Meat in the fridge.

canadacatman
canadacatman Posts: 224 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I want to cook meat in bulk but never have before.

If I cook pork loin and chicken breast tonight(Saturday) can I still eat it on Monday. Thanks

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  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,160 Member
    Yes (assuming you are storing it in the refrigerator in the interim).
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    Food should be fine for 4-5 days in the refrigerator.
  • canadacatman
    canadacatman Posts: 224 Member
    lynn_glenmont wrote: »
    Yes (assuming you are storing it in the refrigerator in the interim).

    Yea will be in a sealed glass container with lock lids. Thanks
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    Lounmoun wrote: »
    Food should be fine for 4-5 days in the refrigerator.

    This. I usually cap it at 4 but I also batch cook and freeze. I've made small amounts of leftover meat into burritos or etc and frozen those or I freeze my meat plain in weighed portions so I can pull for salads or whatever later.
  • canadacatman
    canadacatman Posts: 224 Member
    Queenmunchy wrote: »
    Lounmoun wrote: »
    Food should be fine for 4-5 days in the refrigerator.

    This. I usually cap it at 4 but I also batch cook and freeze. I've made small amounts of leftover meat into burritos or etc and frozen those or I freeze my meat plain in weighed portions so I can pull for salads or whatever later.

    When you freeze your meat plain do you cook it first. What do you freeze it in. Thanks
  • Pinkylee77
    Pinkylee77 Posts: 432 Member
    I sometimes cook it first and vacuum pack it like taco meat. sometimes I will mix up a meat loaf and freeze it to bake later. I preprep meals frequently. even mac and cheese I make the cheese sauce and bag and store the precooked macaroni in a different bag. If I decide to freeze it I put it in a container that I can bake it in.
  • CherylG1983
    CherylG1983 Posts: 294 Member
    I could five chicken breasts for weekday lunches on a Sunday and I'm not dead yet.
  • rankinsect
    rankinsect Posts: 2,238 Member
    Absolutely. I keep cooked meat for 3-5 days quite often in the fridge.

    The only thing is I personally don't do it with grilled chicken - not because it goes bad or is dangerous or anything, but because chicken is one of the hardest things to reheat well. It tends to get really dry and I don't like reheated chicken very much.

    I will often buy two grilled chicken breast, marinade them, and eat them on different days, but I usually buy the chicken the day before I want the first breast, put both breasts in separate bags to marinate, and take one out the following day, the other a few days later. I grill each breast right before I intend to consume it.
  • canadacatman
    canadacatman Posts: 224 Member
    rankinsect wrote: »
    Absolutely. I keep cooked meat for 3-5 days quite often in the fridge.

    The only thing is I personally don't do it with grilled chicken - not because it goes bad or is dangerous or anything, but because chicken is one of the hardest things to reheat well. It tends to get really dry and I don't like reheated chicken very much.

    I will often buy two grilled chicken breast, marinade them, and eat them on different days, but I usually buy the chicken the day before I want the first breast, put both breasts in separate bags to marinate, and take one out the following day, the other a few days later. I grill each breast right before I intend to consume it.

    How long will fresh chicken breasts stay good in the fridge I thought like 1 day. Thanks
  • rankinsect
    rankinsect Posts: 2,238 Member
    canadacatman wrote: »
    rankinsect wrote: »
    Absolutely. I keep cooked meat for 3-5 days quite often in the fridge.

    The only thing is I personally don't do it with grilled chicken - not because it goes bad or is dangerous or anything, but because chicken is one of the hardest things to reheat well. It tends to get really dry and I don't like reheated chicken very much.

    I will often buy two grilled chicken breast, marinade them, and eat them on different days, but I usually buy the chicken the day before I want the first breast, put both breasts in separate bags to marinate, and take one out the following day, the other a few days later. I grill each breast right before I intend to consume it.

    How long will fresh chicken breasts stay good in the fridge I thought like 1 day. Thanks

    Very conservatively - until 1-2 days past the sell-by date. Probably longer in practice, the 1-2 days is what the lawsuit-conscious recommendations are.

    Frankly I don't worry about it way too much, since I'll be cooking the meat fully anyway, and I would always treat the marinade as contaminated just because it will be touching raw chicken. As long as there's no signs or smells of spoiling I personally would cook and eat it.
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    Hey look, a site with guidelines for storing food in the fridge. It's amazing what can be found on that Google thingamajig.

    http://www.foodsafety.gov/keep/charts/storagetimes.html
  • BhangraPrince
    BhangraPrince Posts: 123 Member
    Are we talking cooked meat or still raw?
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    You have never, up to this point, had leftovers? Mind boggles :)

    I batch cook weekends for the week ..it's fine
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