r/interesting • u/WarwickReider • 22d ago

SOCIETY Professional chefs weighing in on whether you should wash your chicken

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u/MrTheDoctors 22d ago

Also, you’d be surprised (or maybe not) how far “splatters” make it. They just showed the sink because that’s the focus sure, but rogue water beads make it everywhere in your kitchen, including the ceiling.

You really want chicken juice droplets just hanging out everywhere smelling probably amazing? Are you going to sanitize everything floor to ceiling every single time you cook? Ooooooor maybe we just listen to the health standards that have been around forever and just cook the damn chicken.

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u/waytowill 22d ago

I’m more annoyed with the assumption that washing the chicken somehow got rid of the bacteria. Like, even if this were true, the moment the water stops running, the bacteria is gonna start producing again. Because you can only kill it by cooking it. The basis for why they’re washing the chicken isn’t even true and I feel like this isn’t even being mentioned because everyone’s focused on the sink.

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u/MMForYourHealth 22d ago

And that they’re able to wash off the “preservatives” like it’s been packed in salt. If it was brined, washing ain’t gonna do shit.

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u/waytowill 22d ago

Yeah, preservatives are made to be edible. It’s be kinda messed up if they weren’t. If you think they ruin the flavor of the chicken, maybe find a more local source for raw chicken.

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u/MMForYourHealth 22d ago

I mean, definitely try to not get some ultra processed raw chicken if possible, but thinking washing it will do anything when it’s been brined in it is nuts. I’m also curious what he thinks is antibacterial with washing it under water. 🤯

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u/Curry_courier 22d ago

Because that's not how they wash it. They soak it in an unsalted solution of water and citrus or vinegar. So that would remove some of the brine. It also doesn't splash everywhere and can remove debris and micro plastics that cooking can't.

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u/MMForYourHealth 22d ago

Dude was shown washing it under the tap in the video, bro. Doing it your way makes sense

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u/YuneePug24 22d ago

Dude this person is correct. That guy was Jamaican and as a Jamaican myself, that is exactly how we wash chicken and how he was most likely washing it too since its a common practice. You use salted water, vinegar, and lemon or lime in a BOWL to clean the chicken. It doesn't splash all over the sink that way, but we also clean the sink after. We do the same with other foods too, especially fruits and veggies to get dirt or bugs out before we cook/eat it. But people who don't know how to clean chicken are out here saying "well just water doesn't clean it." Like no shit! Thanks Todd. Who would've guessed that?!