Flatten Packages For Quicker Defrosting

By (Guest Post)

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.

By Kelly (Guest Post)

Thank you for the best tip I've seen in a long time!

By Kelly (Guest Post)

Thank you for the best tip I've seen in a long time!

By Cathy S (Guest Post)

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. One time we even got it to work with stew! It had to be cooled first, and the ziploc bags were top quality, but it worked.

By

Jilson

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.