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Title: how long can you keep chicken in your refrigerator after it has been cooked
Post by: Big_Tymer on October 30, 2008, 03:20:01 PM: i bought alot of chicken yesterday because it was at a good price.
Title: Re: how long can you keep chicken in your refrigerator after it has been cooked
Post by: Rimbaud on October 30, 2008, 04:11:14 PM: I would say no more then five days. I used to run a kitchen back at a restaurant & five days was the standard for cooked food (if I remember correctly).
Title: Re: how long can you keep chicken in your refrigerator after it has been cooked
Post by: Princess L on October 30, 2008, 06:57:05 PM: Quote from: Big_Tymer on October 30, 2008, 03:20:01 PM
i bought alot of chicken yesterday because it was at a good price.

If it's raw, I'd cook it up within 2-3 days, then freeze it if you can't eat it all within another 2-3 days.
Title: Re: how long can you keep chicken in your refrigerator after it has been cooked
Post by: Big_Tymer on October 30, 2008, 08:41:48 PM: ok thanks for the info. what about steak and fish after it has been cooked?
Title: Re: how long can you keep chicken in your refrigerator after it has been cooked
Post by: Rimbaud on October 30, 2008, 08:52:39 PM: Quote from: Big_Tymer on October 30, 2008, 08:41:48 PM
ok thanks for the info. what about steak and fish after it has been cooked?

Probably about the same. However, I personally won't cook meals & such for over three days in advance.
Title: Re: how long can you keep chicken in your refrigerator after it has been cooked
Post by: vic86 on October 31, 2008, 06:59:45 AM: does preserving meats ,be it chicken or beef?decrease its nutritive value?
Title: Re: how long can you keep chicken in your refrigerator after it has been cooked
Post by: Cindy on November 06, 2008, 06:09:35 AM: You can always Freeze cooked foods and eat later.
Here are some recommendations
http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/sr2.html#storchart (http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/sr2.html#storchart)
Title: Re: how long can you keep chicken in your refrigerator after it has been cooked
Post by: Big_Tymer on November 06, 2008, 09:51:33 AM: Quote from: Cindy on November 06, 2008, 06:09:35 AM
You can always Freeze cooked foods and eat later.
Here are some recommendations
http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/sr2.html#storchart (http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/sr2.html#storchart)

thanks, ill keep that favorited in my browser. the numbers seem on the extreme conservative side, as in 1-2 days only for fish and chicken.
Title: Re: how long can you keep chicken in your refrigerator after it has been cooked
Post by: Rimbaud on November 06, 2008, 01:13:30 PM: Quote from: Cindy on November 06, 2008, 06:09:35 AM
You can always Freeze cooked foods and eat later.
Here are some recommendations
http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/sr2.html#storchart (http://www.foodsafety.gov/~fsg/sr2.html#storchart)

Thanks for the link.
Title: Re: how long can you keep chicken in your refrigerator after it has been cooked
Post by: io856 on November 06, 2008, 06:48:12 PM: So if somebody wanted to cook their chicken & beef every Sunday for the week ahead.

How would that look?

3 days worth gets put in the fridge, then 4 days in the freezer. Then on Wednesday take the rest of the chicken out the freezer?

Repeat.

Success? ;D
Title: Re: how long can you keep chicken in your refrigerator after it has been cooked
Post by: suckmymuscle on November 06, 2008, 10:25:38 PM: Quote from: Big_Tymer on October 30, 2008, 03:20:01 PM
i bought alot of chicken yesterday because it was at a good price.

Depends on two things:

- How mature the meat was when it was frozen.

- How cool your refrigerator gets.

From my experience, chicken starts tasting foul after 6 or 7 days after cooking even if you have a good refrigerator. But then, I seldom eat meat nowadays, so it doesen't really matter to me anymore.

SUCKMYMUSCLE