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Another chicken question? I bought a 10 lb bag of chicken legs?

I opened the bag, washed each leg separately, wrapped each one by itself in plastic wrap, then placed each one in a quart ziploc bag, then into my deep freezer. Then, when I planned on eating one, I put it in my refrigerator freezer. When I went to take it out of that freezer, the ziploc bag was inflated! What the heck is going on? That's not the first time that happened to me but I ignored it and went on to transfer it to be defrosted for a day in the refrigerator, cooked it and ate it. I'm still alive, but I am beginning to worry. Should I?

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  • Alpha
    Lv 7
    9 years ago
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    It doesn't hurt to wash the chicken legs before freezing, but it is not necessary. You should wash raw chicken when you take it out of the refrigerator anyways.

    The bags inflated for the same reason a can soda bulges or bursts open if you freeze it. Ice takes up more space than water - that's why it floats on water. When you froze the chicken, the expansion of the ice decreases the available space in the bag which still retains some air.

    If you want to freeze things for the long term, you need to make sure you get rid of as much air as possible from the bag. That's why they use vacuum seals on many frozen meats.

  • 5 years ago

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  • 9 years ago

    No worries mate. Warm air expands. The deep freezer is way colder than the fridge-freezer. Like hot air in a balloon expands and yadayada.

  • 9 years ago

    This sounds like a plastics issue to me, honey. :)

    Ring the corporate phone number for the company which provided these freezer bags.

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  • 9 years ago

    No it won't hurt. When you freeze some things the plastic bags retain any moisture and this expands when it's frozen. As long as the chicken was frozen, and did not thaw out and get refrozen, it will be just fine.

  • Tigger
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    You don't need to wash it before you freeze it. I have never seen the bag puff up but it should be ok since it was frozen...

  • They are fine, but washing them is just going ti spread germs and bacteria.

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