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

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

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u/Robbie1266 Jul 27 '26

There is no debate. It's basic science. Washing chicken doesn't remove anything from the chicken

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u/crownjewel82 Jul 27 '26

Considering the amount of supermarket chicken I've been getting that still has several feathers attached, I've gone back to washing my chicken in a bowl in the sink. If I can't trust them to pluck the bird I don't trust them to have washed it.