/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>16788814

i respect that freezer poster. the bottom of my chest freezer is blocks of chicken noodle and chili. some lentil and ham soups. whole tray of lasagna.

need those easy meals when it gets dark and cold out.

pic related, all those got frozen into blocks and then vacuum sealed.

>>13977702

just to show i'm not a bullshitter. had to cool it outside and go straight to the freezer. i freeze em in blocks and then vacuum seal them for long term storage.

getting ready for winter, so I wanted to stock the freezer with chili again.

first time using a pressure cooker, decided to experiment with using dry pinto beans instead of canned. it was a little fiddly but the beans turned out great and were sooo much cheaper.

8lbs ground beef, to give y'all an idea of the scale. the stock pot is 24 quarts, after it cooked down i think it was about 19 quarts of chili.

left it to cook outside on the porch overnight since it was 40°F.

next step is freezing the containers, popping the cubes out, and vacuum sealing them for storage.