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Original poster

To think I probably have to chuck this chicken away?

38 replies

UpUpAwayz · 01/09/2025 07:25

Last night around 6.30 I made this recipe for the slow cooker https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/slow-cooker-chicken-chasseur

so basically you fry off the chicken and start off the sauce so everything goes into the slow cooker already hot. I asked my DH to turn the slow cooker on when he went to bed around 11 with the intention of it being cooked for this morning so we could both take a portion to work for lunch and put the rest in the fridge for dinner tomorrow. Of course he forgot to turn it on, so the chicken has been sitting out overnight in Lukewarm sauce. I think I need to bin it? Or would you still eat it?
YABU = no it’s fine eat it
YANBU = yes bin it

Slow cooker chicken chasseur served on a plate

Slow cooker chicken chasseur

Throw a handful of ingredients in the slow cooker at the start of the day and this classic French chicken chasseur will be ready by the time you get home

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/slow-cooker-chicken-chasseur

OP posts:
Overthebow · 01/09/2025 08:22

Yes throw it away, but I also wouldn’t want to eat it if it had been left out lukewarm from 6.30pm until 11pm either.

Shoxfordian · 01/09/2025 08:19

Yep, ltb but get him to sort out dinner first because you can't eat that

Original poster
UpUpAwayz · 01/09/2025 08:18

Yep this is what I thought. Also wouldn’t have been so bad if everything was going in the slow cooker cold like precooked chicken, tins and stuff from the fridge as it would have stayed cooler overnight but the sauce was already warm so it’s basically had a nice lukewarm bacteria bath overnight 🤦‍♀️

think I’m gonna have to LTB

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TestingTestingWonTooFree · 01/09/2025 07:41

I’d pay £10 to avoid food poisoning. How annoying!

Myfridgeiscool · 01/09/2025 07:40

I reckon it’s going in the bin, I doubt it’s been cold enough in your kitchen at this time of year to save it.
Chicken is very unforgiving compared to other meats, it is full of nasty bacteria.

Ponoka7 · 01/09/2025 07:40

UpUpAwayz · 01/09/2025 07:35

If it makes any difference (?) it’s about £10 worth of chicken 😫

Have you both got paid sick leave left? Or would you have to self cert, unpaid? That'll cost more than £10.
I leave food/turkey out over winter and occasionally beef, mid seasons, but wouldn't chance chicken.

Topseyt123 · 01/09/2025 07:37

I would bin it. Not worth the risk.

Copiousamountsofpulses · 01/09/2025 07:37

Definitely bin it and I'm on the more relaxed side about food!

tumblingdowntherabbithole · 01/09/2025 07:36

It definitely needs to go in the bin.

Original poster
UpUpAwayz · 01/09/2025 07:35

If it makes any difference (?) it’s about £10 worth of chicken 😫

OP posts:
PetuniaPetuniaPetunia · 01/09/2025 07:27

Personally I wouldn’t risk it and would definitely bin it! Frustrating but better than being poorly!

PersephoneParlormaid · 01/09/2025 07:27

Chuck it.

Ineffable23 · 01/09/2025 07:26

I'd be binning that I'm afraid. I'm not paranoid on sell by dates or anything but 12 hours of half cooked chicken in the summer would be a no from me.