I can confirm that chicken meat absolutely keeps when frozen. No problem at all. Go to your local Costco and buy it in bulk.
Of course you probably didn't need me to confirm this. There’s nothing wrong with frozen meat! Did you know that fresh tuna comes into the docks frozen? I saw frozen blocks of bluefin tuna ready for sale at the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Today I thawed chicken thighs that were bought 10 months ago out of the freezer. Eight minutes on each side in a fry pan, and the chicken did not taste any different from the day I bought it. (From a Costco, of course.) Good thing chicken is produced here in the States, because you know damn well if it were imported, our current President will find a way to put a tariff on it.
And if he were going to, I’d be first in line at Costco to buy a whole bulk for freezing. And if I were to ever afford a house with a garage, there will for sure be a chest freezer unit in there for long term meat storage. Maybe a few guns and bullet boxes too (in the garage, not the freezer), if I were to dive deep into the doomsday prepping rabbit hole.
In these inflationary times, I’m afraid it’s chicken and pork only as the source of meat protein. We are priced out of beef and fish. Bluefin tuna sushi is delicious, no doubt, but having money in the wallet is also delicious.
Pork is not a consolation! You can never go wrong with pan-fried pork belly, Korean BBQ style. My only problem is that it creates a bloody mess with all the smoke and splatter. When you live in a tiny studio apartment like I do, that stuff lingers for quite bit afterwards. A guy can only dream of a properly separated kitchen.
Where are the buttons?