Hello fresh chicken smells so bad!!

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Chicken thighs....Says on the packet a noticeable odour may be present on opening and it's because its vacuumed packed....but it should be fine...

But it smells so bad.
It's in date until 29/4/23

Should I cook it or chuck?
Am I gonna wreck dinner for 5 if I cook it and its bad? Gahhh!

Chicken usually smells grim on opening, it even warns you of that.

Leave it to air a few minutes and sniff test again

Its particularly grim ...
DD has had to leave the room lol

If it smells that bad I really wouldn't, and I am usually very blasé about these things.

If its that bad it needs to go in the bin

Chicken often smells farty when you open it, that's normal.

If it smells sour then throw it away.

Think I'm gonna chuck it and use DD1s quorn fake chicken instead...

I still remember the time my dad mistakenly put some gone-off chicken in the oven. It was about 40 years ago and the recollection of the smell when he opened the oven still makes me feel ill.

not chicken but the hello fresh beef mince consistency makes me want to vomit!

Yes it's the same with gousto and once you open the packet and let it air for five mins it is fine.

If in doubt, always use quorn! Quorn won’t harm

I like quorn personally but I can't abide food being wasted for no good reason :(

I know this is an old thread but my gosh, we had a delivery from HF on Monday, chicken dated until the 24th, opened the packet and I barely made it up the stairs to throw up. Horrid eggy smell and then followed with a sweaty vinegary smell. Straight in the bin!!