Can you re-heat cooked chicken?

[mrefc]

I've microwaved previously cooked chicken a day after and always got the runs

 

[malcson]

oh ffs, i re-heat anything, dont even bother refridgerating it sometimes, people worry far too much about food and that

This, the biggest problem with chicken or pork is it being undercooked re-heating it will merely over cook it and like someone said it will be a bit dry. The biggest risk factor is actually re-heating rice! Rice is cooked in takeaways en-masse and kept warm (just the right temp for bacteria).

 

[malcson]

I've microwaved previously cooked chicken a day after and always got the runs

Maybe wash your hands before eating then, because it's not the chicken that's doing it!

 

[McBain]

So whats the go with Turkey then?

 

[Pblueman]

reheating is fine, its refreezing that you cant do. once a chicken (or any meat) has been thawed you cant re-freeze it. bad ju ju right there.

 

[Huyton Layne]

If you don't want to eat re-heated chicken then never go near a restaurant. Worked in several in Liverpool back in the day and made soups and curries from chicken that was precooked and refrigerated. Fully legit and I've never poisoned anyone.

Oh and after seeing that refreezing comment.....also never reheat it more than once. Cook then eat or store, reheat then eat , or bin.

 

[Blue 1]

This, the biggest problem with chicken or pork is it being undercooked re-heating it will merely over cook it and like someone said it will be a bit dry. The biggest risk factor is actually re-heating rice! Rice is cooked in takeaways en-masse and kept warm (just the right temp for bacteria).

This is true. Reheating rice is the single biggest cause of food poisoning.

 

[Blue 1]

reheating is fine, its refreezing that you cant do. once a chicken (or any meat) has been thawed you cant re-freeze it. bad ju ju right there.

You can defrost something, then cook it, then re-freeze it.

You can't then thaw it out, and refreeze it though.

 

[ToffeeBlueNose]

You can defrost something, then cook it, then re-freeze it.

You can't then thaw it out, and refreeze it though.

The rice thing has shocked me i didn't know that.

Is it best to always defrost cooked chicken before re-heating after freezing?

 

[Blue 1]

The rice thing has shocked me i didn't know that.

Is it best to always defrost cooked chicken before re-heating after freezing?

Doesn't matter hugely but probably the opposite. You might be better off just straight off reheating it as there'll be less chance of it spending time in the temperature range bacteria needs to grow (5 celsius-63 celsius).

 

[tim-cahill-legend]

wtf i didnt know any of this, every night the bird makes 3 meals, 2 for us at the correct time then i heat the other up about 11 and eat it. whatever it is, its heated up and the majority of time it is chicken and rice or pasta

 

[BlueWeasel]

Too many rules this. I'm just going to stop eating altogether to be safe.

 

[WA Toffee]

Cooked chicken will be perfectly safe in your fridge for up to 3 days, as long as your fridge is running at 5C or less. Reheating only requires a core temperature of 60C to be safe, although as mentioned before it can be eaten cold, so it doesn't really have to be piping hot.
The most important thing to make sure it cools down quickly after the intial cook as this is the time most of the food poisoning bacteria will form toxins.

 

[Sid James]

This, the biggest problem with chicken or pork is it being undercooked re-heating it will merely over cook it and like someone said it will be a bit dry. The biggest risk factor is actually re-heating rice! Rice is cooked in takeaways en-masse and kept warm (just the right temp for bacteria).

You can safely reheat rice that you've cooked though, e.g you can make egg fried rice with leftover, so long as when you cook it again it's really hot and followed the usual cooling down methods etc... Don't re-heat it twice though. As you say take-aways can be dodgy as you don't know when it was cooked and where it was kept

 

[Moomin]

wtf i didnt know any of this, every night the bird makes 3 meals, 2 for us at the correct time then i heat the other up about 11 and eat it. whatever it is, its heated up and the majority of time it is chicken and rice or pasta

11 at night?

Worst time to eat, just before bed time.