Is it ok to cut a 7lb Turkey breast in half and freeze half cook half?

[Steve R.]

I vacuum seal, then freeze. So when it's time to reheat, I just take the bag and submerge in hot tap water in the sink until good and thawed. Then remove from the bag and reheat the rest of the way in the microwave. Is this the best way? Sous vide might be marginally better, but it works for me.

[Stuey1515]

I'm going to try this now our kids have all gone. What's the best way to reheat the brisket please?

[jharner]

Your thought would work just fine, but why cook ( smoke ) twice. Smoke the whole thing then vac pack and freeze what you want to. I have brisket - pulled pork - turkey - pork loin - grilled chicken breast and other casserole cooks vac packed and frozen in portions for two. Works great for us. The vac pack extends the freezer life of cooked food greatly.

[bbqLuv]

Of course, it is okay. Or cut into cubes and make turkey pot pies.
Or grill both halves and freeze the one half.
happy grilling on you, PBR too.

[Steve R.]

When in doubt, just grind it all up and be done with it.

[Smoking77]

Wow. Great to hear! I'll do that next time.

[FireMan]

See, an here I wuz thinkin about cuttin it in half, front to back just fer discussions sake.

[FireMan]

That’s cuz when they got up from layin down they got up on there right foot which makes it stronger & tougher chewin, yessir.

[latenight71]

But that leaves the question of which half you cook first - left or right?

Speaking of that, who was it that only cooked briskets from left-footed steers? I don't know why that's partially in my head. seems like something I shoulda remembered all of.

[ComfortablyNumb]

I half all the time. I get sick of leftover turkey, so one half suits my wife and I fine.

[Steve R.]

You could also cook the whole thing and then freeze half of it for later. I just had some brisket yesterday that I had frozen several months ago, and it was about as good as the day I cooked it.

[Steve B]

Or cook the whole breast and have you some nice turkey sammies. That's what I do.

[klflowers]

Pretty good idea. I just took one out of the freezer to cook this weekend. Ours don't usually last very long though - turkey salad, turkey soup, turkey tacos - you name it, we put turkey in it.

[Jfrosty27]

Agreed. No issues with that approach. Smoke on!

[Mosca]

Sure, why not? It should be okay. I’ve had turkeys frozen over a year that were fine.