Is it okay to put frozen chicken in a crock pot or does it need to be thawed?

Question

I'm just putting it in with BBQ sauce

Answer 1

you will need to thaw the chicken first, otherwise the slow cooker will not be able to heat the food to the safe internal temperature required for poultry.

Answer 2

One is not supposed to put frozen chicken in a crock pot to cook for the germs have more time to grow since the crock pot takes a while to cook the chicken. You should thaw it. I put chicken in a crock pot when it was frozen, though, like three weeks ago. Nothing happened to me. It's just risky I guess.

Answer 3

You should add enough liquid to cover the chicken breast. The water acts as a conduit for the heat and will help to ensure that the breast cooks thoroughly. How long to cook depends upon your crock pot, with crock pot cooking it's better to use a meat thermometer. When the thickest, meatiest part of the breast is cooked through to a temperature of 155 degrees Fahrenheit then the chicken is okay to eat.

Answer 4

There is a risk of salmonella if you cook a chicken from frozen.

The should be defrosted first and then cooked as soon as possible afterwards.

Q. How do people get salmonellosis?
A. Salmonella lives in the intestinal track of humans and other animals, including birds. Salmonella is usually transmitted to humans by eating foods contaminated with animal feces. Salmonella present on raw meat and poultry could survive if the product is not cooked to a safe minimum internal temperature, as measured with a food thermometer.


Q. What are the symptoms of salmonellosis?
A. Most people experience diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and fever within 8 to 72 hours after the contaminated food was eaten. Additional symptoms may be chills, headache, nausea, and vomiting. Symptoms usually disappear within 4 to 7 days. Many people with salmonellosis recover without treatment and may never see a doctor. However, Salmonella infections can be life-threatening especially for infants and young children, pregnant women and their unborn babies, and older adults, who are at a higher risk for foodborne illness, as are people with weakened immune systems (such as those with HIV/AIDS, cancer, diabetes, kidney disease, and transplant patients).

Just in case you were considering taking the chance.

Answer 5

That's the beauty of the crock pot! You can put it in frozen. Just add an extra hour to the cooking time.

Answer 6

You can put it in the crock pot, but if I were you I would thaw if first because I would wash any type of poulty, pork, of beef before cooking it.

Answer 7

It should be thawed first otherwise you risk food poisoning

Answer 8

Please thaw it because I don't want you to get food poisoning.