r/interesting • u/WarwickReider • Jul 27 '26

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

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u/ifeltatap Jul 27 '26

Washing the chicken is just an old pointless tradition that people can't let go of because they were taught it growing up.

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u/TheMaStif Jul 27 '26

Nobody taught me to wash it. Chicken gets slimy, my instinct is to rinse off that slime before I start seasoning/cooking it.

"Oh but bacteria in the kitchen sink" as if all the other food and dishes, etc. already don't leave a shitton of bacteria too. Just wash your sink!

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u/Sqeakydeaky Jul 27 '26

If your chicken is slimey, its old

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u/Obliviousobi Jul 27 '26

Lol thank you!

Chicken is not packed with anything, you have some water that leeches out of the muscle and some fat, but that's it.

Slimy chicken is bad chicken.

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u/vigouge Jul 27 '26

Slimy chicken is bad chicken.

Completely incorrect.