how come chicken either boneless or bone in seems to keep popping in the microwave, even if it is cooked chick

Question

if I am just heating up chicken of any kind, it pops in the microve the same way metal does? I have found that any kind of chicken does this - heating up done, raw, precooked from the store? Help this has been a question for a long time. Thanks everyone for your input, maybe someone can explain this

Answer 1

It is the moisture in the chicken escaping from the tight tissues while cooking/re-heating that causes the popping sounds and it is completly normal and safe. Have a good day.

Answer 2

I think the chicken we buy has both natural and unnatural juices in it and the popping we hear is those juices.I've never cooked meat in the microwave,I only use mine for heating things up because i was born in the sixties and am phobic about nuclear energy even if they do tell you a little bit is okay.Does cooking it this way make it dry or chewy?I'll have to try it !

Answer 3

The popping is from the explosion of moisture inside the meat.

When the liquid inside the tissues gets heated, it turns into vapors which expand considerably. When the pressure gets high enough to burst through the surround tissues, the mini explosion causes the pop.

Kinda like popcorn popping, same reason, different material.

Answer 4

it is either moisture or fat, cover with paper towel, EVERYTHING pops and spews stuff around your microwave, but some is more obvious. Always put a paper towel and you won't be surprised with really awful stuff building up and growing on the top of the inside of the oven.

Answer 5

It's from the fat. Try heating it at a lower temp.

Answer 6

either the chicken is cooked in tonnes of fat (bad for you)
or there is something wrong with your microwave

Answer 7

The fat content is what you hear. The heat releases it.