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Do you have to wash meat off before cooking it?

Asked by icehockeyguy over 2 years ago, 9 answers.

I always wash raw meat off once I take it out of the package, but today I was watching Rachel Ray and she takes raw chicken right from the package and starts grilling it! Aren’t you supposed to rinse it? Or does cooking it kill any bacteria?

Answered by thedude on Mar 19, 2007, 11:20AM
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Washing meat is standard...I don't think they eat the stuff on the cooking show. Washing though doesn't remove any bacteria from the meat, cooking it will however, as long as the meat reaches the appropriate temperature.

Answered by mustanghotty09 on Mar 19, 2007, 01:12PM
357 answers

Raw meat your suppose to wash always I dont really wash redmeat like hamburgers r steaks r stuff like that off before i grill it or cook it

Answered by funadvice on Mar 20, 2007, 05:55AM
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Raw meat can be taken stright from the package and cooked because it is very well sanitized where they packaged it. You do have to be careful to cook it to the proper internal temp. when cooking it. I believe that chicken has to reach 165 degrees and held there for at least 15 seconds before you can say it is safe to eat. Beef I believe is 155 degrees.

Answered by texaskimmie on Jun 24, 2007, 10:11PM
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Most people, I think, cook meat right from the package. Now pork chops is a little different, because you need to rinse it off to get little pieces of bone off of it. On the shows like Rachel Ray, and other cooking shows the staff eats the food when she is done. She knows what is safe, and most of us are still here, so I'd say it was pretty safe. It's a personal preference so do what makes you happy. Lots of times steaks already have seasonings on them in the package, so you wouldn't want to wash that off.

Answered by simplegal on Aug 21, 2007, 07:10PM
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I WOULD... WHO KNOWS IF THE BUTCHER HAS WASHED HIS HANDS LATELY !!!

Answered by suzie_q on Jun 03, 2009, 03:44PM

Ha-Ha!!! I always wash raw meat before cooking just to get rid of the smell and I think it tastes waaayyy better!!! happy

Answered by missjayjune on Jul 04, 2009, 01:24PM

I always wash meat off!!! Does not matter what kind of meat. Hamburger, chicken, pork! Whatever I was it!

Answered by par on Sep 21, 2009, 07:10AM

in Trinidad and Tobago we wash all meats with lime or lemon(or vinegar and flour), sanitize surfaces and sinks, then season all meats with herbs,salt and pepper,cook meat and sanitize utensils. That is the only way we in the caribbean eat it

Answered by cheflam on Oct 16, 2009, 02:26AM

Wash raw meat before cooking is necnessary to discard dirt,and few of bacteria from outside, I alway wash meat as fast as posible in runing water, the better is washing by (rice water) meat is clean anfd fresh
Chef Pham Lam

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