Can you use the same water you thawed chicken in to cook rice?

Question

I soaked & thawed 4 Tyson Chicken b*****s in cold water with 1/2 cup garlic salt and sugar until thawed. I thought it might add a little flavor to the rice by boiling it in the same strained water I thawed the chicken in. I used my Osyter rice cooker to make the rice, so do you think the rice is safe to eat without getting sick?

Answer 1

Very dangerous........this is whats called cross contamination. You never use the same liquid that raw meat has sat in or was marinated in. You're asking for food poisoning!!

Answer 2

Depends at what temperature you cook the rice, considering the water was boiled, you'll probably be ok.

Let me give you a tip though, don't ever do this again. You can make people very sick by contaminating your kitchen in this way.

There's a good chance you won't get sick, salmonella is harder to get than people think.

This type of thing is called cross contamination, it's one of the most common ways to get food poisoning. People cut their raw chicken on the same cutting board as their veggies, people use the same knife to filet their chicken that they use to chop their salad.

Answer 3

NO Not Safe  

Answer 4

the same water to cook rice, i won't do like this.

i would change the water.

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Answer 5

were you serious in the first place ??? Just think about it,it sounded absulutly gross !!!

Answer 6

does the phrase samonella poisioning mean anything to u.

Answer 7

No, that's not a good idea, and could be potentially serious.

Cross contamination is a major contributor to all food poisoning, and raw chicken is a main offender of salmonella.  Even if it comes frozen, when it thaws, the leftover liquids could potentially have a host of bacteria.  

It's possible to be able to have the liquids boil to kill anything, but if you really want to flavor it AND stay safe, use a bullion cube or something.

It's really not worth getting sick, or sickening someone else.

Answer 8

I can only say that it's a habit of a lifetime never to use the same water on different food! If I cook a traditional meat & cabbage soup and if the water turns red from blood still in the meat I throw it out and continue cooking in new fresh water! It's the safest way, but I wouldn't worry about your problem so much since the risk of foodpoising are probably close to zero if you live in a healthy and hygenic area! All in all, it depends on health status in your community!

Answer 9

No! Discard this. The water has bacteria from the thawing chicken.

You cannot guarantee that the temperature of the rice cooker will kill the bacteria. I wouldn't risk it.

Answer 10

Poultry have a high risk of salmonella;-{ I wouldn't do it, without boiling.

Answer 11

I'm going to go against the flow here ::

Yes, you can use the water because cooking rice also cooks the chicken juice; you won't get sick and you won't die.

But why would you want to use that 'dirty water' anyway? It won't taste any better.

Cook your rice in chicken stock and you'll have great tasting rice!

Just Google it - don't ask here because you don't know if you're getting a good recipe or if the person even know what there talking about. For example, just look above!

Cross contamination is cutting raw chicken on a breadboard and later buttering bread on the same breadboard. Ew!

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