Freezing question

[kangarool]

I’m a rice-noodle fanatic; my family isn’t. So, usually when the fam is out and not having dinner, but I’m home, I’ll wok up a char kuey teow, char hor fun or other fresh-rice-noodle meal for myself.

So far so good; but because it’s nearly always a ‘meal for one’ I’m usually left with a quantity of unused, good ingredients, but that won’t keep in the fridge til next time. Specifically I wonder if anyone could give me a quick opinion on the freezability of:

Fresh rice noodles;

Fish cakes* (packaged, but in fridge section of store when purchased)

I suspect both are easily freezable.. I just question the quality (esp. the rice noodles) once thawed. Roughly similar quality when brought back to life, or a different thing altogether? And what's the best way to unfreeze gently: boiling water? room temp water?

Any opinions/advice/knowledge would be appreciated.

PS re: the fish cakes, someone who actually invented a “char kuey teow Scorecard” here opined that “It must have prawns and Chinese pork sausage (lap cheong). Pleeeeease no fish cake!!! But I don’t care, I love em.

[SuzySushi]

Can't give you an answer on fresh rice noodles as I've never frozen them.

Fish cakes freeze well (and in Japanese markets are often sold frozen). How to thaw depends on use. If you're going to serve them cold -- e.g., just slice & eat -- I'd say just thaw'em overmight in the refrigerator. If you're planning to use them in a soup or liquidy noodle dish, no need to thaw -- just add them to the boiling liquid (since they're fairly porous, they thaw pretty quickly).

[peony]

whether my horfun is fresh or frozen, I used hot water to blanch, so that some of the oil can be remove from the noodles.

The noodles are put in a boiling pot of water just long enough to loosen, drain and plunge in cold water. To me, the quality isn't compromise.

[NancyH]

I freeze rice noodles all of the time. The texture does change a little, but they are still good. I prefer to defrost them overnight in the fridge; in a pinch, tepid running water method works.