Pre-Cook and Freeze: 5 Delicious Recipe Ideas

Pre-cook and freeze: Chili con Carne

Chili con carne is a popular dish that is ideal for freezing because it also tastes great warmed up. For this recipe, you need 500 grams of minced meat, 800 grams of tomato passata, 1 red pepper, 250 grams of kidney beans, 1 clove of garlic, 50 grams of tomato paste, 1 onion, 300 grams of corn, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of sweet paprika powder, pepper, chili powder, and something Olive oil.

1. First, put olive oil in a large saucepan and heat it up.
2. Meanwhile, peel and chop the onion and garlic clove before adding them to the pan.
3. When the onion and garlic are translucent, you can add the ground beef.
4. While the ground beef is cooking, dice the bell pepper into small cubes and drain the corn and kidney beans.
5. Then season the fried minced meat with 1 teaspoon each of salt and sweet paprika powder. Then add the tomato paste as well.
6. Let the meat cook for a further 2 minutes before adding the peppers, kidney beans, canned tomatoes, and corn.
7. Then season the mixture with chili powder, pepper, and salt to taste.
8. Then put the lid on the pot and let the chili con carne simmer for 20 to 25 minutes. Set the stove to medium-high. After that, the dish is ready.
9. Let the finished chili con carne cool down completely. Then fill it in a refrigerated or freezable container and keep it in the refrigerator for 3 days or frozen for up to 4 months.

Ideal for freezing: sliced meat with curry

For this delicious recipe, you need 600 grams of chicken breast fillet, 1 onion, 200 milliliters of whipping cream, 500 milliliters of chicken stock, 1 tablespoon of flour, and 2 tablespoons of curry powder, salt, and vegetable oil.

1. First cut the chicken breast fillet into thin strips and then season with salt.
2. Now put some vegetable oil in a pan and let it heat up before adding the chicken strips and sautéing on medium for about 4 minutes.
3. Meanwhile, dice the onion and add it to the pan as well.
4. Now add the flour and curry and stir well.
5. After about 2 minutes, deglaze the mixture with the broth. Then add the cream and let everything simmer for about 10 minutes.
6. After that, the dish is ready. Let it cool, then it’s ready to freeze.

Delicious vegetable pan: Here’s how

For this recipe, you need 250 grams of rice, 2 red peppers, 2 yellow peppers, 2 onions, 2 zucchini, 4 cloves of garlic, salt, pepper, and olive oil.

1. First, prepare the rice according to the package instructions.
2. Then cut the peppers and zucchini into small cubes and the onion into strips.
3. Now put some olive oil in a pan and heat it up. Then add the garlic cloves with the onion strips, diced peppers, and zucchini, and let everything sauté.
4. After about 10 minutes, add the rice and let it fry briefly as well.
5. Then season the dish with salt and pepper to taste.
6. The vegetable stir-fry will keep in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Perfect for pasta: delicious Bolognese

If you prepare and freeze bolognese, you always have a suitable sauce for your pasta. For the recipe, you need 600 grams of mixed minced meat, 1 tablespoon of tomato paste, 2 carrots, 2 onions, 800 grams of tomato passata, 20 grams of parsley, 150 milliliters of water, salt, sugar, pepper, and olive oil.

1. First, peel the carrots and onions. Then grate the carrots and cut the onions into small cubes.
2. Now heat olive oil in a saucepan and add the minced meat. After about 3 minutes you can also add the diced onion and grated carrot.
3. Season the mixture with salt, sugar, and pepper and after another 3 minutes add the tomato paste.
4. Then deglaze everything with water and add the tomato passata. Then bring the mixture to a boil and then simmer until done.
5. Freeze the sauce in portions.

Lasagna: Easy and delicious

For a delicious lasagne, you need 500 grams of minced meat, 5 tomatoes, 1 clove of garlic, 10 sheets of lasagne, 150 grams of grated Gouda cheese, and 200 grams of crème fraîche, 1 onion, basil, pepper, salt, and olive oil.

1. First, heat the oil in a pan and add the ground beef to brown.
2. Peel the onion and garlic clove and cut into small cubes before adding to the ground beef.
3. Let everything sauté for 5 minutes and then add the chopped tomatoes.
4. The mixture must then simmer for about 10 minutes and then be seasoned with salt, pepper, and basil.
5. Now take a casserole dish and line the bottom with lasagne sheets. Top with the ground beef sauce and repeat this step until the pan is full. Put the crème fraîche on the middle layer.
6. The last layer must be the mince sauce. Sprinkle with the grated cheese and then place the lasagne in the oven at 180°C for 30 to 40 minutes.
7. Lasagna is not suitable for freezing. However, it will keep in the fridge for up to 3 days.