washing raw chicken after purchase

I've never washed chicken.

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It’s not only unnecessary- it is considered dangerous and unsanitary because you splash raw chicken droplets about.

Stop washing chicken.

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I agree it's unnecessary and leads to contamination.

That said, people mishandled poultry and other meats all across the country daily. If there was even a mild chance that these contamination would lead to disease, people would be dropping dead left and right.

Choke it, wash it, repeat.

Only if you’re eating it raw

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In theory, washing is beneficial.

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How so?

It can wash any dirt or foreign material off the surface of the chicken.

In reality, that’s just not an issue.


Vegetables and fruit….always wash. They grow outside in dirt and bacteria lives in dirt. They are also not packaged well and can get dirty due to no packaging. And you don’t always cook them to kill bacteria.

Chicken is washed during processing and packaged. Any bacteria that may be present on the surface will be killed during cooking. You may have dirt or whatever present but not likely.

There is no harm in washing chicken (except for as the study suggested, you can spread bacteria on your surfaces). But washing chicken is an old wives’ tale.

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always wash raw chicken after purchase before cooking. I recently read this practice is unnecessary.

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It's not just unnecessary

It is not safe. You are spreading nasty arse chicken juices all over your sink

I used to rinse it and never got sick. Then I heard to just dry it with paper towels and now I do that and haven’t gotten sick. I’ve seen a hundred posters on this board say “If in doubt, throw it out,” so maybe you’d best just throw it in the trash right now. Why risk it? ;)

Sometimes I will rinse a pork chop if it has bone dust slurry on it. I can't think of another reason to wash meat.

I’ve never washed chicken.