Apparently washing your chicken was an old practice to "rinse the germs off". In reality it just sprays germs everywhere. I can't believe anyone thought it was a good idea.
this post was submitted on 05 Jan 2025
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You should absolutely not wash your chicken, it is unnecessary and can splash bacteria around. Cook it to 165 F and youre 100% safe from bacteria.
Just make sure you test the coldest part of the chicken. For good measure, check a few areas, like breast, thighs, and drumsticks.
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My mom has always made me "wash chicken," which would just be running it under water. Just chicken, nothing else.
I used to do it out of habit, but laziness seems to have worked in my favor this time.
So where I live, frozen chicken is cut on a wooden chopping board overlaid with pieces of the carton it came it. Without washing you'll end up with random bits of cardboard, wood, fish fins and possibly sand.
If your meat is visibly dirty then sure, go ahead and rinse it, don't be an idiot and eat wood. This conversation is people buying it from the grocery though.
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