Our pal "SPOONS" > wrote:

> The other day I had a friend over for dinner and as I was getting the
> boneless skinless chicken out of it's packaging she says to me..."Aren't you
> going to rinse that???" I said "No, I only do that if I see some blood on
> it." Then she went on to say that when she cooks with chicken she always
> rinses it and then sprinkles a lot of salt on it and leaves it on for awhile
> then when she's ready to cook it she rinses off all of the salt. She says
> she does this because it cleans the chicken. I think it's silly. Am I
> wrong?
>
> Does anyone else do this? Is she wasting her time or does it do anything?

I'm no expert on how salt works, so I'm not sure if she's leaving it on
long enough to help. Still, I usually rinse my chicken in cold water OR
I brine and rinse it (love that salty taste in the meat) so I have to
agree with your friend...


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