The influencer revealed her unorthodox culinary methods in a post this week.
How do you prepare your chicken? Most likely, it’s different than Nara Smith.
If you’re unaware, Nara Smith is a model and TikTok star who, in many of her videos, makes condiments and dishes from scratch. She started doing this following her diagnoses of Lupus and eczema, and her videos consistently rack up views in the millions. That also means when she takes a slightly unconventional step in her processes, it reaches many, many eyes.
Nara Smith admits to not washing chicken in a TikTok
Just such an occasion took place on Thursday, August 15th, when Nara posted a video of herself preparing chicken wings.
The big kerfuffle came from her second line of narration: “I don’t wash my chicken because you genuinely don’t have to. You can do as you please.”
She doesn’t wash her chicken. Her dirty, dirty chicken. The “farm pigeon,” as they’re known.
Social media reacts with an uproar
Apparently, the internet’s chicken washers did not take this development well.
I like Nara Smith’s aesthetic but I would never eat her food. You don’t wash chicken bruh 🙃
Nara say she don’t wash her chicken and I just don’t believe her pic.twitter.com/uidlahQuG7
The girlies flabbergasted by THEE Nara Smith not washing her chicken 😭
Nara smith doesn’t wash her chicken the simulation glitched
Nara smith just said she doesn’t wash her chicken… pic.twitter.com/v2P8ijM9LN
I love Nara Smith down, but she just said that you don’t have to clean your chicken before cooking it🫢
Nara Smith not washing her chicken was not on my bingo card.
Not Nara Smith openly admitting she doesn’t wash her chicken 😭
Nara Smith said she don’t wash her chicken. I had to unfollow. I know she the type but it was still too much to hear :/
Nara smith doesn’t wash her chicken before cooking it, not very demure 😕
Anti-chicken washing truthers feel seen
Still, viewers are divided. However, research reveals this might be a case of “I’m not weird, you’re weird!”
According to some sources—including the USDA—washing chicken might actually be more hazardous than just cooking it.
Miss Nara Smith is doing it right! Btw, YES salmonella can eventually (or from the start, very few ppl don’t show symptoms but it’s possible) become asymptomatic and chronic! Stop washing your chicken, any bacteria will die when it’s cooked DUHHH pic.twitter.com/3lBUstRkPP
Full disclosure: I’ve never washed a chicken in my damn life, so this is very vindicating. Justice for the chicken-non-washers! That being said, if you’re making chicken tonight, just follow Nara’s advice and “do as you please.”
