Would you use up beef or chicken first?

[coralsky]

Interested on thoughts as I can't decide which to have today and which to have tomorrow (which will be day 4) Both cooked a few days ago
Chicken cooked thoroughly, beef medium rare. All Stored in fridge in airtight containers since cooking.
Both for sandwiches
Which would you prioritise using ?

Chicken.

Chicken.

Whichever you fancy eating first 🤷‍♀️

Technically I guess the beef is more risky as it wasn’t cooked fully but I doubt it makes a huge difference.

Oh also if one is in a large piece and the other in smaller bits then the smaller bits are greater risk.

Beef. It's medium rare so will have more bacteria in it.

I would cook it fully and use it first.

I would use chicken first. It smells and goes slimy very quickly. Beef is still fine when it's turning slightly brown. Aged beef! Lol

Depends what a few days ago means. If more than 36 hours I'd prob bin the chicken.

I often eat chicken 5 days old (shock horror I know) if it's been stored airtight in the fridge and never had any ill effects!
It's just with the beef being medium rare I was wondering if that would make it more dangerous, as pp suggested.

I personally would not eat 4 day old medium rare beef cold in sandwiches. 😳 3 days is about my limit on using up cooked meat. But I’d have the chicken whenever you want something cold and the beef when you can properly cook it (Thai curry?).

I wouldn’t eat the beef after 4 days (I’m assuming you mean 72 hours after it was cooked). I would eat the chicken today but not tomorrow.

To answer your question though, cooked chicken will last longer than medium rare beef.

Medium rare beef is only cooked to 54C ish, not hot enough to kill bacteria. Although usually contamination is on the outside of meat from handling/preparation/butchery, not the inside. The outside will have been cooked to a higher temperature.