Hello!

I was told once a meat has been cooked it can only be reheated once. So if I bought a BBQ chook that’s already cooked then after refridgerated used it to make a soup.. to then put soup in fridge and reheat tomorrow would be a big risk to eat? Am I right or wrong? Please help as I wanted to do this tonight and yes my toddlers would eat it tomorrow. Thanks

Posted by anon, 23/11/13

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  • I would not reheat chicken twice!


  • I’m fairly sure you’d be safe to reheat and eat the soup as the meat has been cooked to a high heat.


  • You can reheat the soup again as the soup has also been cooked (that’s my understanding anyway)


  • Sounds fine! Really interesting reading the comments to this!


  • that sounds fine. i have made chicken and gravy rolls from the leftovers


  • Chicken can get bacteria in very quickly. Only reheat once. My younger brother was hospitalized for 2 months with salmonella that went into toxic shock and shut his entire body down and it was all from reheated chicken.


  • there are some good comments here


  • chicken can only be reheated once.


  • O know chicken is one of the meats that we should be more fussy about when it comes to reheating but I think your soup will be fine!


  • how dd it go? 🙂


  • What did you end up doing?


  • I wouldn’t refrigerate the pre cooked chicken before making the soup if you could help it then it hasn’t been reheated yet.


  • I’ve done it as soup and lived to tell the tale


  • Good question. Have often wondered this myself as I buy Coles chickens frequently but will only re-heat once.


  • never had a issue with re- heating chicken. better over cooked then under cooked.


  • I think it should be fine 🙂 I would do it.


  • You will be cooking it again, not just reheating, so it shouldn’t be a problem.


  • A lot of useful answers


  • i think it should be fine i do that alot


  • it will be fine


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