can you freeze fish that was once frozen and defrosted?

Answer 1

I wouldn't. Most packages of frozen items reccomend against it. Here is some info I found on the web for you.

Refreezing Food
Occasionally, frozen foods are partially or completely thawed because of delays in getting them into the freezer, a power outage, or a change of plans for cooking the food.

The basis for safety in refreezing foods is the temperature at which you held thawed foods, and how long you held them after thawing. Look closely at frozen foods you thawed partially to determine if they can be safety refrozen. Completely thawed meats must be cooked before refreezing.

Foods may be safely refrozen if they still contain ice crystals. Put the packages in the coldest part of the freezer, mark them and use them within two or three months.

If a food is completely thawed, but still cold, and refrigerator temperature (34 - 40 degrees F.), move to the refrigerator and use it within two days. Do not refreeze.

If food is completely thawed, warmed to room temperature or left out of the refrigerator for more than two hours, throw the food out for safety's sake. These principles apply to meat, poultry, shellfish, some vegetables and cooked foods.

Many vegetables are safe to refreeze. However, they lose much of their texture, flavor and appearance even if ice crystals are present in the package. You may want to cook the thawed vegetables and eat them right away or add to soup or stew later.

If the entire freezer has partially thawed it may be necessary to ask friends or neighbors to refreeze some food packages for you. A freezer can only refreeze 1 or 2 pint packages per cubic foot per 24 hours. Refreezing smaller amounts of food insures that the food refroze safely and with the smallest amount of added ice crystals forming.

Thawed fruit and fruit juice concentrates can be refrozen if they taste and smell good. These foods ferment as they spoil, so check for "off" flavor. Since thawed fruits suffer in appearance, flavor and texture from refreezing, you may want to make them into jam instead.

You can cook and eat thawed but still cold food mixtures like casseroles, pot pies, frozen dinners, or pizzas but do not refreeze them.

Do not refreeze ice cream and similar frozen desserts. You can safely refreeze breads, cookies and similar bakery items. However, the end product is likely to be a drier, lower quality product.

In making decisions about refreezing foods, always consider safety first. Then consider the loss of quality. With some foods, the loss of quality may be so great that it's not worth refreezing them.


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Title: Refreezing Food Number: 659
Script writer: Marilyn Herman Source: Univ of Minn Dept of Food Science & Nutrition
Date: 1995/2004 Reviewer: Bill Schafer

Answer 2

No. If you already defrosted the fish, you should cook it then you will be able to re-freeze. It is not safe to defrost any foods then re-freeze without cooking.

Answer 3

i could eliminate it from the p.c.., dab it with a paper towel and then properly keep it in a freezer bag in the freezer. Why water? Freezing certainly attracts water from salmon. Freezing additionally, on the molecular point, destroys tissue which is going to as quickly as lower back(2d freeze or in all probability third in case you acquire it frozen yet people in many circumstances get their salmon steaks clean) exchange the salmon's texture. i could freeze it lower back yet only be comfortable with it once you bypass to prepare dinner it and submit to in thoughts the water you pour off that equipment was interior the salmon. you ought to marinate it once you get waiting to make it? that should positioned some moisture lower back into the salmon. NO SALT in the MARINADE or bypass very easy. Salt additionally certainly attracts moisture.

Answer 4

DEpends on how long the fish was defrosted and if it was sufficiently kept chilled

Answer 5

No. You can never freeze anything again that has been defrosted.

Answer 6

Nooooooooooooooo

Answer 7

no , that is not a safe pratice for any type of meat, once frozen if it thaws it need to be used or thrown out , refreezing is a good way to get a nasty case of food poisioning

Answer 8

No, unless you cook it and then freeze it again.

Answer 9

Simply Seafood says that it won't make the seafood unsafe, but will adversely affect teh quality:


http://www.simplyseafood.com/newsletters/summer_special_06/guide.html

Answer 10

No, its not safe to do that. But if you cook it then you can re freeze...;