pre cooked chicken - when should I cook/eat it?

[annie0000]

I made a roast chicken on Sunday and there was a bit left over breast which has been refrigerated since. I forgot about it yesterday and we have something else we need to eat today. I don't want to waste it so, the question is would it be safer to make a curry with it tonight which will be reheated tomorrow or would it be better to leave it in the fridge today and make a curry which would be eaten straight away tomorrow?

I know I have to cook it really hot to destroy any bacteria.

It still looks really fresh now.

[woofgang]

shove it in the freezer and then make the curry when you want to....

[carolegif]

Cook it tomorrow, it will be fine.

[annie0000]

Ah woof - it it goes in the freezer then it'll end up in the bin cos i'll forget about it and find it on the next clearout when it's beyond consumption!

Thanks carolegif - that's what I'll do - I have some samosas from sainsburys that are out of date today so that'll go nicely with the out of date chicken curry :)

And if I don't post back on Thursday then you know I'm on the loo somewhere!

[april1693]

Annie we had roast chicken on Friday and I made chicken pie last night with the leftovers - and we survived! If it's been refrigerated it should be absolutely fine to use tomorrow, enjoy your curry x

[annie0000]

thanks april :)

we actually dont have that much left now I've stripped the carcase - only have any left cos No2 son was away for his school trip - usually the 4 of us finish a chicken at one sitting. Think it will be more Onion than anything else.