For most, the everyday product, which, as a rule, often happens on their tables, is chicken. How useful is this product for our body? What is the difference between chilled and homemade chicken? Learn about this and get answers to these questions will be possible in this article.
What is the composition of chicken meat?
This product is known to many for being dietary due to its high protein and antioxidant content. Despite this, it has very few calories.
In addition, chilled meat contains useful substances: iron and phosphorus, potassium and magnesium. They also have vitamins A, E, C.
The benefits of homemade chicken
One of the advantages of this product is its beneficial properties for immunity. The substances contained in chicken allow you to create a kind of barrier that protects against all kinds of influences of the negative nature of the environment. Scientists have found that those who eat the meat of this bird are less susceptible to respiratory diseases.
Chicken broth restores strength. Probably, everyone knows firsthand that this particular drink is advised during physical exhaustion.
The rich set of vitamins contained in chicken meat is very useful for metabolic processes occurring in the human body.
Eating this product in conjunction with vegetables will improve the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract.
B vitamins found in chicken make hands, nails and hair much better.
One of the most important components in meat is protein. It has a beneficial effect on brain development.
Chicken meat, unlike other types of meat, is included in the diet for both children and the elderly.
Magnesium, which is part of the product, has a good effect on the nervous system as a whole. Therefore, if you suffer from insomnia, then it is advised to eat this particular meat.
Acids in the product serve as a prophylactic against heart attacks. The most useful place for poultry is the breast. It is here that a greater amount of meat, and, accordingly, useful substances and trace elements.
What can be the harm from chicken?
It is worth noting that the benefits of this product are much greater.
So, it is not recommended to eat skin and dark parts of chicken. The so-called “shell” should not be eaten, since the largest amount of harmful substances is concentrated there. They accumulated throughout the life of the bird. Therefore, before proceeding with the heat treatment of chicken, you should get rid of its skin.
If the meat is not well processed, harmful bacteria will appear in the colon, which in the future can lead to problems with the digestive system.
Domestic chicken can be affected by salmonellosis. If it is not good to boil or extinguish, serious health problems are possible.
Therefore, chicken should be thoroughly cooked, consumed with vegetables and herbs, and, of course, not eat it in too large quantities.
Shop chicken: what are its benefits and harms?
As a rule, most of the beneficial properties are characteristic of birds that are grown at home. But for people living in the city, they are not quite accessible. Therefore, for cooking dinner, we go to the store and buy chilled chickens there, the price of which is not so high, unlike the product of farmers.
Local poultry farms supply meat to shops. There, in order for the birds to gain weight faster, various additives and antibiotics add them to the feed. In this case, using such chilled chicken meat, a person receives a certain amount of these drugs.
Frequent eating of such chicken can lead to hormonal failure and some diseases.
For men, too much estrogen has a negative effect on potency.
In addition, the benefits and harms of chilled chicken depend on a number of factors:
- past poultry diseases;
- product transportation conditions;
- keeping birds in the factory;
- storage conditions in the supermarket.
How to buy poultry meat?
When buying a product, you must be careful. So, if the chicken’s date is fresh, and there are bruises on the bag, then it is safe to say that the meat is stale. It was frozen several times. A good chicken should have a uniform color.
Usually chilled chicken in stores is packed in plastic bags. Before purchasing it should be unpacked and sniffed. In the presence of the smell of rotten meat it should not be bought. The presence of bruising also indicates that the product is stale.
In chilled chicken, unlike frozen chicken, the price is almost 1.5 times higher. The cost of the first type is on average 250 rubles per kilogram, the second type of meat can be purchased for 100-120 rubles. But this does not mean that the content of useful substances in them is different. To taste during heat treatment they will turn out the same if the meat is thawed correctly. To do this, put it on the last shelf of the refrigerator for several hours or lower it into cold water. Then the taste of cooked chilled and frozen chicken will be not only the same, but also juicy.
The presence of a fresh date in meat is not a sign that a product, for example, is today's. Sellers resort to peculiar tricks for selling chicken. Therefore, when buying, be careful and look at the color and smell of meat.
Chilled Chicken Storage
This process must be done correctly. Chilled chicken does not have a longer shelf life than frozen chicken. It should be in the refrigerator, the temperature of which does not exceed 0 degrees. Usually the shelf life is one day.
Raw poultry should not be left at room temperature for more than 20 minutes.
So, chilled chicken can be stored for no more than five days in a refrigerator with a temperature from 0 to +2 degrees. If in the device where the meat lies, the conditions are constant, then this meat can be around 15 days. An important requirement is that the temperature in the refrigerator is always 0 degrees.
In order to preserve chicken for several days, it should be placed in a bowl, and on top put ice cubes. Then all the contents are sent to the refrigerator. The product will not foul, but within 3 days it should be prepared and consumed.