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Mahalo cooking expert Tristan Blash demonstrates the proper method of storing leftover chicken wings.
What You'll Need
- Ziploc plastic bag
- Refrigerator
Instructions
1. Place wings into a sturdy ziploc bag. Squeeze as much air out of the bag as you can, and then close the bag.2. Place bag on bottom shelf of refrigerator. This way, if the bag combusts or leaks, chicken juice won't spill onto and contaminate your other food.
Chicken wings can be stored in a refrigerator for about three days. Alternately, wings can be stored in a freezer for up to four months, provided the freezer is insulated well.
Correctly-Packed Chicken Wings
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Meet Our Expert
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Tristan Blash
Tristan Blash is a chef and teacher at the Los Angeles branch of HipCooks, a culinary school for adults. A graduate of Colorado University-Boulder, Blash has been a caterer and event planner in Scotland and New York City. Blash left the food industry for a while, but returned because she said she was "not able to keep her hands or brain off of food."
Storing Cooked Chicken
Freezing cooked chicken is a good way to give yourself an easily-prepared meal for another occasion. If it’s going to be included in a dish that will need to be cooked, you may not even have to thaw it to make that dish.
Make sure to use frozen cooked chicken within two months; because cooked meat doesn’t contain as much moisture as raw meat, it's more susceptible to freezer burn. If you need to freeze cooked chicken for longer than two months, you can freeze it in broth. The broth protects the meat against loss of moisture.
If you want to store a frozen meal containing cooked chicken, remember that it will work best with a sauce, broth or gravy to keep the chicken moist. The chicken in the meal will last longer than a meal kit in which the cooked chicken is frozen separately.c
