Can you keep cooked chicken in the marinated juices you cooked it in? - eviltoast

Does that reduce how long it keeps or degrade it in any way?

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    8 months ago

    Anything thay has been in contact with the chicken before cooking should be considered contaminated, unless it also has been cooked (if it is food) or washed.

    So if the marinade sauce was with the chicken during cooking, it should be ok, if not, then no.

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      8 months ago

      I did lightly rinse the chicken off before (also heard I should use lemon juice instead or waterpr something) then I cooked it in marinated sauce.

      I ended up sieving off the juice into a container I will retain until I have a use for or am told its not useful

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        8 months ago

        It’s better not to rinse chicken before cooking. Droplets can contaminate nearby surfaces.

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        8 months ago

        If you have uncooked juice that has in anyway been in contact with the raw chicken it should be discarded, it is not safe.

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          8 months ago

          I mean its was cooked in it and I’m wondering if it can stay with the chicken. I rinsed off chicken then cooked it in marinated juice that didnt orginiate from the chicken

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            8 months ago

            If it is cooked, then it should be treated the same as cooked chicken, it’ll keep for a few days in the fride, longer in the freezer.

            You should not reuse it when cooking a new chicken though.

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              8 months ago

              Ok, I might do an A/B test and keep it with a piece of chicken in B and see how that compares after a few days

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                8 months ago

                You’re overthinking this.

                If it was cooked with the chicken then it’s fine for effectively as long the chicken is good for.

                After a few days either way your cooked leftover chicken is nearing its end of life regardless.

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                8 months ago

                Not sure why you got a downvote for that. The chicken will continue to absorb flavor from the sauce, and it’ll probably keep it a bit more moist as well

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    8 months ago

    If it’s all getting cooked, at that point it’s no longer marinated juices, it’s the broth.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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    8 months ago

    If it was cooked with the chicken, it’s fine in so far as it won’t make you sick; but depending on what the marinade is it might ruin the texture of the meat. Acid heavy marinades like straight lemon juice can end up making it gross if left in long enough.

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      8 months ago

      Ah k, i didnt use lemon, i just rinsed with water and marinated with a vinaigrette (dont think it has lemon). In any case, i poured it out and ill find some other use for it i suppose

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    8 months ago

    If it contains vinegar it would cook your chicken even further, I never tried it but I would guess that it would rubberize the chicken overnight. Not to mention all of the bacteria the marinade got from the previously uncooked chicken would now be festering on the cooked one.

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    8 months ago

    I had this same exact conversation with my father in law years ago. He will always believe that I was willing to keep the runoff from the uncooked meat until the day he dies.