Cooking chicken this way not only loses nutrients but also causes illness
1. Wash raw chicken with cold water
The habit of most housewives is to wash raw chicken with cold water before cooking to remove dirt on the meat. If you listen to it, this reason sounds right because raw chicken is often susceptible to many bacteria such as campylobacter and salmonell into the human body, which is dangerous to your health. However, washing chicken with cold water does not remove bacteria, instead you can wash it with warm water which is much better.
2. Blanch chicken with boiling water
The habit of many women is to blanch chicken before cooking to kill bacteria in the meat. But according to experts, bacteria only really die at temperatures as high as 100 degrees.
Blanching with boiling water does not bring the results you want. When you cut chicken legs, bacteria can still penetrate the chicken. At the same time, this also makes the chicken lose its flavor.
3. Cook chicken before defrosting
Due to the lack of time, many housewives decide to take the chicken out of the refrigerator and put it straight in to boil or grill before defrosting. The act of cooking chicken before defrosting will cause the outside of the meat to cook first and the inside will still be raw, making the dish less appealing.
In addition, not defrosting the meat will also make the dish less delicious and can easily cause poisoning and diarrhea.
4. Add cold water while boiling chicken
When boiling chicken, the water in the pot will evaporate and dry up. Many women, when they see that the water is low, immediately add cold water to the chicken being boiled. This is a wrong habit that causes the chicken to lose nutrients and become less delicious.
The best way in this case is to add more boiling water so as not to affect your dish.
