Comment on Do you toss food once the date on the label has passed? Experts say that's often a waste
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Most food safety measures are there for restaurants to prevent one-in-ten-million cases. There are so many things that people online treat as unsanitary that really aren’t a big deal. Fresh cooked food doesn’t magically become poison if you don’t refrigerate it within 2 hours. Washing chicken in the sink or defrosting meat in a sink full of water doesn’t turn your whole kitchen into a bio-hazard. Raw eggs are not 100% guaranteed salmonella bombs just waiting to contaminate anything they touch. Most household fridges are kept just a couple degrees above freezing, and can even reach freezing temps if they’re far enough in the back; I promise you things like leftover pizza or casseroles will not go bad within a week.
Drusas@fedia.io 2 days ago
You don't need to wash chicken.
evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You dont need to, but it does have an effect on the texture of the final dish. Typically, it’s done with sliced meat, not whole cuts.
Most of the people telling you not to wash chicken are sticking a whole chicken under a running faucet and splashing everywhere, which is bad. The right way to do it is just put your cut chicken into a bowl, add some water, and swirl it around with your hand. Then you can drain off the water and add your marinade or whatever. There’s effectively no difference from that and just washing dishes that have touched raw chicken.
You end up with a much more tender final product.
Drusas@fedia.io 1 day ago
I'm skeptical that water alone would tenderize chicken, but I'll have to give it a try to find out.
evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Kenji Lopez-Alt discusses it in his video here. There’s a little bit more detail in his book The Wok.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGP36xcUnOs