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Raw chicken and salmonella bacteria?
I have heard that we must not wash the raw chicken before cooking because of the salmonella bacteria can spread all over the sink ... but I think that the chicken has to be clean ... how do you handle raw chicken?
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- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
I agree, you should wash your chicken before cooking. As long as you clean your sink thoroughly after washing, you'll be fine. Common disinfectants destroy salmonella enterobacteria within a few minutes.
To protect against salmonella infection, it is recommended that food be heated for at least ten minutes at 75 degrees C (temperature at the center).
Hope this helps.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Rinsing chicken will not "clean" it.When you bake it (properly) you will kill everything.
Still, I prefer to wash the blood off of my chicken before I cook it (because I'm weird like that lol)
If you plan to wash it before you cook it, do so carefully to prevent cross contamination.Have a cleaner out so you can disinfect the sink afterwords.Bleach will kill it.