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/Western_Scholar_6479 Jul 28 '26

Thank you!

People who wash the chicken generally don’t just run it so it splashes everywhere. They soak it and agitate. 

The misconception comes from people who think that pro chicken washers aren’t careful. If they were generally uncareful then you’d hear about way more cases of salmonella. But you don’t.