This is an example of the healthy, safe natural colorings of a chicken.
A skinned and wrapped piece of chicken breast in your grocer's meat section can't talk, and even if it could, it might not give you a clear indication of whether or not it's consumable. Sometimes if you purchase chicken at the end of a store sale, or have a long drive home on a hot day with chicken in your trunk, you could have a spoiled chicken on your hands and not know it. Add this to my Recipe Box.
Instructions
1. Examine the color of the chicken. If the chicken is uncharacteristically light or dark, that is a sign it has gone bad.
2. Bend your face down several inches toward the chicken. Inhale deeply. If you smell an odor such as the smell of rotten eggs or something comparable, your chicken has gone bad.
3. Press the tip of a clean finger onto the raw chicken. If the chicken feels uncharacteristically slimy or tacky or sticky, the chicken has gone bad. Wash your hands with soap and hot water after touching the meat.
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