The problem is it’s not a wash, it’s a brine. If you do it for a few minutes and cook it of coarse you won’t tell a difference. But if you leave it overnight then you will. Vinegars and lime/lemon is scientifically proven to break down enzymes in meat to make it more tender and juicy. I know some people use it as a wash to cut the smell of the raw meat. But it’s actually a brine/marinade.
This was a waste of your time. People wash their chicken. Straight up wash it. Making some comment about a brining in some sort of weak defense to defend the act is short sighted and ignorant. Like the people who wash chicken.
I call bs, to each it’s own . Chicken that’s not washed taste slimy, weird odd taste to me . Washed chicken taste better to me , especially if the chicken been sitting awhile b4 u get it
@@kpj2224 I suppose , he could be buying it from a butcher who is washing the chicken throughly before he purchases it . But buying chicken from a large chain grocery store , I would suggest washing it off
@@rickybobbydastar6534 yo idk what third world country you live in with weird ass chickens. I've never had chicken taste "slimey" or off, because it wasn't washed. Washing is entirely pointless and just contaminates your kitchen counter/sink. Whatever is apparently on it that you're so weirded out by will literally cook off
I mean chicken particularly does come with bone fragments a lot of times. Little blood clots and in some cases even hair or rather feather is still on the chicken I don't know if people wash it more so thinking it kills bacterias more so than it is to get off any of those fine particles that were left after it was butchered
@@50centricher9 literally take 5 minutes to research the topic it’s not hard, yet some people still insist on washing their chicken when there’s no benefit whatsoever
@@BillMcK You think cooking it is going to get rid of any debris, dirt, or metal shavings? God knows how many hands it passed to on your way to you, but keep playing with your health.
@@eastwaters4082 If the meat you buy needs to be washed you should buy somewhere else. And it is more unhealthy to spread the bacteria with water all over your kitchen. Your meat is not supposed to be dirty, just to have bacteria that is going to die with the fire. If you buy it in a bad place and you have no choice you can use a wet napkin. So you don't contaminate your kitchen.
I've gone my whole life working in restaurants and cooking at home, never washing my chicken and neither do restaurants. It has a higher chance of spreading bacteria around the kitchen. Keep your chicken dry on the outside
I'm just glad we know better in America so we don't have to be abused. Plus we get our chicken from the supermarket or butcher, y'all get it out the back yard I'd wash y'all chicken too 😆 🤣
@@jacobmcconner6537 we from the caribbean buy ours from the supermarket to🤔 i wash my chicken cause i like it that way it,s nothing that you know better
Chicken is much too slimy and dirty not to wash it. I wash it and run a knife over it to get rid of the slime. I shudder to think of eating unwashed chicken 🤮
Then what do you do that for? "cleaning it" with lemon doesn't kill anything that's already on there. All you're doing is making the bacteria smell citrusy
@@MilfywayGalaxy lemon/lime juice and vinegar kills bacteria and viruses may not be as effective as other antibacterial things such as alcohol, bleach etc etc , but it still does kill viruses.. but aye im not a scientist so who knows 🤷🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️
@@ScrillahBinLit it kills bacteria of the surface of the meat. But yknow what else does that? The fucking pan you’re cooking it on. You do not need to wash meat.
@@jacobmcconner6537 Smh Food looks good but lacks Flavor once there's SALT and Pepper and Blood running off the meats Oh yeaaaa its delicious 😩🤭Nope it's Not.It's Ridiculously Horrible!I Additionally having prpper storage has nothing to do with proper cleaning and preparation of Food .You dont know where or how it was packaged in most cases.When ready to cook its Unwrapped ..Salt And Pepper and on to the grill or oven😳that Explains the "Fresh Scent" from humans who Live in those ' None Third World Countries' who Can Afford proper storage facilities but Smell like the food they Cook.Third World people Shower on a daily basis as in addition to properly cleaning and season their food before cooking it😊
@@alpha1alpha113 I've been working in steak houses for 15 years plus my guy none of your favorite restaurants wash meat simple as that, no one is professionally washing meat and I know you eat it even chic Fila isn't washing chicken and they have the best service in fast food.
Washing chicken comes from a time when birds were butchered at home. After plucking, the chicken was scrubbed with water/lemon/vinegar/whatever to remove dirt and poop. Chicken from a grocery store does not need to be washed. Cheap pork chops can benefit from a scraper, to remove bone residue from the bandsaw used to cut them.
You’re supposed to let it sit in the vinegar/lemon juice/salt overnight, it should be a pale white color(will almost look like cooked chicken). Rubbing the outside for a few seconds won’t do anything lol. I kinda hate how they call it “washing” it’s literally just a brine/very simple marinade. Dark meat is always good but if you let it soak I promise you will appreciate the difference
@@rainerwells1573 I never tried but I think a brine like that would be too acidic for red meat, but you could always try with a small piece and see how it goes. I don’t cook oxtail, I usually just eat it lol
@@sweetcapricorn pork is cleaner than chicken statistically. Either way been cooking in restaurants for over 15 years no washing of meats goes on ever and I know you like to eat out so play yourself by saying you don't. You've eaten unwashed meat and here you are in this comment thread and you're fine.
@@nikooooo7661I can get from Whole Food store and it still has that slime on it. If you never clean it chicken, you wouldn't know what we are talking about. Do it your way, and we will continue to do it our way.
@@jacobmcconner6537 okay understood; however, I am just not enthused about cooking meat and I have not cleaned it. Each decision is specific to each individual choice. I would never co sume meat or produce without cleaning it...yes, I am the one that cleans the tops of her can goods too! We have noclue what our food has been in contact with. With cleanliness and prayer, I have survived thus far!
@@Uppereastsidecatnap what does cleaning it do.it does not kill bacteria for sure.if you have slimy or dusty chicken buy it from somewhere else.if you can't do that washing is justifiable
@@darknessdeadly6366 only 3rd world people have to do this, their food isn't properly stored they don't have refrigerators that work well so they clean it like that, if your from America shopping in a real supermarket and not killing the chicken in your backyard you should be good.
@I😐I yes but you will still be left with the dirt, slime and unnecessary fat and skin. I don't recommend putting directly in you sink, just put it in a large bowl with some lemon or vinegar and cold water. Once done pour the water off and rinse again then pour directly into the drain. Try it, you'll see the difference 😉
@I😐I yes you have to cut it off with a knife or scissors. If you prefer to not take the extra step to wash off the grime that's your preference. People always ask the question and I gave the reasons why we wash and clean the chicken first. I always say, if you like it I love it. I prefer to have my meats cleaned before cooking it. IJS
@I😐I it's like when you buy veggies in a bag that's pre washed, I still rinse them off before I eat or cook it. Have you ever eaten something and it's gritty to when you eat it, well it's because there was still dirt and grime on it 🤔
Cleaning chicken is a must. No one knows exactly what is going on while that chicken is getting packaged unless you are doing it yourself, also I would not want to season a chicken thats dripping in some of its blood. If you've never took the time to gut a chicken, clean out tendons, or trim the fat, you probably would think cleaning isn't necessary.
Ok buddy...clarify olive oil.. virgin, xtra virgin, olive oil, or 3 year aged and filtered..the reason: when cooking 3 of those olive oils will do damage to your health.. so which olive oil should u use??? Please try to answer.. tanks
It’s not about it tasting better it’s about it being clean, like take the packaging of the chicken, all the elements of it. You don’t know who’s hands handled that chicken or the packaging or if their hands were clean. It’s just better safe than sorry and it doesn’t take long to wash and that’s how some were raised but at the end of the day to each his own….
You forgot to pull the skin back and get the major part of that slime 🇬🇾 Vinegar or lemon juice and salt poultry and fish and for more Barnyard smelling meat like goat, lamb , or beef you can also add a bit of flour🙏❤💛💚
Don’t pre-salt ur meat the salt will draw out water and it’s easier to become dry , if u want to draw out that barnyard smell soak the meat in MILK for 30 min to an hour (2 hours if u don’t like the gamey taste) The same goes for organ meats like liver or kidneys , soaking in milk will draw out that minerally /barnyard taste
Exactly! And the dark meat has hella fat under there. Why they so hell bent over the way people clean their meat? Hell, if they choose not to clean theor meat, so what! But for those who do, let them be! Im cleaning my meat!
Washing chicken is outdated. Just pat it dry and season it, ready to cook. Food safety with poultry meats is extremely strict, washing the chicken actually increases the chance of salmonella.
There is no way adding vinegar and lemon taste exactly the same as something that doesn’t have those flavors ask anyone that hates lemon or vinegar they will taste it
When you wash chicken it spreads the bacteria more because if we use hot water it will be dry but If we use cold it spreads the bacteria but having no taste difference
@@hapcot that's not what it does. Yes that might be true but most people leave the meat to dry before eating it. Which gives plenty of time for the bacteria to ingest itself into the meat contaminating it and giving you food poisoning
Also hot water can make bacteria grow on a chicken Stuff like pneumonia and bacteria to cause dyharriea. But cold water makes it spread I would just recommend not washing the chicken
@@imaginedragondeeznutsaccro1215 That's not how it works. Even if the bacteria could penetrate the food that quickly, and if that time frame mattered, cooking it would still kill the bacteria
Yeah, people who wash their chicken and say it makes a huge difference in taste, just never knowingly had unwashed chicken. (They definitely have because 80% of restaurants don’t wash their chicken)
@@goldengoddess6504 I shower every day, disinfect my kitchen after cooking, and cook my food to the appropriate temperatures. Yet because I don’t wash meat that is going to be cooked I don’t do any of those things? Y’all are some weirdos!
Yall complaining about salmonella and then there are middle easterns who have washed their chickens their entire life w/o getting or dying from salmonella… yall act like we go and rub wet chicken and touch every other part of my kitchen w/ my wet chicken or wet hands w/ chicken water on it
I don't think anyone is saying that you're guaranteed to get salmonella. It's just inarguable that washing (via splashing) raises the risk of salmonella poisoning.
@@goldengoddess6504 what do you mean by that? Definitely I recommend Adam Ragusea’s video using scientific data on the amount of Salmonella splatter that water inflicts on a kitchen. Washing in a bowl is SIGNIFICANTLY better than washing in the sink. I sincerely off a bit of advice for you: I have no quarrel against you. I sincerely believe that you 100% believe in what you are saying. I completely believe that you truly think washing meat is better because that's what you're always known. I have no problem with that. However, considering I am accepting your word completely, in that you believe what you believe, and that you do not have any ulterior motives (i.e. I'm “just lazy”), I would sincerely hope that you would offer the same gratuity to me. I am just following the advice that the people I trust who have done studies on the topic. I didn't have an opinion until I looked into the studies. I believe you have reasons to believe what you do. Let's just not question each other’s motives, considering we know absolutely nothing about each other.
@@nickp2582 I said what I said. You replied to me. I did not reply to you, or attack you personally. I subscribe to the same channel you do. There is no reason for you to feel triggered. You'll continue to do what you do, and I'll continue to use salt, lemon, vinegar + ammonia and bleach (not at the same time) in my kitchen like it's my heavenly appointed job. Opinions are like kitchen sanitation rules; everybody's got their own.
@@blakesmith3372 bruh I only see black people talking about washing chicken its only the culinarily ignorant who wash it, anyone else know that's what fire does.
Not about taste difference. Just like washing veggies, you never know if your food was coated with something for preservation or dropped on the floor or something. You wash your hands while cooking don’t you?
When washing your chicken you can see nothing comes off the chicken.and tons of people who don't wash there chicken is fine so what your reason for washing chicken
@@cocobear285 If you’re asking what’s the point in washing chicken is to get rid of any slime and bacteria. You may not taste a difference if you don’t but the way I was brought up we made sure the chicken was clean before cooking
@@_MelissaRae_ what bacteria? cooking the chicken is what gets rid of the bacteria. “washing” it doesn’t do anything but spread said bacteria around your chicken. why are you so adamant on denying science? 😂😂😂
@@onouphrios How am I spreading anything when I’m simply soaking the chicken in either lemon juice or lime juice? You see that’s what I do to “clean” the chicken so I’m not literally washing anything…you get it now
It’s supposed to take away bacteria but it doesn’t it just spreads it all around the kitchen and also cooking kills bacteria. I think it’s kinda of just cultural/traditional.
I don't think it's the taste difference that people are striving for when they wash chicken let's try and think of another reason for that action shall we😏
Im not surprised at all. I’m a pretty literal and analytical person. I notice that people, religiously, engage in a lot practices that make no difference to the end result, especially in the areas of cooking and exercise.
No !!! Washing Chicken Doesn't Taste different But What it Does Is Clean your Chicken Washing Out All or Any of its feathers, bones, particles, Dust Debris from the Chicken Plant ect. that could be left behind And to Inspect your Meat it's a Sanitary Thing And Do You really want to eat All or Any of that gross stuff 🤮 Think About it But You Do you Boo lmbO
If you got visible stuff on your chicken buy it from some where else but if you can't that's a good reason to wash chicken.but washing chicken is only justifiable if there is visible stuff on it
@@superbob0315 this guy I know that works at a Chicken Plant told me Once Never Ever buy Chicken that's Cut Up The Reason Why Is that there are Chickens that could have Green Slime in parts of it The Wokers will Cut Off that part Throw it away and Use the Rest of the Chicken Parts For Cut Up Chicken Parts (That You Pay More for) The green is cuz the Chicken has Cancer The FDA allows for the plant to Sell so much of the Chicken this way You would Be Very Surprise what going on
@@jacobmcconner6537 Yes the university I attended has one of the best culinary arts programs in the nation!! Washing chicken is taught in the 1st 20 minutes😂
Washing chicken is a waste of time and spreads bacteria, leaving it in a brine overnight will make it taste better that's why they do it in restaurants.
@@jamaicanprincess4124 where are you getting your chicken? In my country we have standards so you won't get plastic or foam in your chicken. Good look with salmonella! A quick search on why you do not wash chicken, or you can just stay ignorant.
@@dunkindeeznutz My entire family has been washing their chicken for hundreds of years, nobody ever got sick from eating home cooked meals. Doesn't your cutting boards and hands get salmonella on them when you take the chicken out of the package an cut it up? Why aren't you afraid of salmonella at that point ?
it does not prevent sickness...cooking it does. the heat from cooking kills any and all harmful bacteria. when washing it you spread the bacteria all over your kitchen workspace (yes even if you're being careful) and you will be at a higher risk of infection
As someone who worked in packing they cut the chickens up but they don’t wash all the blood off. It’s like vegetables you wash them to get the residue of just like you would do your meat
If it's not about flavor then what is it? Hundreds of scientific studies have showed its worse to wash chicken in terms of cleanliness so there's literally no point in washing chicken
If you clean your chicken: People washing chicken before cooking it probably do it habitually. Some perhaps believe it will help in getting rid of the pathogenic bacteria on the chicken. In fact, this practice only makes the probability of getting infected with pathogenic bacteria (e.g. campylobacter, salmonella) much higher. So, for the people that say it’s a “sanitary” thing, you’re just making your kitchen more unsanitary. And it doesn’t really clean the chicken at all. Have fun.
Bacteria gets killed by heat. Majority of people have not hunt food in their life. Whether if it’s fishing, hunting deer, and/or raising livestock, washing your meat to get rid of bacteria? The moment you place your meat in a hot skillet pan or cook it in a fire pit, the bacteria is dead.
Man if you have ever been inside a chicken processing plant you would wash every piece. It’s refrigerated but still smells like decomposition and there is this “chicken sludge” all over everything
Washing the chicken doesn’t scientifically do anything for kitchen cleanliness, that’s probably why it’s only black people still doing it. It requires reading a science paper.
Washing has to do with the texture and feel of the meat (more apparent when it has skin on). Washing your chicken WILL NOT CLEAN it from bacteria and disease. It will rinse only the surface of your meat. Everyone’s meat is “sanitized” during the cooking process as the high heat kills bacteria.
Not to mention that whether or not you wash your chicken, the risk of salmonella from under cooking it will be about the same. As long as everyone does their respective technique in an appropriate manner, no harm is done 👍
Anyone that thinks you need to clean chicken is crazy, to cook chicken it has to be put at a temperature that will kill all the bacteria on it so cleaning it is literally a waste of time.
@@coolcousin2154 been cooking professionally for 15 years and noooo washing of chicken ever happens in any restaurant and if a chef catches you doing it you WILL get fired for wasting company time and stealing hours and thats just the facts of culinary. Culinary school I attended will also tell you the same bruh.
Why would it taste different lol you put the same exact thing on both but you’re nasty asf if you don’t wash your meat. And by the way no one expect the lemon and vinegar to add flavour it’s to take away the rawness dummy
Pretty sure cooking it takes away the "rawness" lmao. Literally spreading salmonella all over your kitchen if you're washing chicken in your sink and not immediately following up with a bleach wipe down. Also, cooking to 165° will take away the "rawness" and ensure that all of the germs are gone.... so no need for washing.
Bro you the dummy.you can see most people don't wash their chicken and there fine.washing does not take away rawness taste and does not kill the germs.thats what cooking is for.learn to cook boy
Who the F get advice from tiktok 😂 not me and grandma and momma 's kitchen is the best place to learn... garlic powder and paprika don't go on everything
nope. same washed and unwashed. you can't rinse away bacteria. not with water. not with vinegar. and not with lemon. nor a mixture. might as well not waste time washing it.