How can you tell if chicken is off?

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asked Nov 12, 2019 in Other-Food Drink by gryfian (200 points)
How can you tell if chicken is off?

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answered Nov 14, 2019 by Zendot (430 points)
When raw chicken is bad it will have a slimy feeling to the skin and the chicken will smell really sour and make you want to vomit.

Another way to tell if raw chicken is off and has gone bad is a change in color and if it turns grey instead of pink then the chicken is bad and should be thrown out.

Raw chicken when bad will also sometimes have an ammonia like smell to it which means bacteria is growing on it and should not be eaten.

Throw the raw chicken out if you smell any bad smells from it or the chicken has turned colors such as in a grey color.

Also if you're cooking chicken and notice a bad or sour smell to it then it's no longer safe to eat and should be thrown out.

When you refrigerate raw chicken it should keep for a few days but any longer than a few days you need to freeze the chicken to keep it from spoiling.

As for already cooked chicken you can tell if the cooked chicken has gone bad by looking for a change in color as fresh cooked chicken that is good will have a white or brown color to the meat of the chicken.

If the chicken has gone bad the meat of the chicken will turn either green/gray or just gray in color.

If you think the chicken is bad throw it out because you can get seriously sick from eating bad chicken.

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