Friday's chicken. Okay or toss?
I roasted that chicken on Friday for dinner. Kept in the fridge all weekend, boned it on Monday and had it in baked sandwiches on Monday and Tuesday. Do you think it's still okay? I was thinking of baking it into empanadas today. It looks and smells fine, but according to a cookbook I have, cooked poultry should last up to 4 days in the fridge.
What say you, dear SE-ers?
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25 Comments:
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Carioca at 9:11AM on 10/08/09
Trust yourself. If it smells and looks OK, you can use it.
(Now I'll be thinking of empanadas all day, thanks ;-)
spongedaddy at 10:25AM on 10/08/09
I'd eat it. No problem.
1stmakearoux at 10:34AM on 10/08/09
I'd toss it....but my dad would eat it. It all depends on how comfortable you are with taking a risk :) Give it a whiff!
orchidgirl at 10:52AM on 10/08/09
My bf would toss it, but barring any warning signs (bad smell, bad things growing on it, etc) I would definitely eat it.
joyyy at 11:21AM on 10/08/09
I would most definitely not eat it.
Kerry_Ann at 11:27AM on 10/08/09
I'd eat it. But, then again, yesterday I consumed egg salad that I made on Monday...from eggs I'd hard boiled last Thursday...that had a "Best By" date of Sept. 21. I may not be your "go to" on this.
Amandarama at 11:41AM on 10/08/09
Poultry. Ok if you did not read that I will type it again. It is poultry.
JerzeeTomato at 12:15PM on 10/08/09
i would toss it. take a whiff and a taste if you'd like. but i've found that it doesn't seem appetizing after about 4 days. it's probably ok to eat, but at this point i'm just over it.
_greenbean at 12:15PM on 10/08/09
As long as you had it in the fridge: go for it.
Im going to eat a vegetarian stew today for lunch from last Thursday....I'm also broke lol
hungrychristel at 12:34PM on 10/08/09
If it smells ok, and you're going to fully heat it again, you should be fine.
Yukiyummy at 1:05PM on 10/08/09
@jerz...i don't get it.
billyburgwife at 1:13PM on 10/08/09
Thank you all for your input!
yayfood at 1:19PM on 10/08/09
@jerz: if its cooked already it's omitted from salmonella contraction if refrigerated; isn't it? If not: I'm damn lucky :o
hungrychristel at 3:34PM on 10/08/09
I'm a tosser for the most part, except for salads. But then I can't eat food that was brought home in a doggie bag either.
redfish at 4:08PM on 10/08/09
I roast a chicken every Sunday and eat chicken sandwiches for lunch all week. You're fine.
Arjun at 4:18PM on 10/08/09
Eat that stuff... its all good. Dont throw it away. Waste not.
happyeats at 6:31PM on 10/08/09
My thoughts exactly. We had plenty of stuff in the fridge, but I hate to waste! The empanadas came out great. I chopped the chicken up and mixed it with a diced red onion, a little hot sauce and other leftover ingredients - salsa, chopped baby spinach, chopped grape tomatoes and mozzarella cheese. We had it for lunch and except for that twitch, I feel fine.... ;)
yayfood at 8:59PM on 10/08/09
If it doesn't smell funky and there is no fuzzy growth on it then go for it.
pjracz10 at 2:25AM on 10/09/09
Rule of thumb for me with cooked food is, correctly wrapped and sealed it's good for 7 days. Be sure to label and date leftovers. I know, easier said than done. Attach a sharpie to the fridge and you'll find it's more convenient to keep up with this very good habit.
therealchiffonade at 8:43AM on 10/09/09
check it eaters:
http://stilltasty.com/searchitems/search/chicken
hungrychristel at 2:36PM on 10/09/09
I agree with therealchiffonade. I give anything a week in the fridge as long as it is fresh when it enters and I am the picture of health. No one is going to publish something that says that, though, because if anything should ever go wrong, they'd be sued for all they're worth.
sawyerriley at 7:09PM on 10/10/09
For years I rotated foods because of food allergies, not eating the same meat more than once every 5 days. Never, ever, had a problem keeping food 5 days in the fridge. But the other thing you can do is just reheat meat thoroughly around the 4th or 5th day, and then you've bought yourself more time.
lemonfair at 8:48AM on 10/11/09
Generally speaking, I give everything a week in the fridge. I've never heard anything about a 4 day limit before.
toad3000 at 9:13AM on 10/14/09
I have a 7 day limit.
Smell it, try it, and if you're fine after an hour, it's a WIN!
annosaurusrex at 3:56PM on 10/14/09