The danger zone for food is between 4 degrees and 60 degrees. Any perishable food that has been in between those two temperatures for longer than four hours has a high risk of bacterial growth and should never be eaten. When thawing any food the safest practice is to do it the refrigerator to avoid that danger zone.
Poultry, turkey or chicken, is cooked 20 min. per pound. Multiply the number of pounds by 20 min. It is best to only cook defrosted poultry. Semi-frozen poultry will not cook evenly. If cooked for the number hours/min. per pound chances are the interior of a semi- frozen chicken or turkey will still be frozen while the outside is cooked.
2 days under refrigeration.
Yes, frozen cooked shrimp is ready to eat without further cooking as it has already been cooked before being frozen.
A poultry product, in mainstream supermarkets, is either chicken, or turkey products, which can be sold whole, or in parts, breadded, pre-cooked, or even frozen.
The thing if cooked frozen is that thing you cooked frozen.
You can safely freeze dressing before or after it is cooked.
Food which has been cooked can be frozen, even if it was frozen prior to cooking. BUT Frozen food which has been thawed, but not cooked, should never be re-frozen. Nor should food which was cooked, frozen and thawed.
Foods are fast-frozen through refrigeration.
You can freeze uncooked chicken pieces for up to nine months, and whole uncooked chicken up to one year. It's best to use sealable plastic freezer bags for freezing uncooked or cooked poultry. You can freeze cooked chicken for about four months. Soups, stews and the like which contain cooked chicken may be frozen for 2 to 3 months.
Yes, you can fry frozen wings without thawing them first, but you will need to increase the cooking time to ensure they are cooked through.
Yes, cooked salmon can be frozen for later consumption.
yes if frozen its best to not eat them their icy and they are crunchy