I never wash my meats, that would cast the external microbes around the kitchen. Instead, I blanch them in boiling water for a few minutes. It’s kinda like sous vide, but faster. It’s also fine if you forget it in the water for a bit, the meat will only get cleaner! Toss some broccoli into the water for full meal prep with minimal cleanup
Anon doesn't wash
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Gullible@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
What do you think happens to the microbes when you put the chicken in the pan or in the oven?
Do you also blanche your steaks?
You’re saying doing that makes the meat cleaner but you’re also sending broccoli in that dirty water?
All you’re doing is taking the flavor out of your chicken and making a broth out of good meat, that’s ridiculous!
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 days ago
(cough cough) Note their name - “gullible”
They got me too until I read their next comment. Haha
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
The microbes are dead because I blanched them for 5 minutes, like the internet said to do
ExhaleSmile@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Out of all the disturbing comments in this thread, this one gets to me the most, especially saying it’s like a sous vide.
I love cooking my chicken in a sous vide, but you do it low and slow, 145 degrees for about 2 and a half hours.
Excellent article on it here: seriouseats.com/the-food-lab-complete-guide-to-so…
If you have one of these machines, I highly recommend trying it this way. Give it a quick sear in some cast iron after.
Gullible@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
I tried sous vide but the ziplocks kept leaking, so I improvised. My son, trying to be helpful, kept spilling the warm hanger steak water on our dog, who didn’t mind at all but did manage to build a habit of tripping him on his way to the sink like a chihuahua-shaped guided trip cord. Even after she broke 3 of her legs in a botched attempt, looking like a potato on weighted stilts, the habit persisted. Then we moved on to blanching and my wife had to grind the handles off of our cast iron pot to prevent the kid from trying to move it. It was headache after compromise after headache, but my wife and I tolerated it for the perfect steaks. Just try to tell me they don’t look appetizing
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Only meat I routinely wash is porkchops. Slimiest stuff on the market
j4k3@lemmy.world 3 days ago
[deleted]Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
If it smells bad it’s in the bin that you should be sending it, not in your sink for a wash.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Or ideally, return it to the store if it’s within the expected expiration time, they’ll want to track it to people don’t get sick.
gmtom@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Does OP work in a mostly back workplace by chance?
Dkarma@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Washing is to remove salmonella…wtf is wrong with you ppl???
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
[deleted]Zementid@feddit.nl 2 days ago
The /s is missing and knowing about chloride chicken in the US I am afraid to ask.
Dave@lemmy.nz 2 days ago
If the salmonella is on the outside, shouldn’t you cook the outside of the chicken?
Since you can kill the salmonella in eggs without cooking the egg (as in pasturised egg), then the temperature that kills salmonella seems low enough that any form of cooking will kill whatever is on the outside of the chicken.
don@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Anon has never had salmonellosis, and it shows painfully.
There’s not much (but there are things) that quite compare to vomiting so hard and for so long that you’re seriously worried you might suffocate. Or that you’re equally worried your next retch will make you sprain your back.
The gamma ray laser stream of piss leaving my asshole was a cosmic event that went completely undetected by humanity, something that should have set off air raid sirens across the globe.
I’ll damn fucking make sure I wash the raw chicken I cook, and make sure the thickest part of the cut reaches 165° F, because someone didn’t cook the chicken I ate well enough to destroy the salmonella, and it nearly killed me.
ricecake@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
What soap do you use to wash your chicken?
Washing the chicken doesn’t fix the problem you’re concerned with though. If it did you could wash the chicken and then just eat it raw.
The bacteria is inside the chicken, potentially, where you can’t possibly remove it by washing. That’s why you have to cook it.
Cooking kills the bacteria, and if you have to cook it then the only thing washing will do is spread any surface bacteria around to other surfaces and gives you wet chicken.
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 3 days ago
Salmonella can be spread by eating undercooked or raw chicken. Anon hasn’t had it because he cooks it properly.
Washing chicken seems to be a very American thing to do? Here in the Netherlands I’ve never seen or heard someone do it. We just cook our chicken properly.
expr@programming.dev 3 days ago
I’m American and have never washed chicken nor heard of anyone doing that. What a crazy thing to do.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 3 days ago
I know not a single American that does this.
I’ve only heard of it from elsewhere.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
You won’t prevent salmonella infections by washing chicken, you’ll even increase the risks via cross contamination.
Get a thermometer and cook your chicken properly.
Fucking hell.
intelisense@lemm.ee 3 days ago
Fucking hell.
Gordon Ramsey, is that you?
ddplf@szmer.info 3 days ago
Please avoid eating raw chicken, alright?
Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
Also avoid using your sink after washing the chicken before you sanitized it with boiling water.
Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
… And what is washing you chicken going to do to prevent it? Just cook it through and you won’t ever get salmonella.
adam_y@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Washing chicken really doesn’t help. It actually increases your chances of poisoning.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 3 days ago
And here I am, just properly cooking my chicken like some kind of savage…
Teppichbrand@feddit.org 2 days ago
Better wash them:
Source
sxan@midwest.social 2 days ago
Better not wash them:
Washing Chicken Spreads Germs
My source is the CD Fucking C.
Hostile response aside, seriously: cooking chicken kills the bacteria. Trying to wash it just splatters disease around your kitchen.
HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Hear me out, fill bowl with water. Place chicken in bowl. Swirl a bit. Wash chicken. Dump water. No splashy splashy.
random8847@lemmy.world 2 days ago
If only there was a better way to kill bacteria in food than just washing it.
BangCrash@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Fucking lol!
HasturInYellow@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Idk guys. I’m not scrubbing my chicken with bleach to kill bacteria. I just want to rinse off the shit from the factory. “Oh but they wash it!” I don’t believe they care enough to do it well. Whatever regulation is set forth by the CDC is kind of irrelevant if there is little enforcement.
Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Are you eating it raw???
BangCrash@lemmy.world 2 days ago
TIL American’s don’t cook their chicken
cannedtuna@lemmy.world 2 days ago
No. You don’t wash chicken. Take a paper towel and pat it down, and that’s it. Washing the chicken one way to contaminate your sink, cooking area, and other foods with salmonella. It’s super important to properly cook your chicken to kill any bacteria.
Glytch@lemmy.world 2 days ago
If you cook the chicken properly, salmonella isn’t a concern.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 days ago
Wouldn’t this be eliminated by cooking it
seth@lemmy.world 2 days ago