I am a bit (a lot!) paranoid around the subject of thoroughly cooking chicken and also reheating it, so just looking for some sensible advice.
DD15 has batch-cooked herself some pasta this evening which she is planning to eat cold for lunch during the week. It smells delicious and is in a creamy garlicky tomato sauce. However, after she'd made it and while the pasta was still hot (but off the stove) she decided to add in some cold chicken left over from the roast we had on NYD. Didn't cook the chicken at all. Then she divided the pasta into individual tubs and left them on the side for an hour or so to cool. They are still lukewarm but I have now put them in the fridge.
But it's just occurred to me that the chicken was not properly reheated, just warmed by the hot pasta and then left sitting out at just the right kind of temperature for breeding sinister bacteria. Or maybe not? Am I being ridiculous?Would you eat it? DD will def have to have it cold as there is no option to reheat food at school. She will be gutted (and cross with me) if I say not to eat it because my chicken madness is, admittedly, very annoying!
TIA
(PS I have no issues about the cold roast chicken. It was properly cooked and we have been eating it in salads and sandwiches)