Do you rinse your chicken?


 
Brining Convert Here

since I've discovered brining my chicken, and I do it with whole chicken and chicken parts...I guess I am rinsing the chicken, since it goes into the brine solution

some of the brine recipes say to rinse afterwards...I've done it both ways after brining, rinse and no rinse. not sure it's necessary to rinse after brining, unless you feel you have one or more ingredients of the brine, too much of, and feel a rinse will rinse away any heavy handedness

first brine recipe I did, I felt the chicken was a tad salty, and IIRC, I left it in the brine solution for a long time. next go around with the same recipe, I didn't let it sit in the brine as long and guess what?...it did not taste too salty. Sorry, but I digress
 
No, Giada didn't convince me not to wash my chicken. Nor did she ever impress me with her exaggerated Italian pronunciations.

I laughed at that animation where the salad and cheese were literally on the edge of the sink getting splashed with glowing green globs of death.

I'll stick with Julia.
 
Russell Y said:
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21134540/vp/52925647#52925647

If Giada can't convince you to not wash your chicken ............
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~~~Hey!, nice video link!

Last cooking stint I had, and it's been 18 years ago, although we were primarily a sea food dinner rest., we had customers that came to us just for our baked chicken. the chickens came in a case whole with most of the parts, BTW, we always sautéed the hearts, put them out on the bar for free snacks (they were too die for)

So we cut the chickens in half, but not before placing them all in a sink (think 3 bay stainless) filled with water so that we could rinse them, then cut in half, partially bake, then they went into a fridge, so when we got an order for 1/2 a Spring Chicken, out came half a bird and we finished it off (baking) in the open/broiler/oven

I know working in a commercial kitchen is somewhat different from working in your home kitchen, or is it? Before I started brining chicken, I've always rinsed my birds or pieces of birds, in the kitchen sink, and I always washed that sink well before and after rinsing the birds, and I washed down the counter top, etc. Cleanliness is next to godliness<LOL>
 
Rinsing a chicken by dunking it in a sink full of water is somewhat less problematic than rinsing under the faucet or using a hose sprayer.
 
I normally don't wash, as I posted above. I usually buy more chicken or beef than I'll cook at one time - what I usually do is when I buy the meat I'll put it in a produce bag before I add it to my cart/basket, and when I get home I just tear the package open and pull out a third or whatever, and wrap the rest back up and put it in the bottom of my fridge and repeat the process for the next day or two. Even when all used at once, the ............. ha ha ha .............. napkin ........... that's at the bottom of these packages is always gross!
 
I rinse everything, not just the chicken. I use extra precautions though, like wearing gloves and and having everything ready, like a tray and paper towel all lined up.

I like to feel with my hands all parts of the meas. I've found things on chicken that didn't belong there, like feather quills. After I'm done I just spray the sink with a water and Clorox solution and I;'m done.

Never have gotten anyone sick.
 
Jose Suro said:
..... After I'm done I just spray the sink with a water and Clorox solution and I;'m done.
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I'm with Jose and others. I do rinse them inside and out and sometimes I'll brine the bird as well. Like Jose, I'll clean up the kitchen and sink area well including spraying down with a bleach solution.
 
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