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Is normal soap all I need?

Recently I read rinsing the chicken usually spreads more the bacteria we're trying to kill by cooking it, and I've been doing this in the sink.

So I'm wondering if even without rinsing the chicken the knives, cutting boards, even just my hands touching the raw chicken could be also spreading bacteria after washing them with only soap.

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[-] itsdavetho@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago

U don't need to wash chicken Water and soap is fine for contact surfaces. I try to avoid porous surfaces for cutting on, I usually use a plate

[-] obinice@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

To clarify, OP isn't asking about washing the chicken itself (and in fact it's a bad idea to wash raw chicken, don't ever do that OP).

But yeah my two pence on the question, for cleaning surfaces etc after raw chicken was on them, normal dish soap and water is fine, and as stated above, use a non porous chopping board.

Chopping boards are colour coded in kitchens, and you can easily find the appropriately colour coded boards on sale on Amazon, I use them in my home. Raw poultry is prepared on the RED board. This helps avoid cross contamination at all times.

If you're ever unsure about how successful your cleaning job has been, just use some kitchen surface disinfectant spray, and wipe it off with a damp cloth.

Always wash your hands after handling chicken before handling something else. Yes, this will mean washing your hands multiple times whilst preparing food. Just gotta consider the order in which you plan things out and it's not a big deal :-)

[-] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Weird. When I worked in a kitchen we used yellow for poultry and red for beef

[-] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I wonder if technically, you're opinion would worth more than someone who only put in their 2 cents.

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