Related to crockpot - frozen chicken

[changedname]

Do you guys put frozen chicken directly in the crockpot? My neighbour said you can but I'm scared...... but t would make cooking so much quicker sometimes.

[womet]

I do. I usually leave the crockpot on longer than the usual 8 hours, since I am out of the house longer than that for work. I've never had any issues with anything I've made with frozen chicken.

[jennysmitten]

Yes. It is fine.

[arch01]

yep

[whitepicketfence]

Yep.

[Deleted]

All the time.

It's against the "food safe" rules, but I have never ever had an issue. I also do it with roasts.

[Kore]

I don't think you're supposed to, but I totally do.

[CloudBee]

Usually the chicken that goes into my crock pot is frozen still.

I cook things for a verrry long time, though. From say, 7:30am-7pm.

I dice chicken for a lot of my crock pot meals, and honestly, it's so much easier to cut up when it's mostly frozen. I tend to move it from freezer to fridge the night before, and it's the perfect texture for prep.

[keyslover]

I have put frozen chicken and roast (beef and pork) and I am alive to tell you about it
Go for it.

[Deleted]

I put all kinds of frozen stuff in the crockpot, I don't follow very many food safety rules though, so I'm not the poster child on crockpot safety.

[gumi]

i do this too - i just cook it on high for the first hour or two.

[Deleted]

Oct 17, 2012 12:14:31 GMT -5 gumi said:

i do this too - i just cook it on high for the first hour or two.

This is what I do.

[leapfrog]

The meat I put in the crockpot is almost always frozen. I've been using frozen chicken/roasts for at least 5 years now, and I lived to tell the tale. Being able to use meat straight from the freezer is one of the things that is so appealing to me.

[Deleted]

yes, I do. I actually never realized you weren't supposed to lol.

[mrsjuleshs]

Yes. For crockpot chicken tacos I do.

[sarahlindsay]

Yes, I do that way more than I cook them from a thawed state

[sa]

Wow, I had no idea. This makes my life so much easier.