Ive always frozen my crappie in ziplocs filled with water. Has anyone had much experience using a vaccuum sealing for crappie? My refrigerator has a small freezer and I was wondering if vaccuum sealing is just as good?
Ive always frozen my crappie in ziplocs filled with water. Has anyone had much experience using a vaccuum sealing for crappie? My refrigerator has a small freezer and I was wondering if vaccuum sealing is just as good?
The best method I have heard was to freeze the fillets and mist with water from a spray bottle to form an ice film. Then vacuum seal. I have not done any fish. I have done beef and chicken, and vegetables. It does draw a lot of the blood and juice out of a steak. They still cook up fine.
I still freeze mine in water
You can put a paper towel in with the fillets in your vac sealer bag. It grabs all the moisture and prevents it from getting sucked up into your vac sealer. Makes a great seal every time and easy to do.
Went from water bags to vacuumed seal a long time ago. Fish stay fresher and really reduces clutter for storage in freezer. I rinse mine and pat dry before sealing. Some prefer to partially freeze on cookie sheet before sealing.
in bags with water here. I do way too many to fool with the vac. that thing usually only comes out for deer season or smoked salmon batches.
I vacuum mine, Have keep fish up to 1.5yrs. And they are still good.
Ice glaze them...lay the fillets out on a cookie sheet , freeze for 2 hour, then dip them in ice water to form an ice glaze, then drop them in a ziplock bag for your freezer.The fillets will be individually coated in ice. The beauty of this is, you don't have to thaw out a whole bag of fish, just grab what you need for your fish fry.
I bag mine and lay flat in the freezer for 2 1/2 - 3 hours prior to vacuum sealing, eliminates the juice being sucked during sealing and causing poor seals.
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