TikToker posts \u201cmedium rare chicken\u201d from Costco but internet knows better TikTok: ala112_Costco\u2019s rotisserie chicken sparked debate after an unhappy customer took to TikTok, claiming she\u2019d been sold \u201cmedium rare chicken\u201d. But her viewers were less than convinced. Despite its delicious reputation and nutritious benefits, chicken is a food safety risk. Raw chicken often harbors harmful bacteria, such as Salmonella and Clostridium, that result in food poisoning if consumed. Therefore, it\u2019s no wonder that serving raw or undercooked chicken is a big no-no in the food service industry. One unimpressed shopper, however, thought she\u2019d encountered just that after purchasing a rotisserie chicken from Costco. Sharing the pink-tinged chicken on TikTok, user \u2018ala112_\u2019 sarcastically wrote, \u201cThank you Costco for the medium rare chicken.\u201d But her viewers disagreed. \u201cUhhh, that\u2019s [actually] very cooked. The pink actually indicates that the chicken was very fresh before cooking,\u201d one person commented. \u201cIt\u2019s rotisserie, that\u2019s how it looks [laughing out loud].\u201d Another pointed out, \u201cYou can see the striations in the meat. You can\u2019t see the fibers in raw chicken.\u201d And it seems this isn\u2019t an unusual case, with many stating that this was just how Costco\u2019s rotisserie chickens always looked; \u201cIt\u2019s literally [worldwide] knowledge that this is what cooked chicken looks like from every Costco.\u201d Nonetheless, ala112_ maintained that the meat was definitely undercooked, defending her stance through various comments; \u201cI promise you it was pink.\u201d However, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) states that pink meat is still safe to eat so long as all parts reach \u201cat least 165 \u00b0F as measured with a food thermometer\u201d. According to the USDA, pink meat is often the result of \u201cchemical changes\u201d that occur during cooking. They write, \u201cOften meat of younger birds shows the most pink because their thinner skins permit oven gases to reach the flesh.\u201d If worried about the color of your Costco rotisserie chicken, reheating it to this temperature will ensure safe consumption. Check out all the latest entertainment news on our page here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TikToker posts \u201cmedium rare chicken\u201d from Costco but internet knows better TikTok: ala112_Costco\u2019s rotisserie chicken sparked debate after an unhappy customer took to TikTok, claiming she\u2019d been sold \u201cmedium rare chicken\u201d. But her viewers were less than convinced. Despite its delicious reputation and nutritious benefits, chicken is a food safety risk. Raw chicken often harbors […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}