Quick help re: baking frozen chicken

[AmericangirlinFrance]

Help me DIS cooking friends! I have some frozen chicken thighs I want to bake in a little bit. Can I put them straight into the oven (no thawing) and just bake them longer? It seems like that will work, but I just wanted to double-check with the experts here.

(I could thaw in the microwave, but it seems like whenever I do that, part of the chicken is warm and part is still frozen, and I get kind of skeeved out thinking about bacteria and things on the warm raw chicken)

 

[c4a]

If in a ziplock bag, you can put some salt and water in with the chicken...let it sit for about an hour in the sink. Rinse them off really well, though.

 

[Angelhalo]

I just stick mine in a ziploc bag and then put it in a sink of cold water. Usually thaws in 30 minutes to an hour.

 

[Michelle67]

I thaw them in water too.

 

[RadioNate]

I cook the flash frozen chicken breasts still frozen all the time. There are directions on the bag.

I don't buy thighs but if they are flash frozen it should be the same.

 

[AmericangirlinFrance]

Just looked - it does indeed have instructions for cooking when frozen. Thanks everyone!

 

[Purseval]

You can always cook chicken when it is frozen, it just takes longer but tastewise it makes no difference.