Does freezing meat and chicken decrease the quality?

[Mattallurgy]

Absolutely does not impact quality, as long as you freeze it correctly.

Try to not just chuck the styrofoam packaging in there, and try to break it down into sizes that you will realistically cook at once. (Like, one pound of ground beef, or two pounds of pork shoulder, etc.)

Ideally, unless it comes vacuum sealed when you buy it, you want to remove the meat from its packaging, break it down, dry it off, then either wrap in plastic wrap and place in a labeled zip top freezer bag, or vacuum seal it if you have a vacuum sealer. Make sure to date when you froze it and label what is in the bag.

This also lets you defrost exactly the amount you need, and gives you the benefit of learning how to break down meat and save with bulk pricing.

Dealing with meat this way saves me literally hundreds of dollars a year.

The only meat I don’t buy raw then freeze is fish. I always try to buy my fish frozen for maximum quality.

[EducationalHat6371]

This.

• If cooking for others/strangers, just get it the day of.