering to defrost now (can I even do it in such short time?), or should I just stick the frozen thighs in the oven?
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