Freezing Chipotle-Chicken Stew?

[Lisa W]

Has anyone tried freezing this? If so, how was it when you thawed it out? Did the potatoes go to mush? I'm having it for supper tonight and there's a TON of it! I wanted to freeze some for lunches. I'd appreciate any suggestions.

[Luiza]

Check out this thread:
http://www.cookinglight.com/bbs/Forum1/HTML/004996.html

It looks like the potatoes do get mushy.

Luiza

[karole]

don't some potatoes freeze to mush more than others? red versus the other kind?

[rosen]

This does make a LOT of stew...but very good! We ate it a couple of nights (gets better w/ age) & then froze the leftovers. I wouldn't freeze this long term (several months), but when thawed & reheated a couple of weeks later, I didn't find the potatoes got mushy. If anything, they got a tad softer & therefor acted like a thickener for this very watery stew. I think the ageing mellowed & rounded out the flavors & it was better than when fresh.