None of these methods is foolproof, and even a meat thermometer may have drawbacks, according to a new study that investigated how people in five European countries cooked chicken. The researchers surveyed 3,969 people and interviewed and recorded video of 75 people from different age groups as they cooked chicken in their homes in the UK, France, Romania, Portugal and Norway. Meat thermometersOnly 6.8% of the people surveyed in the study said they used a meat thermometer. She said that even if a chicken breast is flipped and cooked on both of its "horizontal" sides, there are still parts of the chicken breast that may not touch the cooking surface. "And then check the core meat temperature and the color.

Source: CNN April 29, 2020 18:33 UTC