Would you eat this chicken?

[annie987]

I cooked 6 chicken breasts last night and they came out of the oven at 9.30pm. I left them in the side to cool.
I just got up and I forgot to put them in the fridge!! Do I put them in the fridge now or bin them?
Thanks

Bin

My kitchen is quite cool so I’d pop them in the fridge now and still eat them if they smelt and looked on. Otherwise of your kitchen is warm I probably would bin them

It was warm last night so I'd bin

Could you make them into another recipe like chicken curry or maybe just bin them just in case

No, I'd bin them. I was hospitalised as a child with food poisoning though so I am cautious.

Bin them definately. Cool kitchen or not, thats far too long for any food to be out of the fridge.

Definitely bin. You cant take a risk with that and smelling it wont tell you if theres bacteria or not

I wouldn't eat them.

Ok thank you - I’ll bin them.

I’d have eaten them

I would have eaten them

Definitely keep! If you've no cats or anything, they'll have cooled down gently and now be able to go in the fridge.

Chicken is probably the only thing I’d bin if it had been left out. Most other things I would eat. But I have been ill from dodgy chicken and it wasn’t fun!

I'd have eaten them. Possibly made them into a curry to be on the safe side.
Wouldn't feed them to the kids though

@Dumbie can I ask why making them into a curry would be safer?

I'm quite shocked that you even had to ask the question. You've obviously never had food poisoning 🤢

I'd bin. I had food poising from chicken before. Never do I want to experience that again. Thank you KFC.

Make a curry? Smell them?

Some people really need to improve their basic food hygiene. Would LOVE to know how making a curry would stop the food poisoning! Never heard anything so ridiculous.

No - chicken I would bin, especially as it was quite warm overnight.

I've left beef stew or sausages in the oven overnight and reheated it but I wouldn't risk it with chicken that wasn't stored properly - sorry!

I'd definitely eat it. But I have a strong stomach. Just heat them up properly if you're worried.

I'd probably eat them.

*I've done stuff like this many a time and never had food poisoning as a result so possibly a bit blasé.

I'd eat them

Out of the oven at 9.30 means you could not have put them in your fridge without adversely affecting the safety of your other food for a good few hours.
So they have technically been on the side 5 or 6 hours longer than ideal. Did they have a cover on them ? If covered and still in date and properly stored before cooking I would be inclined to say safe to eat. If you do make a curry make sure the are reheated at a sufficiently high temperature for long enough which you would do with any meat .

I’d happily eat. Have eaten things countless times that have been out to cool longer than ideal and never been ill. Always covered though.

I wouldn’t serve to anyone coming round (not that that’s an issue at the moment!)