Storing cooked chicken

[AgentOrange]

What you guys opinion on storing chciken breast in the fridge for a week? to long? i wanna do a big cook up on sunday for the following week.

[rotangs on]

I'd say too long...I think even 24 hours is long enough..not in terms of how long it can be stored before eating but because it goes dry and rubbery and tastes like shit imo. Just cook it in the morning or at night for the following day?

[blairandkelly]

to be on the safe side id cookup twice a week , as long as your fridge is cold enough and the chicken was very fresh to start with you will be sweet , cook it thoughly and store in an airtight container when cool enough to put in fridge

[Pseudonym]

Yeah, I'd say twice a week too. What are you cooking? Can it be frozen?

[Laver]

I found one cook up of chicken for the chicken was no good, only lasted 5 days, so I now cook up twice a week.

[queen]

too long bacteria!!!!!

I cook it all on Monday and freeze it in containers. Just make sure that the chicken has cooled completely BEFORE you seal and freeze it. One of the most common forms of illness is freezing still warm meats and foods etc.

[SamWelly]

Just cook it the night before, and season after cooking (Lemon pepper kicks ass!) - Stops the meat from sweating too much. Freeze the brown rice, and chill the chicken. Run the rice through hot water with a sift in the morning and combine.

Wouldn't recomend getting sick from being lazy...

[SamWelly]

And how the hell do you cook up 5 days worth of chicken at once??? I don't think my pan or oven can fit 6kg at once

[queen]

I dont eat a kilo a day Im trying to reduce bodyfat still.

I cook up around 3 kilos - 4 kilos at a time. Just do two lots. Sure beats doing it every night