"brooklyn1" > wrote in message
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> I never skin chicken before freezing, the skin is a natural freezer
> burn protectorant. And I don't freeze cooked chicken either, develops
> a strange texture. I would make up individual zip-locs with like six
> legs each and then defrost as needed.... I'd trim excessive skin and
> fat, rinse with cold water and paper towel dry but that's it.

I use the Zip-lock vacuum bags (with the battery-operated vac pump). They
keep really well that way. . .

Van