Chicken frozen for 2 years: can you still cook it?

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Chicken Frozen for Two Years: Is It Still Safe to Cook, or Should You Throw It Away?

You open your freezer, move aside a few bags of vegetables, and discover something you completely forgot about: a whole chicken buried at the bottom, covered in frost.

You check the date on the packaging and realize it has been there for almost two years.

Your first instinct might be to throw it away. After all, two years sounds like an incredibly long time to keep raw poultry.

But here’s something that surprises many home cooks: a chicken that has remained continuously frozen

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