This is a tip for easy storing and thawing of ground beef, turkey, chicken, or bulk sausage. Divide into 1 lb. portions and place each lb. in a gallon zip lock bag. With the bag zipped closed, flatten by hand or roll meat flat with a rolling pin. The thinner the better!
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After you put the meat in the bag and flatten it, use a chopstick, or the handle of a wooden spoon to make indentations to divide the meat into fourths inside the bag. Then, if you don't need a full pound of meat, you can break it off 1/4-lb. at at time for ease.
Thanks for the sensible idea! Good thought. I like the chopstick one, too. We do this with rice. Precook, fill and flatten bags and then freeze.
Thank you for the best tip I've seen in a long time!
Thank you for the best tip I've seen in a long time!
Great ideas for freezing ground beef. I do the same so if I need a little, it's convenient. What I do is make patties out of my ground beef before freezing them. Cut squares of wax paper the size of the pattie and place a piece on each side of the pattie and put the patties in a zip lock bag. The wax paper keeps them from sticking together.
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