YOGYAKARTA If you often cook fish dishes, it will certainly fill the stock of fish in the refrigerator. But do you know how to freeze fish properly? Let me not be mistaken, here are tips and methods of freezing fish.

Air is the greatest enemy in storing fish. Air carrying bacteria can destroy fish. So, prevent the air from touching the fish by wrapping them in vacuum packaging.

Fresh fish in the market, it will last longer if stored for a few days in the refrigerator. But you also have to complete it with a vacuum machine, especially if you often store fish in the refrigerator.

If you don't have a vacuum device, you can store fish with ice. Cover the fish by soaking in cold water and putting it in a freezer. Cold water will become ice and blanket the fish.

Remember that the weather inside the freezer is suitable for many types of fish so that their texture and taste are maintained. For cod or Haddock fish, you only need to put them in a freezer with a temperature of a few degrees above the freezing point because the fish live in cold water. It's different if you store a type of tropical fish, steak, or chicken meat.

The longer stored in the freezer, the fish's quality will drop drastically. Fat fish, such as salmon or trout, will decrease faster in quality. Well, make sure to make the date label start saving as a reminder. It should be understood, texture will change when processed into dishes if the fish have been stored in the freezer for too long.

When you disburse frozen fish, do it gradually. Never put it in the microwave to be disbursed. Let the fish melt in the refrigerator or in cold water. Launching The Spruce Eats, diluting frozen fish at room temperature is a bad idea.

That's the tips and methods of freezing fish correctly. You can practice it at home.


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