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Froze some chicken thighs, can I put them straight in the oven? |
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Froze some chicken thighs, can I put them straight in the oven?
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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I always good chicken portions from frozen. I put a rub on them.
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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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I always defrost my meat before cooking. It cooks more evenly for a tastier result IMO.
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I always defrost my meat before cooking. It cooks more evenly for a tastier result IMO.
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I always good chicken portions from frozen. I put a rub on them.
how do you marinade them frozen? |
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I always thought poultry had to be defrosted before cooking.
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I always thought poultry had to be defrosted before cooking.
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How do you think it takes to defrost 3 chicken thighs if I leave it 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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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? Quote:
put a rub on them?
how do you marinade them frozen? 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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put a rub on them?
how do you marinade them frozen? If you are thinking of marinade them, then they will be defrosted by then anyway. |
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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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I always thought poultry had to be defrosted before cooking.
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How do you think it takes to defrost 3 chicken thighs if I leave it in the fridge?
I assume they are not frozen together in a big lump? If so, I'd say 7 hours 42 minutes. |
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Me three. I have never cooked chicken from frozen in the oven.
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Lots of places sell cook from frozen chicken.
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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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I always thought poultry had to be defrosted before cooking.
I would never cook chicken from frozen. never. |
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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. |
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Lots of places sell cook from frozen chicken.
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Why? What are your specific reasons?
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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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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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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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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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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