How To Freeze Ginger

Author: Mark Velov Time for reading: ~1 minutes Last Updated: August 08, 2022

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Recently, housewives are increasingly using ginger root to prepare their dishes. Like other food products, it has its own specific shelf life. So, fresh ginger root can be stored for about a week, and dried - for about six months.

Ginger can be frozen

But what if we want to save ginger? It can be frozen like other products. Freezing is the easiest and most reliable way to preserve this product, because a small amount of ginger is required to prepare a dish, and you want to save the rest of the root somehow for cooking the following dishes.

After defrosting, the aroma, taste and the whole complex of useful substances will be preserved in it. You can freeze ginger in many ways: whole, grated or sliced. Depending on where you will use ginger later, choose the method that suits you the most.

Recipes with fresh ginger ingredient

Option 1

whole

Option 2

grated

Option 3

pieces

Ingredients:

fresh ginger

We will need:

Foil
Freezer bags

How to freeze whole ginger step by step instructions with photos

Step 1

For work, we need ginger root, foil, a freezer bag.

Step 2

Rinse the ginger root well, dry and wrap in foil.

Step 3

Place the wrapped roots in a freezer bag. Squeeze the air out of the bag as much as possible and send it to the freezer for storage.

Ingredients:

fresh ginger

We will need:

Grater
Foil
Freezer plastic container

How to freeze grated ginger step by step instructions with a photo

Step 1

Place in a plastic freezer container and store in the freezer.

Step 2

Peel and grate the ginger.

Step 3

Divide prepared ginger into small portions. You can use a measuring spoon to give a neat shape to the portions. Send to the freezer for 45 minutes to freeze.

Step 4

Wrap each serving of ginger in foil.

Step 5

Place in a plastic freezer container and store in the freezer.

Ingredients:

fresh ginger

We will need:

Knife
Cutting board
Freezer bags