How to Freeze Beef Burgundy

Add side dishes to your beef burgundy meal.

It takes several hours to make a complicated dish like beef burgundy, a hearty stew containing cubes of beef in red wine. When you make beef burgundy, increase the recipe so you have extra portions left over. Not only is it cost and time effective, but like most soups, the ingredients in beef burgundy blend together better as the soup ages. Freezing this hearty French stew for use later also provides a quick homemade meal you can microwave in seconds. Does this Spark an idea?

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Instructions

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  Cool the leftover beef burgundy. Split the soup into several sizes of freezer containers. Small containers work well for a lunch or one-person meal, while medium containers work for a couple.
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  Seal the containers. Add a label which identifies the dish and the date it was placed in the freezer.
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  Stack containers in the freezer.

Tips & Warnings

You can freeze beef burgundy in sealable freezer bags if space is an issue.
Shelf life is between four and six months if freezer temperature is 0 degrees Fahrenheit.

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