How long does cooked chicken keep for?

trinity_bleu

Would you eat a chicken casserole that was made ...

• from thighs that had a use by date of the 14th
• smelt ok and so were cooked throughly on the 17th and allowed to cool overnight
• has been left sitting in the cold oven all day today (18th) ?

Don't want to waste them if they're ok, but don't want to risk food poisioning !

BB1984

I'd go with my instincts, and prob end up eating it...but then i eat anything and have a stomach of iron.....!

salster

I too would generally eat them, but I think the consensus of opinion would be no.

If you'd eaten them last night when they were hot then you should have been okay, but leaving them overnight unrefridgerated may have sent them over the edge I'm afraid.

Bongedone

I wouldn't. Not chicken. Nasty food poisoning from chicken.

McKneff

Gawd Almighty, just chuck it out.

Before long it'll chuck itself in the bin.

maypole

Don't eat it, not worth the risk and you should have cooled in the fridge not at room temp.

kazmc

NO WAY!! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

misskool

I'd eat it but guessing most people wouldn't

avinabacca

Can't see a problem, meself - if the meat was ok when you cooked it last night, and the casserole's only been sat overnight in the cold oven*, then in reality it's just a casserole that was cooked last night and is ready to reheat and serve today - should be absolutely fine.

That said, if you don't trust it yourself, sling it. Seriously - for piece of mind as much as anything else, always trust your own instincts.

And you'll remember to put things that have a short date in the freezer in future, won't you?


*this really isn't a problem - in fact it's much better to do this, from a food hygiene point of view, than sticking a hot dish of food into the fridge, taking the temperature up above 5`C and filling the fridge with condensation as it cools.

Lizalu

I'd certainly eat it. If, as you say, they were fine when cooked I'd have no problem eating it whatsoever.