cooked chicken

[Snowsister]

Just bought a whole ready cooked chicken from Tesco. It says on label must be eaten on day of purchase.

I was thinking it would be ok to put in fridge and use for sandwiches tomorrow but now Im unsure? is this unsafe to do?

I regularly buy the cooked chickens from tesco and safely use for a few days after purchase. In fact I bought one on Sunday and we finished the remains of the soup I made from the stock yesterday. I think they key is to cool it quickly and keep it in the fridge.

Thanks RCOR there was no way we could have got through that volume of chicken by the end of the day

They are also fine to freeze. I checked with the lady on the counter and have been doing it for years without ill effect.

thanks, dh ate it all