Healthy Facts » cooking meat http://www.healthyfacts.net Healthy Eating for Healthy Living Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:34:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 The Correct Temperatures for Cooking Meat http://www.healthyfacts.net/the-correct-temperatures-for-cooking-meat/ http://www.healthyfacts.net/the-correct-temperatures-for-cooking-meat/#comments Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:33:43 +0000 admin http://www.healthyfacts.net/?p=96 Food safety is a very important part of food preparation. It’s extremely important to cook meat to the proper temperature to avoid harmful parasites and bacteria.

Depending on the cut of meat, different temperatures need to be reached to ensure a healthy meal. It’s important to have a good, working meat thermometer to check meat temperatures. When checking the meat temperature, be sure to stick the thermometer into the thickest part of the meat. Follow the instructions for your meat thermometer, but usually allow atleast 15 seconds for the temperature to register.

Roast Beef

Here’s the follow temperature table for cooking meat:

Ground Meat & Meat Mixtures:

  • Ground beef, pork, veal, lamb: 160°F
  • Ground turkey, chicken: 165°F

Fresh Pork:

  • Medium: 160°F
  • Well Done: 170°F

Fresh Beef, Veal, Lamb:

  • Medium Rare: 145°F
  • Medium: 160°F
  • Well Done: 170°F

Poultry:

  • Whole Chicken & Turkey: 180°F
  • Roasted Poultry Breasts: 170°F
  • Poultry Thighs, Wings, Legs: 180°F
  • Duck & Goose: 180°F

These figures are from The Nutrition and Food Web Archive.

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