Contents:
- Medical Video: How To Wash Your Chicken At Home - Meat- | Recipes By Chef Ricardo
- Washing raw chicken meat increases the risk of spreading infection
- If not washed, how can the bacteria in chicken meat die?
Medical Video: How To Wash Your Chicken At Home - Meat- | Recipes By Chef Ricardo
You may be accustomed to washing any raw food ingredients before cooking. Washing fruits and vegetables is indeed the best step to rinse away the remains of dirt and pesticides that may still be attached. But you know,turns out not all food ingredients can be washed before cooking? Washing raw chicken meat is harmful to health. Why is that?
Washing raw chicken meat increases the risk of spreading infection
There are many bacteria found in raw chicken.The bacteria usually found in chicken meat is Campylobacter, the main cause of gastrointestinal infections, such as diarrhea.
That's why in order to avoid contracting diarrhea (or worse, food poisoning), you might think of washing it first before processing it. On the other hand, germs and disease bacteria that are rinsed can actually move to other parts of the kitchen, cooking utensils around it, and even land on your clothes.
Because, when you wash raw meat, without you realizing that the washing water which actually transports bacteria from the meat will be splattered everywhere. Although the number of bacteria that move may not be too much, it is still enough to make you vulnerable to infection.
If not washed, how can the bacteria in chicken meat die?
You don't need to be afraid of poisoning if you don't wash raw chicken with water. If you cook chicken properly, bacteria and germs will remain lost and die. Bacteria cannot live at high temperatures, so to make all the germs in chicken meat die, you only have to cook it at a temperature of at least 75 degrees Celsius.
Not only how to cook, here are things you should pay attention to when cooking chicken meat so that it is not contaminated with bacteria and germs:
- Do not dilute frozen chicken meat at room temperature. If chicken meat is still frozen, then you should move the meat from the freezer to the bottom of the refrigerator. Make sure that the meat is tightly closed. Leaving meat outdoors will only attract bacteria to grow in meat.
- Make sure that the cooking utensils are clean. Usually bacterial contamination is very easy due to the use of unclean cookware. Wash cooking utensils, such as knives and cutting boards after you use them to cut any food ingredients. If not, this will cause cross contamination, which then makes bacteria stick to your food.
