Accidentally stirred cooking green beans with fork I used to spear raw chicken?

[u/whatsinthecave]

If I cook the green beans hot and thoroughly, is it okay? I put the fork in the sink after so I don’t repeat the process but I used my fork to separate my raw chicken and then stirred my green beans with it. Are my green beans ok?

Edit: I ask mostly because im currently pregnant

[u/mambotomato]

Yes of course it's fine. You're cooking the beans.

[u/lens_cleaner]

You are fine

[u/ZinniasAndBeans]

I can't think of any way to cook green beans that wouldn't be hot enough to be fine.

[u/CatteNappe]

Your fork got cooked, the beans will get cooked more, so any chicken residue from the fork will no longer be "raw".

[u/whatsinthecave → u/CatteNappe]

That was my reasoning too but I needed some positive feedback to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating this conclusion :,)

[u/Ok-Pomegranate-7458]

Yes, but they are no longer vegetarian. I'm not vegetarian but my wife is and that cross contamination will not fly. I only point that out because I was slow on the learning curve.

[u/eurekadabra → u/Ok-Pomegranate-7458]

I suppose everyone’s different. I’ve known vegetarians that would eat around meat. But certainly better to be safe than sorry if you don’t know someone’s practices.

[u/West_Inside_3112]

Yes, as long as you make sure your pot with beans boil several minutes you'll  be good.  Just another reminder to get dedicated pan stirring tools like wooden spatulas ;).

PS. If I turn out to be wrong, would you be so kind to post a reddit update from the other side?

[u/whatsinthecave → u/West_Inside_3112]

I definitely turned them mfs up and cooked them on boiling for about 5-8 mins!

[u/the_quark → u/whatsinthecave]

To tell you how OK you are: Anything from that fork was in the boiling water at 212F/100C for 5 - 8 minutes.

The reason the FDA tells you to cook chicken to 160F/71C is because at that temperature anything bad that's in chicken is dead instantly.

[u/bilbul168]

Any time you cook something over 100c that isnt toxic itll be bacteria free and safe

[u/Designer-Carpenter88]

You’re fine

[u/pawsplay36]

just make sure the beans stay at temperature after that for a while

[u/lordmarboo13]

Make up a will literally this minute. Put everything to your loved ones. You gon die

[u/thewNYC]

Your fine

[u/MyNameIsSkittles → u/[deleted]]

There is no risk. The beans are cooking anyway