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How to Freeze Eggs for Cooking – Your Official Guide – Savory

How to Freeze Eggs for Cooking - Your Official Guide - Savory

Freezing whole eggs is easy. You’ll need a bowl, ice cube tray, whisk, and of course eggs. Then follow these simple instructions to freeze your eggs:

  1. Open the shell and place the eggs in a bowl.
  2. Gently beat the egg whites and yolks until they are just combined. Be careful not to introduce too much air into the mixture.
  3. Pour the beaten egg mixture into ice cube trays. This allows you to freeze an amount about the size of half an egg.
  4. Place one or more ice cube trays in the freezer until the eggs are frozen. Once the egg “chunks” are firm, remove them from the tray and store in a ziplock plastic bag.

Unfortunately, you can’t freeze eggs in their shells, nor can you freeze eggs with the yolks intact. Therefore, you cannot use frozen eggs to make sunny-side-up egg breakfast. However, you can use them in almost any other recipe, including omelets and scrambled eggs. (We consider this a major win!)

How to Freeze Separated Eggs

How to Freeze Eggs for Cooking - Your Official Guide - Savory seperated eggs

separated eggs

frozen egg yolks

Freezing egg yolks is a little tricky because the yolks themselves have a tendency to thicken. You can use sugar or salt to prevent this problem.

  1. Open the eggshell and separate the yolk from the egg. Place the egg yolks in a bowl.
  2. Gently beat the egg yolks until they become liquid.
  3. If your egg yolks will be used in savory dishes, add 1/2 teaspoon salt per cup of egg yolks.
  4. If you plan to use eggs in a dessert recipe, add 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar per cup of egg yolks.
  5. Freeze the egg yolks in ice cube trays as you would with whole eggs.

Tip: One cube is equivalent to two egg yolks.

frozen egg whites

How to Freeze Eggs for Cooking - Your Official Guide - Savory egg whites

egg white

Frozen egg whites, on the other hand, are simpler: Once the eggs are separated, just pour the egg whites into an ice cube tray.

Tip: One cubic meter is equivalent to one egg white.

Use frozen eggs

Eggs frozen this way will keep in the refrigerator for up to one year. When you have a recipe that calls for eggs, simply follow the guidelines previously described to remove the correct number of egg cubes from the freezer and thaw them in the refrigerator for a day before using.

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