I had purchased a 10 lb. pork butt and cooked it up in the crock pot a month or so ago. To see how well it would hold up for future dinners, I placed a meal-sized portion of pork in a ziplock bag, covered it with unthickened gravy from the crockpot, and froze it like that. Last night, I thawed it out most of the way in the microwave, and brought it all to a simmer on the stove to reheat. I seasoned and thickened the gravy, and we had a feast of roast pork, mashed potatoes, homemade applesauce I thawed from the freezer, and even a few leftover green beans I had frozen in a ziplock from a previous meal. Freezer cooking at its best!
This type of pork roast holds up so well to freezing in gravy. I tried freezing a portion NOT in gravy, we'll see how that holds up another time.
But this was wonderful, economical, and a real time saver!
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