Freezing Broth

Published on Tuesday, September 16, 2008, by CHOW Video Team / Edit Post

Freezing Broth

Chowhound Jed Kolko saves unused chicken broth by freezing it in cubes, which are then easily incorporated into future recipes.

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  • I wonder if you can actually have broth instead of water in the disposable ice machine?

  • Why bother with ice cube trays? Just freeze it flat in a ziplock and break off what you need.

  • Handy tip, Jed. Hope to see you at the next Hunan chowdown.

  • The first time I used ice cube trays to freeze something other than water was when I froze whatever juice was in the punch I was making so as not to dilute it during the length of the party. After being overwhelmed with lemons from my neigbor one year, I began to freeze the lemon juice and store lemon cubes in zipper freezer bags. I also had to do this with ice cubes because my freezer space was...+READ

    The first time I used ice cube trays to freeze something other than water was when I froze whatever juice was in the punch I was making so as not to dilute it during the length of the party. After being overwhelmed with lemons from my neigbor one year, I began to freeze the lemon juice and store lemon cubes in zipper freezer bags. I also had to do this with ice cubes because my freezer space was limited. This worked well until a now ex-boyfriend put a bright "lemon" yellow cube in to his red wine glass. From then on, I wrote the word "ICE" in large, bold, capital letters on each side of the bag. He never made that mistake again.-COLLAPSE

  • I use muffin pans for this - quarter to half cup portions in giant ice cube fashion.

  • which reminds me of the old story about the J.P. Morgan bank. They made "ice cubes" out of iced tea, so that when you got ice in your iced tea, it did not dilute it...

  • I've done this for decades, and the ziplock baggies are pretty good for preventing freezer burn.
    But shortly after I married, my husband started complaining that
    'they'd changed the taste of Dr. Pepper' and I finally saw him taking ice cubes out of my chicken stock bags.

    Label both sides of the bags in large letters.

  • I do this with many different ingredients, including the leftovers of a bottle of wine, the rest of a can of tomato paste when a recipe calls for a couple of tablespoons, other types of stock, extra sauce or marinade, etc. The downside is that a portion of my freezer has been colonized by little baggies full of oddly-colored ice cubes.