Freezing Hamburger Recipe

It's almost always cheaper to buy your ground beef in packages of 3 lbs. or more. Then, when you get it home, you can divide it up into smaller packages. A kitchen scale is really handy for this, but you can divide it up into fairly even packages without one. For most recipes it's not going to matter if you're off a little one way or the other. I've only recently started using a scale.

A pound of hamburger fits nicely into a quart-size zipper bag. I've found that it works best to flatten each package before placing them into the freezer. The hamburger will freeze faster that way, and the packages stack neatly in the freezer. Additionally, when you're ready to use some of the hamburger, it will thaw faster, too.

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