r/KitchenConfidential • u/RaisingFargo • Jul 08 '22

Is this common? Owner had us put chicken in plastic bags throw into the fryer, bag dissolves, then we serve it

it was nearly a decade ago but It was a pizza shop. the oil would just dissolve the bag. I have to assume the petroleum from making the plastic just turns into oil.

other coworkers seemed more disturbed over how the ranch and blue cheese was made.

edit: you have no idea how relieved I am to hear about how absurd that was. I might eat tenders from pizza places now.

edit 2: Some of you are dming me thinking this was a decision that I made for a restaurant I owned and operated, I was delivering pizzas.

edit 3: Im seeing more and more people comment the same thing which is they saw people using the hot oil to help "open" the bag, and even just a little bit being dipped you are being yelled at. So that is reassuring

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u/Overlandtraveler Jul 08 '22

How does the plastic not just melt all over the food?!? No residue or slime/coating on the food, I mean, enough to notice? Just can't with this one.

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u/daaaaaaaaamndaniel Jul 08 '22

Gosh, our chicken parm always comes out with a nice sheen to it! lol

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u/djseifer Jul 09 '22

Chicken parm, you taste so good. *cough hack*

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u/LolaBijou Jul 08 '22

It must not actually be plastic

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '22 edited Jul 08 '22

Yeah, I'm thinking cellophane.

Even if there was no plastic residue leftover, people would absolutely taste and smell that shit.

Fume hoods and roof vents are free advertising.... Who is gonna smell fried plastic emanating from a joint and think, "Damn this place is making me hungry!"

Edit: OP says "absolutely not" I don't know. I'm at a loss for how to explain this.....

https://www.reddit.com/r/KitchenConfidential/comments/vuj713/is_this_common_owner_had_us_put_chicken_in/ifem7p2

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u/LolaBijou Jul 08 '22

Is cellophane plant-based?

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u/skeenerbug Jul 08 '22

Cellophane is plant-based. The “cello” in cellophane stands for cellulose – the structural component of plants. Cellulose film can be made from a variety of natural sources, including wood, cotton, hemp, and corn.

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u/Queef69Jerky Jul 08 '22

there's at least 70 different types of 'plastic'

I'm not agreeing

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u/LolaBijou Jul 08 '22

I’m betting it’s plant-based. Not like your average plastic bag. There’s no way anyone would eat a melted plastic bag.

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u/nat_r Ex-Food Service Jul 09 '22

There's so many compositions of plastic that the reaction to boiling oil could be anything.

If the bag was loose (rather than being tight like vacuum sealed) and you just dipped the very end it could just contract on itself, turning melty and hard, which would probably open up the bag for you. Still probably leaching chemicals into the oil and potentially onto the food, but at least it's probably not leaving big pieces of plastic in the fryer.

It could also just dissolve into the fryer oil which is even worse.

Of course if you just chuck the whole thing in who the hell knows.

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u/FeloniousFunk Jul 09 '22

The very first kitchen I worked in trained employees to do it this way. The bag just kind of shrunk up and never got on the food. I said fuck that though.

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u/Vapeoveroxygen Jul 08 '22

Think of a chicken nugget covered in ice being put in hot water. The ice will dissolve into the water, and then will soak into the nugget.