I chopped up chicken breast into stir-fry chunks. I left the pieces
in the fridge, immersed in salty, garlicy vinegar from a jar pickles.
Haven't had time to cook it in the past few days. How many days can I
leave it marinating?

Cooking Ignoramus

On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 01:52:25 -0500, Cooking Ignoramus
> wrote:

>I chopped up chicken breast into stir-fry chunks. I left the pieces
>in the fridge, immersed in salty, garlicy vinegar from a jar pickles.
>Haven't had time to cook it in the past few days. How many days can I
>leave it marinating?

it's probably safe to eat, but I bet it's darned salty now.

--
Siobhan Perricone
"I ain't afraid of your Yahweh
I ain't afraid of your Allah
I ain't afraid of your Jesus
I'm afraid of what ya do in the name of your god"
- Holly Near

Siobhan Perricone wrote:

> On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 01:52:25 -0500, Cooking Ignoramus
> > wrote:
>
> >I chopped up chicken breast into stir-fry chunks. I left the pieces
> >in the fridge, immersed in salty, garlicy vinegar from a jar pickles.
> >Haven't had time to cook it in the past few days. How many days can I
> >leave it marinating?
>
> it's probably safe to eat, but I bet it's darned salty now.

I find that after frying, the water comes out and the chicken is not that salty.

My schedule for cooking it is if-y for the next few days. I wonder how many
days the chicken pieces can remain in the fridge marinating? If I freeze it, and
an evening frees up, I need a day to defrost it (I prefer defrosting in the fridge).

Cooking Ignoramus

On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 00:10:44 -0500, Cooking Ignoramus
> wrote:

>> On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 01:52:25 -0500, Cooking Ignoramus
>> > wrote:
>>
>> >I chopped up chicken breast into stir-fry chunks. I left the pieces
>> >in the fridge, immersed in salty, garlicy vinegar from a jar pickles.
>> >Haven't had time to cook it in the past few days. How many days can I
>> >leave it marinating?
>>
>> it's probably safe to eat, but I bet it's darned salty now.
>
>I find that after frying, the water comes out and the chicken is not that salty.
>
>My schedule for cooking it is if-y for the next few days. I wonder how many
>days the chicken pieces can remain in the fridge marinating? If I freeze it, and
>an evening frees up, I need a day to defrost it (I prefer defrosting in the fridge).

If you freeze be sure to take it out of the glass jar and put it into a
plastic container first. The jar could bust.

Freezing it should work, though.

--
Siobhan Perricone
"I ain't afraid of your Yahweh
I ain't afraid of your Allah
I ain't afraid of your Jesus
I'm afraid of what ya do in the name of your god"
- Holly Near

Siobhan Perricone wrote:
wrote:
>>Siobhan Perricone wrote:
wrote:
>>>>
>>>>I chopped up chicken breast into stir-fry chunks. I left the
>>>>pieces in the fridge, immersed in salty, garlicy vinegar from a
>>>>jar pickles. Haven't had time to cook it in the past few days.
>>>>How many days can I leave it marinating?
>>>
>>>it's probably safe to eat, but I bet it's darned salty now.
>>
>>I find that after frying, the water comes out and the chicken is not
>>that salty.
>>
>>My schedule for cooking it is if-y for the next few days. I wonder
>>how many days the chicken pieces can remain in the fridge
>>marinating? If I freeze it, and an evening frees up, I need a day
>>to defrost it (I prefer defrosting in the fridge).
>
> If you freeze be sure to take it out of the glass jar and put it
> into a plastic container first. The jar could bust.
> Freezing it should work, though.

Yes, I put it in plastic. But I don't want to freeze it anyway.

I was not clear in my last email. I was wondering how long the
marination can take place in the fridge before it meat becomes unsafe.
I was citing the complications in freezing it because I don't want to
do that. If an evening becomes free, I will not be able to defrost it
right away. I wonder if anyone has an idea of how long the marination
can safely go on for (in the fridge)?

Thanks.

Cooking Ignoramus.

On 2 Mar 2005 23:26:13 GMT, Cooking Ignoramus >
wrote:

>Yes, I put it in plastic. But I don't want to freeze it anyway.
>
>I was not clear in my last email. I was wondering how long the
>marination can take place in the fridge before it meat becomes unsafe.
>I was citing the complications in freezing it because I don't want to
>do that. If an evening becomes free, I will not be able to defrost it
>right away. I wonder if anyone has an idea of how long the marination
>can safely go on for (in the fridge)?

If the chicken was fairly fresh when you put it in the brine, you could
probably get by for five days with it. I wouldn't go more than that.

--
Siobhan Perricone
"I ain't afraid of your Yahweh
I ain't afraid of your Allah
I ain't afraid of your Jesus
I'm afraid of what ya do in the name of your god"
- Holly Near

Siobhan Perricone wrote:

> If the chicken was fairly fresh when you put it in the brine, you could
> probably get by for five days with it. I wouldn't go more than that.

Thanks, Siobhan!

Cooking Ignoramus