Chicken left in oven overnight, still ok to eat?

[MrsJamesMartin]

Cooked a chicken last night dh turned oven off and left chicken inside so was , inevitably, forgotten!
So, my question is, is it still edible? Saw it in oven around ten this morning and it's now in fridge.

[sweetheart]

Don't think I'd eat it after being left unrefrigerated all night and I'm not usually too fussy about stuff like that. I think the general guideline for unrefrigerated stuff is about 4 hours - I'd push this to 5 or 6 but not all night.

[MrsHarryRamsden]

Yes it would still be edible in my house, but the residual heat of the oven may have carried on cooking it and made it dry

[wintersdawn]

it might be a bit dry if the oven hadn't cooled down before it was left but I'd eat it.

[Ragwort]

Are you really married to James Martin the chef .

It wouldn't worry me, but I have a cast iron stomach. I am sure it will be fine. Also left pork out all last night, planning to give it to DH later.

[SuckItAndSee]

I'd eat it
Sniff it first though, eh?

[HowYaLikeThemApples]

Personally, no. But I'm close to being emetophobic and chicken is one of my biggest worries.

[MrsJamesMartin]

I know Ragwort, you'd really expect better of him, being a chef and all! will probably eat it then!

[peggyundercrackers]

we would eat it in our house, as someone else said if the oven was left on then it may have dried out - if this was the case i wouldnt eat it.

[JamNan]

I'd eat it. If it's dried out maybe make a soup or curry with it.

[BaronessBomburst]

I wouldn't eat chicken. It'd go on the bird table. Birds will eat anything except carrots.

[Ilovexmastime]

I'd eat it.

[Lickitysplit]

Personally I would be nervous.

[NigellasDealer]

make soup with it - the prolonged hi temp of the soup making will kill off any potential bacteria

[UpQuarkDownQuark]

I wouldn't even think about not eating it!

[Dollydishus]

Yes I'd eat it. Have quite doesn't left food out overnight to cool. Always been fine.

[Dollydishus]

Sorry that should be ''quite often left food out overnight to cool."

[secretscwirrels]

I'm really not fussy about dates on food but no I would not risk it. Meat at room temperature all night, never.

[notso]

I do this all too frequently it gets a bit dry but usually I am making curry or something with it so that rehydrated it somewhat.

[mrspremise]

We'd eat it, much safer than putting a still-warm chicken in the fridge with other food and our kitchen is really bastard cold anyway

[firesidechat]

I'm quite laid back about eating slightly out of date food etc and I reheat food all the time, but I wouldn't touch the chicken. It would have been in warm conditions for far too long and is probably breeding all sorts of bacteria.

[Jaffacakesallround]

The odds are you'd be okay but I think I'd play safe. You should put a chicken in the fridge after it's cooked as soon as it's cool so leaving it at a warm temp in the oven for a few hours is not good.