How Long Will Cooked Chicken Stay Good in Fridge Reddit

How long can I keep cooked chicken in the fridge until it goes bad?

I was wondering if I could cook all of my chicken on a Sunday and then just reheat it throughout the week but I'm not sure if it will go bad before the next Sunday.

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Every Sunday I cook about 5 lbs of chicken and eat it Monday through Friday. I don't have any problems. I think you will be fine

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Thanks, is it stored in the fridge or do you freeze it?

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I cook, cut, and then freeze mine. Then I just break off .5 lb per meal where I use chicken and microwave for 2.5 min with some water. Juicy every time and I don't have to worry about it going bad quickly.

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This is the right answer, this is what I do.

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Hey, I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I find that when I reheat my cooked chicken (usually through microwaving or oven) it gets really dry.

What I usually do is just marinate a whole shit load of chicken breasts on the weekend and freeze them all. Every night, I take however much I'm going to eat and put it in the fridge to defrost and I just throw it in the oven for ~30mins. Tastes amazing, literally only takes seconds to prepare once you've already marinated it.

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You might like stilltasty.com for questions like this.

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A week max unless you recook into in another dish. Also don't reheat entire plate once refrigerated.

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Takes far longer than a week to go bad, provided you haven't covered it in a sugar-based barbeque sauce that will grow bacteria. That's kind of redundant on this thread, however.

I've had chicken thighs that lasted two and a half weeks before going bad.

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Make sure it's wrapped/boxed securely and it should be fine. Also you can delay spoiling by adding a light coating of salt and/or hot spices to disrupt bacterial growth.

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I'd say 5 days in sealed tupperware. Put a few paper towels in there to suck up moisture. You might make 7 days on a push. If it starts to feel smiley then bin it.

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Use your senses. If it looks good, smells good, and tastes good, then I usually eat it. After about 7 days, or if there is any doubt toward the above, I'll usually trash it just to be on the safe side. Chicken is cheap, and certainly not worth getting sick over.

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Like the majority here, about a week. I find the chicken starts tasting worse by the day with Tupperware.

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I reheat pretty much everything for up to a week and have never had any trouble. I keep everything in Tupperware in the fridge.

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5 weeks is my max... Steamed it.. Forgot about it in the fridge.. smelled and tasted like I just made it 5 weeks later..

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Fuck if I know but I usually make a ton of it Sundays (have some in the slow cooker right now actually) and eat it throughout the week, either with veg or in salads, etc. I just had some in an omelette today from last Sunday and I'm not dead yet.

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