I brought the InnovAsian chicken and broccoli frozen food and missed an instruction. I added the sauce before microwaving the chicken. But the instruction says to microwave the chicken before adding the sauce and add the sauce and microwave another few minutes.
What I want to know is, is this an issue? is it still safe to eat?
Best Answer
That won't make it non-safe as long as it gets hot all the way through.
From the manufacturer
It's the 165F (74C) for 15 seconds that is actually relevant for food safety. That's just quite hot all the way through, and is almost certainly an overly conservative recomendation anyway.
They specify not heating the sauce as much as the chicken because it's not necessary to heat the sauce for safety. The sauce can burn more easily than the other ingredients, which of course would affect taste, but it's not a safety concern.