If a chicken has released a lot of moisture due to freezing, will these cause soup water to flow back in due to pore enlargement?
If you have slow freezed chicken and noticed a lot of water has come out, you then cook a soup, would the freezing have caused pores to enlarge and will the soup water/marinade move into the areas of the chicken?
Have you ever tried this and what where the results like?
Thanks
Best Answer
That release of moisture is due to breakage of chicken's cell structure, and further moisturing will not repair it - so it's not about the pores, and there's no "going back" from that state. Still, if You cook Your chicken in a liquid with agents that affect osmotic pressure (salt, for example), it will lead to release of liquid through membranes, and further cooling will cause the reverse effect (chcken absurbing released liquid). That's why stew/soup-like dishes often taste better after cooling/reheating.
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