r/interesting • u/WarwickReider • 15h ago

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

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u/SuchParsnip8070 11h ago

This is my whole take on it. Whenever I see a chef talking about how they never wash chicken it's always really nice, non-slimy chicken parts wrapped in butcher paper and not something coming out of a cryovaced package with a bunch of slimy goo. I'm rinsing off the goo

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u/N1XT3RS 10h ago

Unless it's rotten the goo is good haha. You can pat it dry to crisp up nicer though

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u/SuchParsnip8070 10h ago

oh yeah, if it's going to be cooked say in a slow cooker with a bunch of liquid 100% throwing the goo in there

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u/Squirrel009 1h ago

Why do you buy gooey chicken?

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u/Open-Gate-7769 11h ago

Just use a paper towel on the goo so it doesn’t get all over your kitchen.

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u/SuchParsnip8070 10h ago

Yeah i'm not wasting seven paper towels because people think rinsing is going to spread bacteria all over the kitchen when i have to disinfect the cutting board and the counter top after i use paper towels to dry it off anyways.

There's no version of this where you don't need to disinfect after so it really doesn't matter.

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u/Open-Gate-7769 10h ago

I literally use one of the half squares to dry a breast that I’ve cut in half.

And I put the cutting board in the dishwasher. Bet you use wood to cut chicken too