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Cooked chicken

fester8285
fester8285 Posts: 6 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
How long would cook chicken breast boneless last in the refrigerator? I want to make some for my whole work week.

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  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    I commonly keep cooked chicken in the fridge for a week, or slightly more. I do all of my cooking for the week on one day.
  • HereToLose50
    HereToLose50 Posts: 154 Member
    edited March 2019
    I never keep cooked foods, leftovers, prepared foods longer than 3 days. You could go ahead and cook it all for prep then immediately freeze half of it and thaw it in the fridge the day before you need it. I make my own little microwave meals ahead of time for convenience.

    I would never recommend keeping prepared foods in the fridge past a few days. That's asking for trouble. Especially chicken 🤢

  • Anthem76
    Anthem76 Posts: 81 Member
    jennifer_417 wrote: »
    I commonly keep cooked chicken in the fridge for a week, or slightly more. I do all of my cooking for the week on one day.

    I agree with this.

  • brundell7376
    brundell7376 Posts: 70 Member
    edited March 2019
    You can keep it in the fridge up to a week, but usually if I am going to prepare it for the whole week I vacuum seal half of it (Pre cooked) and throw it in the freezer. Vacuum sealer is a solid investment for meal prep for sure. Especially if you don't have time to do 2 prep days.
  • MikePTY
    MikePTY Posts: 3,814 Member
    I'll usually keep it 4-5 days. Truth be told it's probably fine a bit longer but I freak myself out any long than that. If I do prep cooking I usually cook on Sunday and will keep through Thursday.
  • lx1x
    lx1x Posts: 38,332 Member
    In a proper storage container.. few days like everyone mention..

    https://www.ehow.com/how_8783948_store-cooked-chicken-refrigerator.html
  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,796 Member
    fester8285 wrote: »
    How long would cook chicken breast boneless last in the refrigerator? I want to make some for my whole work week.

    I'll make my chicken dish (well, chicken and a seasoning) on Sunday and it gets close to being dodgey by Friday but not so dodgey I still can't have some.
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