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Sunday, February 28, 2010

A lesson on flash freezing

These chicken wings were sprinkled with a little Lawry's seasoned salt and baked, then when they cooled were placed on this waxed paper lined piece of cardboard and frozen.  The process is known as "flash freezing" because the wing pieces stay separated during the freezing process.


When frozen, the wings are transferred into a gallon ziplock bag and stored in the freezer.  Because they've been flash frozen, it's easy to just pull out however many wings you want to reheat, toss them frozen onto a cookie sheet, and bake at 350 deg. for @ 30 minutes.

They can also be thawed and warmed up on the grill with your favorite bbq sauce.  Great to have on hand in the summer for a quick appetizer - because they're already cooked!

Hint - prepare chicken legs and thighs exactly the same way.  I call this my flash-frozen convenience chicken.

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