If you have a real passion for gardening, it happens that you have a considerable amount of zucchini at your disposal, which is difficult to eat completely. How do you freeze raw or cooked zucchini? Because whatever it is, it is very important to do it so that you don’t have to throw them away and thus waste a very good vegetable unnecessarily.

This way you can prepare delicious dishes that will keep the whole family happy even in winter. And above all, they guarantee you a super healthy, authentic and healthy lunch or dinner. However, the freezing process is often not carried out correctly and this becomes a problem, as the vegetables are unusable and have to be thrown away despite good intentions. Fortunately, in this article you will find the right techniques to preserve cooked and raw zucchini in the freezer.

Once you have discovered these small but simple tricks, you will undoubtedly not be able to do without them and therefore put them into practice frequently and with great pleasure.

How to freeze cooked and raw zucchini and store it all year round

Keep the zucchini for a year.

Raw technology

This is undoubtedly one of the simplest and most intuitive methods, as it only requires a few steps:

  1. Wash the zucchini under running water, cut off the ends, then cut into slices and cut into cubes or sticks.
  2. Now, to remove as much moisture as possible, dry them by rubbing them with absorbent paper that absorbs all the liquids.
  3. Finally, place the vegetables in the appropriate food bags or airtight jars and then place them in the freezer, where they will last for about 6 months.

The technique after cooking.

In this case, you can follow two different steps that will make everything a little more complex, but don’t worry, you don’t have to be afraid:

Method 1

  1. After washing, cut the zucchini into cubes, then place them in a pot of salted water and cook for 5 minutes so that they stay nice and firm.
  2. Now let them cool, put them in special bags and freeze them in the freezer, where they will last for 8 months.

Method 2

  1. After washing, always cut the vegetables into slices and then fry them on the sides in a non-stick pan with a little oil for a few seconds (if you like, lightly roast on both sides).
  2. Finally, wait for it to cool, put it in food bags, put it in the freezer and use it within 8 months.

Tips and suggestions

You can remove raw or cooked frozen zucchini from the freezer without thawing and easily use it in your own recipes. If you want to make a cold salad instead, we recommend that you take it out of the freezer, put it in the fridge for 2 hours, and then thaw it at room temperature.

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