How long can cooked, refrigerated chicken breast stay out at room temperature? [duplicate]

How long can cooked, refrigerated chicken breast stay out at room temperature? [duplicate] - Man and Woman Cooking

I cooked up some fresh chicken two days (Saturday) ago and stored it in my fridge sealed in some Tupperware. I made a delicious wrap for work this morning with the same chicken from the fridge, got to work, but forgot to put it back on the fridge about an hour and a half after I initially took it out.

I see that the FDA states two hours is the safe threshold for freshly cooked chicken (straight from the oven), but does this change if the chicken wasn’t immediately cooked? That is, keeping cooked chicken that was refrigerated out at room temp?

Thank you, from a constant worrier

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Best Answer

It's very different if food starts out hot, as in fresh out of the oven, or cold, as in came out of the fridge. There is much more differential between oven temperature and room temperature than between fridge and room temperatures. That means that hot chicken will cool considerably faster than cold chicken will warm up. The slope of the exponential rate of change will be much steeper when starting with hot chicken than with cold.

in short, you get a lot more time in your situation than the canonical 2h stated for the hot chicken.



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Will I get sick if I eat cooked chicken left out overnight?

Cooked chicken that has been sitting out for longer than 2 hours (or 1 hour above 90\xb0 F) should be discarded. The reason is that bacteria grow rapidly when cooked chicken is kept at temperatures between 40\xb0 F and 140\xb0 F. To prevent foodborne illness, try to refrigerate the cooked chicken as soon as you can.

How long can refrigerated cooked chicken sit out?

Cooked chicken can be left out for up to 2 hours at room temperature, regardless if they are kept in any type of storage tool. But when the temperature is higher than 90 F degrees, 1 hour or less is a suitable time frame for your cooked chicken to sit out.

Is chicken OK if left out for 2 hours?

Whether raw or cooked, food can be chock-full of dangerous bacteria long before you can smell it. Perishable food (like chicken and other meats) should be tossed if left out at room temperature more than two hours (much less if in a warm room).


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Generally - No, a cumulative 2 h at room temp is considered the limit for any food stuff before spoilage is likely to occur

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