The Best (and Worst) Ways to Freeze Grocery Store Eggs
While freezing can be a great way to preserve many foods before they go bad, some foods just don’t freeze well. However, when it comes to freezing eggs, the advice is clearly mixed, even here at Lifehacker. We once said in the past that egg freezing is a huge pain and not worth the effort ; later we said that freezing eggs in ice cube trays is effective . But depending on how you freeze your eggs, both statements can be true.
A common complaint about freezing eggs in ice cube trays is that they can get stuck, making them difficult to remove. But there are a few strategies you can use to prevent this: Freeze them in silicone molds or grease an ice cube mold with cooking spray.
To see how well these suggestions work, I froze four batches of eggs—one dozen in a regular plastic ice cube tray with no cooking spray; one dozen in a regular plastic ice cube tray coated with cooking spray; another in a silicone mold for ice cubes without a sprinkler; and the last dozen in silicone ice cube molds coated in cooking spray. Here’s how each method worked.
Freezing eggs in a plastic tray without a spray bottle
It wasn’t good. First of all, the ice cube compartments were too small for each egg. But the big problem was that no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t get the frozen egg to pop out of the compartment – I broke the tray trying. Sure, the plastic was flimsy, but I definitely don’t recommend trying this at home.
Freezing eggs in a plastic tray with cooking spray
The ice cube compartment was still too small for the egg, which created more overflow, but it popped out easily enough. I would use this strategy for egg freezing in the future, especially if I only had plastic trays at my disposal.
Freezing eggs in a silicone tray without a spray bottle
Each individual compartment was slightly larger, which meant it was large enough to hold a whole egg. Removing the frozen eggs from the tray took some effort, but they came out and the result was a well-frozen block of eggs.
Freezing Eggs in Silicone Molds with Cooking Spray
This was by far the best option, as each egg solidified into a neat block and easily slipped out of the compartment.
Conclusion: You can freeze eggs in a plastic ice cube tray if you coat the egg with a little cooking spray before adding it. A silicone ice cube tray (with cooking spray) is ideal, but if you only have a regular plastic tray, coat it with cooking spray and freeze.