Left raw chicken out on counter for 1.5 hours: safe 2 eat ?

[Anonymous]

Totally forgot about it while multi-tasking, ugh!
It's 1.5. lbs thin chicken breast, in its package.
I think it was out about an hour after I got home from the grocery store, but it may have been 1.5 hours.
As soon as I realized what I had done I prepared it and baked it in the oven at 350 degrees.
Would you eat it? It's for the kids, not me. I am too spacey today!!

[Anonymous]

Yes, I would.

[Anonymous]

I believe that 2 hours or less is considered safe.

[Anonymous]

Definitely

[Anonymous]

Go for it! Chicken smells like hell when its bad....there's no mistaking it.

[Anonymous]

You're going to cook it?! It is fine unless it smells disgusting. Like PP above says, there is no mistaking that oder.

[Anonymous]

Thank you!!

[Anonymous]

It probably tastes better since it had time to come to room temp before baking!

[Anonymous]

Totally fine. First, you would have noticed if it was bad by the smell, and second, lots of recipes ask you to bring meat to room temperature before cooking.

[Anonymous]

Totally fine unless it was 100 degrees in your kitchen or something.

[Anonymous]

I pull my chicken out and let it rest for an hour to get to room temperature. 2 hours is absolutely fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It probably tastes better since it had time to come to room temp before baking!

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