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What Did Bad Chicken Smell Like?

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So if chicken smells, does it mean it has gone bad? Fresh chicken will always have a slight odor to it, even when it is at its freshest, however it will not be an offensive smell. Chicken that is not so fresh will start to develop a distinctive ‘off’ smell that means it should be cooked immediately, or thrown away.

Rancid chicken smells like rotten eggs. If you smell anything fishy or bad, then it is time to throw away the cooked chicken no matter how delicious it used to be. You can also check the color of the chicken.

To be more specific, chicken tastes sour, which is very easy to detect, so you can instantly feel the difference when you accidentally eat bad chicken compared to when you eat a delicious chicken piece. Like other food that goes bad, the bad chicken smells sour, making it indigestible.

As in ammonia, or rotten eggs, or just plain pungent. Even fresh chicken smells like something, but it shouldn’t smell funky. If yours does then it’s probably spoiled. (Note: One of the reasons sauces were invented was to mask the off-flavors and aromas of meats and poultry that had gone slightly bad.)

Why does chicken go bad?

What Makes Chicken Go Bad? To begin with, when your chicken (or any food, for that matter) goes bad, it’s because of bacteria. Bacteria are very tiny, very simple organisms that live on our food, which they eat, and where they also reproduce.

The bad news is, there’s no way to tell that it’s contaminated: not by looking at it, not by smelling it, and not by touching it. These bacteria are completely undetectable. In other words, a piece of chicken that’s contaminated with Salmonella will not only appear to be completely “fresh,” it can, in fact, be absolutely fresh.

Spoilage —meaning the changes that take place in food that cause it to smell bad, feel slimy, change color, and so on—is also caused by bacteria, only it’s different bacteria. What happens is, like all living organisms, these bacteria eat food and excrete waste.

How to Keep Your Chicken From Going Bad. The best way to ensure that your chicken doesn’t go bad is to cook it and eat it the same day you bring it home. And, if you’re not going to do that, you should freeze it the same day you bring it home.

Food poisoning is caused by certain bacteria that—either because of toxins they produce or because they attack the cells in our digestive tracts cause the various symptoms that we identify as feeling sick—nausea, diarrhea, and so on.

But what’s important to know is, chicken that smells bad can’t actually make you sick— assuming you cook it properly, in accordance with the guidelines we described above. Now, whether you would want to cook spoiled chicken is another matter, but the point is, you could. And, it wouldn’t hurt you. You’d just be eating smelly chicken.

How Does The Chicken Smell?

As mentioned earlier, even the freshest chicken will have a slight odor to it and so do not be alarmed if your chicken has a ‘smell’.

Chicken that is not so fresh will start to develop a distinctive ‘off’ smell that means it should be cooked immediately, or thrown away. There are 3 main ways to determine the freshness of your chicken, and all should be used when deciding whether to go ahead and eat the meat, or to throw it out.

Skinless Chicken (Pink & Moist) Fresh skinless chicken meat should be a light pink color for the breast meat, and slightly darker for the leg meat. There should be a moist sheen to the meat. If the meat is looking dried around the edges, or has taken on a dull and greyish coloring, then the chicken is not at its freshest …

Skin On Chicken (Creamy Yellow & Fresh) Whole chickens and meat with the skin on should be a light cream/yellow color, depending on what the chicken has been fed. Corn fed birds tend to have a more yellow tinge to the skin. If the skin of the chicken is starting to turn a grey color, or becoming dried out looking, …

If when handling the meat you find that you are getting a sticky or slimy residue left on your hands, then this is an indication that the meat is less than fresh.

Upon opening a vacuum sealed pouch of chicken, or any meat for that matter, there will be a stronger ‘funky’ odor released . Again this is normal as the meat has been sealed in int own juices for a period of time.

Again, due to the nature of being sealed in its own juices, the meat may appear slightly discolored, or a slighly stronger odor than normal even after adequate airing.

Why does chicken smell bad?

Chicken that smells bad may also feel slimy to the touch. The slimy feel results when bacteria begins to accumulate on the outer surface of the chicken, and may also indicate tissue and protein breakdown in the meat.

Common symptoms of foodborne illness often mimic flu systems. These symptoms include nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and in some instances, fever.

Store it Right. Chicken keeps up to two days in the refrigerator, stored in tightly-sealed, leak-proof containers to prevent juices from contaminating other foods or wrapped tightly in plastic wrap, heavy-duty foil or sealed plastic storage bags.

Once you get a whiff of a bad piece of chicken, the smell is forever recognizable. Not only is smelly poultry unappetizing, it may also put your health at risk if ingested. If you question the freshness of putrid smelling chicken — better safe than sorry. The risk of foodborne illness is simply not worth the risk. Throw the smelly piece of poultry away and don’t even give a second thought to cooking and eating it.

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