Don\u2019t do it, though.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nFood poisoning can become quite serious. Older adults, children, and individuals with a compromised immune system are more likely to experience more severe symptoms. Other symptoms include fever, achiness, cramps, and lack of appetite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even with milder cases, you may need to be hospitalized to replenish your fluids<\/strong>. In short, it is important to be smart and to discard cooked or uncooked chicken if it has been left out at room temperature for too long.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nWrapping It Up<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This guide covers everything you need to know about how long chicken can sit out and how to store it safely. Keep yourself and your family safe! Don\u2019t eat chicken that\u2019s been sitting out for longer than 2 hours (or 1 hour if it\u2019s hotter than 90\u00b0F).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Store your chicken in the fridge for 3 to 4 days, or in the freezer if you won\u2019t consume it within that time. And defrost chicken smartly, either in the fridge or by using cold water. A microwave will do the trick, but it\u2019s far from ideal.<\/strong> That\u2019s all I\u2019ve got. Thanks so much for reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you have left chicken out overnight, it is no longer safe for consumption. Sorry. Toss that bird in the trash. That chicken has been sitting in \u201cThe Danger Zone\u201d (more on that in a bit) for far too long, letting bacteria multiply and create toxins. No bueno! As a chef, food safety is as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"table_tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19660,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273\/revisions\/19660"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273"},{"taxonomy":"table_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pitmastercentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/table_tags?post=273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}