What if chicken is rubbery

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Sauces Butter. Thanksgiving Holidays Main Dish. Updated 2 days ago 23 comments. November, edition Updated 41 minutes ago comments. The website, Wide Open Eats has a great picture of white striping. A report by Compassion in World Farming CIWF , an animal welfare group, links these conditions to breeding chickens that grow too fast.

So to grow bigger, faster chickens, these issues have come about. The breeds of chickens that grow the best are selected to be bred more often. These quick-growing, giant chickens are developing woody breasts and white striping. The breeds the grow the fastest are selected to breed the mostSo to grow bigger, faster chickens; these issues have come about. Recent studies have found that only a small percentage of people eat kosher meat due to religious reasons.

The production of Kosher foods follows strict religious dietary laws at specialized facilities under rabbinical supervision. The process includes heavily salting the meat to draw out the blood. Many believe that woody breast and white striping are avoidable because the salt kills any bacteria present. This article provides further detail about whether Kosher Foods are safer. What about organic chicken?

There are certainly benefits to eating organic foods, but will that prevent these issues? Organic chickens have the same issues. Natural and non-organic chickens are being bred quickly, and both types of chicken can have woody breasts or white striping. Specifically, the Animal Welfare Approved certification label requires slower-growing breeds.

If you are shopping today, look for the Certified GAP 4 rating on chickens — this means that they have already fully transitioned to the better varieties. You can read more about the certification and see label pictures here.

Chickens from Bell and Evans do not have the Animal Welfare label on them, but they have transitioned to slower-growing breeds. The Das Klassenbester breed, which is higher-welfare and slower growing, replaced all of their chickens. Regardless of which type of chicken you buy, look it over for any signs of these issues before purchasing. So you have learned all of this info, and you think I have dry, rubbery chicken on my hands now!

What do I do? Unfortunately, you cannot change the texture of the chicken, nor can you inject moisture back into it.