how do companies partially cook the meat. i have bought chicken that says partially cooked or not fully cooke

Question

what is the safest way to do this?

Answer 1

For poultry, if the company cooks the chicken to 165F it's considered "fully cooked" since at that temperature all of the bacteria and viruses that cause foodbourne illnesses are killed.

What you bought was something that was heated, but not cooked to 165F. For example, some chicken breast fillets are "grilled" on the processing line to give it char marks/grill marks but the next step on the conveyor belt is into a blast freezer. The grill marks only effect the surface while the center of the chicken is still raw.

The USDA has the manufacturers put the "not fully cooked" label on the package since some people in the past mistakenly thought the product was cooked because of the grill marks and ate the chicken without fully cooking.

Answer 2

It just means that the food is not cooked all the way through and needs to be cooked more before consuming it.They do this so food isnt overcooked by the time you heat it up. If you want to do it yourself you just dont fully cook it but if your not going to finish cooking it and eating it within 1-2 days you must freeze it.If your just asking how to finish cooking the chicken you bought not fully cooked it will depend on what it is and how it was partially cooked to start with, the oven or microwave is your best bet

Answer 3

I've never heard of anyone doing that. It's a violation of food safety laws. You should never eat any chicken that is not fully cooked as you can very easily get food poisoning from it.