# Can you add spices before freezing?

**URL:** <https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/can-you-add-spices-before-freezing/26003>\
**Category:** Anova Precision® Cooker\
**Created:** [May 15, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/can-you-add-spices-before-freezing/26003 "2020-05-15T18:33:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Roberto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8baadc/32.png) [@Roberto](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Roberto)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/can-you-add-spices-before-freezing/26003/1 "2020-05-15T18:33:51Z")

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Can you add your spices to a cut of meat in advance of vacuum sealing and freezing? This would save the step of defrosting and resealing before proceeding to sous vide. That’s time and money saved.

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**Author:** ![chatnoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@chatnoir](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/chatnoir)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/can-you-add-spices-before-freezing/26003/2 "2020-05-15T19:38:52Z")

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Yes Roberto, you can, but it doesn’t result in much of a difference. Don’t freeze fresh herbs.

You can SV cook from the frozen state. Refer to Baldwin to make the necessary time adjustment.

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**Author:** ![Wjafarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/87869e/32.png) [@Wjafarrow](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/Wjafarrow)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/can-you-add-spices-before-freezing/26003/3 "2020-05-24T00:43:40Z")

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Absolutely…

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**Author:** ![FloridaBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@FloridaBob](https://community.anovaculinary.com/u/FloridaBob)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.anovaculinary.com/t/can-you-add-spices-before-freezing/26003/4 "2020-06-12T15:05:52Z")

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We cooked two Pork Tenderloins in separate vacuum packs. We seared and ate one, froze the other. About 3 weeks later, we thawed out the frozen pack and seared it. Worked great and you couldn’t tell it had been frozen!