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    Question About Chicken ASAP!

    Posts: 121 Member
    edited December 2024 in Recipes
    ughhh i cooked chicken and turned the oven off, got busy cleaning and forgot all about it!! It has been 4 1/2 hours in the oven (off)...should I throw it away or re heat it to 200 degrees? =(

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    • Posts: 120 Member
      I wouldn't eat it. Just pretend you're at a buffet and you were just told that the chicken has been sitting out on the serving table for that long.

      Edited for clarity. :)
    • Posts: 3,335 Member
      Food safety guidlines state if its been out for more than 2 hours within the 'target range' of when foodborne illness is greatest, you must dispose of it.

      You really want to risk salmonella or anything else?
    • Posts: 537 Member
      i would throw it itll probably taste really dry anyway. Not worth the risk for a dry old bit of meat.
    • Posts: 173
      You could cut it up and boil it gently for an hour or so with an onion or carrot/celery whatever you like, to make broth. Then strain it and throw out all but the broth. Yum!
    • Posts: 1,089 Member
      try it
      if really dry throw away
      it's cooked and it's been only 4 h so i don't see risk of salmonella
    • Posts: 3,335 Member
      http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Factsheets/Kitchen_Companion/index.asp

      http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Factsheets/Kitchen_Companion/index.asp#dz "STORING FOOD"

      http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Factsheets/Kitchen_Companion/index.asp#storecookedpoultry

      Its good common sense to throw it away and not use it for anything at all. Two hours is all it takes for it to be spoiled, four hours doubly worse.
    • Posts: 18 Member
      My advice throw it away and start again, can't be too careful with chicken. :ohwell:
    • Posts: 121 Member
      I threw it away. It was cold n dry to the touch and I didn't want to risk it. Thanks everyone for ur advice and links to websites!
    • Posts: 1,166 Member
      I'd probably eat it but then again I'm sorta crazy..............
    • Posts: 46
      I'd probably eat it but then again I'm sorta crazy..............

      I'm with him ^....I'd eat it without even heating it up
    • Posts: 1,166 Member
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      I'm with him ^....I'd eat it without even heating it up

      Dam n, you ARE a crazy b itch!
    • Posts: 455 Member
      My hubby thinking anything left out for any length of time is just fine to eat ...
      I would've thrown it out too!
    • Posts: 15
      Bin it
    • Posts: 54
      try it
      if really dry throw away
      it's cooked and it's been only 4 h so i don't see risk of salmonella


      you have NO idea about food, do you...that could make you VERY sick....duh
    • Posts: 54
      You could cut it up and boil it gently for an hour or so with an onion or carrot/celery whatever you like, to make broth. Then strain it and throw out all but the broth. Yum!


      NOT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • Posts: 17,299 Member
      If it's cooked, I definitely eat it. I've eaten fried chicken that been sitting outside at a picnic for that long many times with a side of mayo-based salad that's been there just as long.
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