Why is duck meat red meat and can be consumed medium rare and chicken meat white meat which should be cooked thoroughly even though they’re both birds?
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Duck meat is considered red meat because it’s literally red. It’s also higher in fat and cooked medium rare often so from a culinary standpoint it makes sense to group it with red meats like steak.
The reason why you can eat it medium rare is due to better slaughtering practices. Ducks are a luxury meat so farmers slaughter them with more care which prevents contamination. They don’t care with chickens though so it’s necessary to cook regular chicken from the store all the way through. Technically if you slaughter it right you can cook chicken medium rare as well.
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