Let’s clear up a common confusion. You can reheat chicken more than once, right? Actually, no. You should only reheat it once. Here’s why: every time you cool it and reheat it, you give bacteria another chance to multiply and die. The more cycles, the higher the risk that some survivors hang around.
So, if you’ve got a big batch of chicken soup, portion it out before you freeze it. That way, you’re only reheating what you’ll eat. Your future self will thank you when you’re not playing “will this kill me?” bingo at 11 p.m. on a Tuesday.
I once had a roommate who reheated the same piece of Kung Pao chicken four times over three days. By the final round, it looked like a fossil. He ate it, survived, but his stomach held a grudge for a full 24 hours. Don’t be that roommate.
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