Anyone eat/enjoy cold chicken stirfry ?

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Alex321

Guru
Location
South Wales
I had to defrost then cook the chicken one day then reheat it with the stirfry next day.
There is a portion left but (correct me if im wrong) I dont think it would be safe to reheat it yet again.
Its been in the fridge, in a sealed box overnight but the thought of cold, cooked stirfry doesn't excite me.
So.........does anyone eat theirs when cold ?

I normally just reheat it again. Never had any issue with upset stomach afterwards.

Though TBH, that doesn't very often happen with home made stir fry, because I only tend to make enough for that meal, any excvess chicken will be left on the carcass for use the next day (or later).

But if we have a takeaway, portions are almost always bigger than we need, and I'll be reheating some in the microwave for lunch teh following day.
 

DRM

Legendary Member
Location
West Yorks
Many years ago at a previous employer Friday night was curry night, one colleague would order the hottest, spiciest curry on offer, but always leave some curry sauce with a bit of the meat in the foil box, along with a chapati to fester in his locker overnight, then eat it for breakfast on the Saturday morning overtime shift we did :eek:
 

lazybloke

Chocolate eclairs: the peak of human endeavour
Location
Leafy Surrey
When we buy a Chinese takeaway, there's always loads left.

Keep the leftovers in the fridge, only ever reheat the qty you're going to eat, bingo: one order gives a meal for 3 days.

Never had a problem, and have been doing this for years.
 

Electric_Andy

Heavy Metal Fan
Location
Plymouth
There are some very firm rules about food hygiene, which I guess if released publicly have to be very harsh and almost represent worst case scenario. If you've cooked from scratch then you know what's what, but from a takeaway you never really know how many times it's been defrosted/reheated before. That being said, as long as I nuke takeaway until piping hot, that's good enough for me.

It's like rice. When I was backpacking in Australia, a load of korean travellers would do a full rice cooker full of rice, let it go cold and then just leave it on the worktop until all the rice had gone. That was sometimes 3 or 4 days, and we're talking outside temperatures of around 32C, so probably at least 20 indoors. I would often be given some of said rice to take out into the fields when I had no lunch, and I never felt any ill effects. Though I guess it may have been different if the rice had been re-heated and cooled again
 
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