Should chicken be washed before cooking?!


Question: I was wondering if you are suppose to wash chicken before you cook it. Please and Thank you


Answers: I was wondering if you are suppose to wash chicken before you cook it. Please and Thank you

To Triple-Wash Chicken:

Remove chicken breasts from pkg and place in colander. While rinsing chicken in colander with cold water, trim fat from each chicken breast with kitchen scissors.
Place trimmed breast into separate bowl; do not return to colander! (Reserve trimmings for making chicken broth, if desired.)
Once all breasts have been trimmed of fat, wash colander and kitchen scissors.
Then return breasts to colander and rinse with cold water again.
While rinsing, use kitchen scissors to cut breasts into strips or chunks (more kid-friendly), placing pieces into separate bowl.
Do not return to colander!
Once all breasts have been cut into pieces, wash colander. Return pieces to colander and rinse chicken one more time; drain well.

It is much safer to rinse your chicken off because chicken can carry bacteria on it if you don't.

hope this helps. good luck and enjoy.

I usually wash whole chickens, just rinsing them under cold water will do, but I don't wash cut up chicken pieces, even though my mom says I should :) It can never hurt

yea, its good , you shoud wash all types of chicken ....also washing chicken with about a few tps of flour gets rid of any smell. Good Luck!

Absolutely, but only with fresh clean water. I always rinse poultry. ALWAYS.

yeah its a good idea to rinse it lightly before using it, but make sure you pat it dry : )

i usually do..just remember to pat dry with paper towels after! :)

no need temp will do all the work when it's cooked

yes you should always wash chicken and all other meat before cooking it with cold water and if you plan on letting the meat set in a bowl or pan soaking in some type of sauce then you also need to wash it as well while your cooking it before you put the chicken or meat back in it to serve it

oh yes I do ,I would.I am very care full with chicken.

YES!!! OR DO YOU WANT TO GET THE FLU FOR CHRISTMAS!?!?!?!!?

you should wash the all kinds of chicken and make it dry afterward

Yes you should always wash a chicken before cooking, Lord knows where it's been or whos hands have been on it before it's purchased.

"They" say you should and I rinse 'em out when I buy them whole but I don't when I buy them already cut up. Cooking the chicken should take care of any "bugs" and I've never been sick from eating chicken in all my 54 years.

Yes, definitely!

Yes.

Frozen chicken from a reputable supermarket or grocer is normally safe. Rinse the cavity and skin of whole chicken and pat dry with paper towels. Cut-up chicken, especially boneless chicken breast fillets, will lose their flavors and juices when washed.

However, in Asia where majority of people buy meats from wet markets, the chicken should be washed well. Even the cut-ups. These markets display the meats on tables, with no refrigeration.

YES ALWAYS. THEN wash out your sink, dish pan etc with some Clorox water. Dry the chicken with paper towels and place them in the garbage. When chicken is in the cooking vessel wipe down your counters with Clorox water and dry with paper towels and discard them as well. The purpose behind washing chicken is to make sure the exposed areas are as free of bacteria as possible. You do not want to get salmonella

Yes, always rinse poultry in cold water and make sure it is cooked ALL THE way through.

yes you want to wash any meat chicken and veggies because you do not want to catch or spread a ill-bourne illness and you dont want to cause cross contamination

you need to wash ALL meat before you cook it. Just like when you have it on a counter...spray it with disinfectant...taking meat straight out the pack and cooking it is gross...please wash it.





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