Is it just me, or is this just GROSS

[black50]

i have thawed chicken many times in hot water and no problems, but I dont do it anymore. Now I just plan ahead and set it in the fridge or we will eat it before the exp date

[Up0n0ne]

Nothing we have ever thawed in hot water took longer than 10min.
I honestly don't want to know some of the stuff, cause I hear all the time, "if you knew what went on at restaurants you wouldn't eat out again" and we eat out way too much for me to know this info. lol

[Nash B.]

Did you try hitting the chicken? I recommend hitting the chicken.

I choked it. Does that count?

[GrayStangGT]

Thats how I always thaw stuff out, never really thought about it, never been sick from food either.

[BERNIE MOSFET]

Wow, I wonder how I am still alive. Everything is thawed in the sink

Same way humans have gotten along since we were eating other critters - if your immune system is used to it.

Even fully cooked, killing all bacteria does not remove toxins that they produce. When you get sick within a few hours of eating some contaminated food - it's the toxins that got you, not the pathogens. Food born illnesses usually take a little longer to kick in.

In general practice, the life cycle of any food that can spoil should be limited to no more than 4 hours between the temperatures of 40 and 140 degrees (140 minimum after cooking to temp). Throwing frozen chicken in the sink for 2 or 3 hours is usually "safe".

I'd be more worried about cross contamination from handling chicken, and then handling other things in the kitchen after improperly washing hands, than the chicken itself becoming a danger.

[Forever_frost]

Right, which is why I keep my immune system working by constantly testing it. Hell, you have to have a strong one in the military. You should see the crap we eat

[ceyko]

We just put it in cold water til thawed.

[mstng86]

We just put it in cold water til thawed.

This, if I am thawing same day.

[Real Estate Nate]

You guys are weird, I just put the frozen chicken on the grill and it turns out perfect every time!

<----- GriLL Master

[Captain Crawfish]

i also just cook it frozen. either way you wont die thawed or not. if i was the niece Id tell you to mind your bizness while i cooked some badass bbq chicken

[papapepper]

Just you.

[UserX]

I have told Lyn's niece several times now, to NOT thaw frozen chicken by putting it in a bowl of hot water. She continues to do so and says she will be fine. Talk about nasty! Chicken already has bad crap in it, let alone letting the hot water warm the outside where the bacteria grow and party like rock stars, while the inside is still nice and frozen.

She does it with anything frozen she cooks. I'll never eat anything she cooks, ever!

OMG, paranoid much? I hope you never eat out, because that ain't shit!

[momo]

slow defrost in fridge is the best choice for best preservation of texture.

fast defrost should be done under RUNNING cold water. keep the meat in a bag, vaccuum sealed bag would be ideal.

never raw meat in hot stagnant water.

[papapepper]

I just run some cold water over it.

[Wicked98Snake]

I make my GF get out what we are eating the next day as part of her process with cleaning the table after we're done eating, that way she can let it defrost in the fridge all night.