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.
she's the last person i'd expect to not wash her chicken omg?- pic.twitter.com/8oIOZnJvDG
— ??????? (@beyoncegarden) August 15, 2024
today is the day me & Nara Smith have to part ways. Wym you don’t wash your chicken?
— peanut monopoly. (@DumbBeaches) August 16, 2024
nara smith can make a ford fusion from the ground up but don’t wash her chicken before cooking it…interesting.
— ♋︎ (@LUXURY0RN0THING) August 16, 2024
I like Nara Smith’s aesthetic but I would never eat her food. You don’t wash chicken bruh ?
— Dolly P, MPH (@tiaXTRAORDINARY) August 16, 2024
Nara say she don’t wash her chicken and I just don’t believe her pic.twitter.com/uidlahQuG7
— Eddie Hennessy (@JULLIENKEITH) August 15, 2024
The girlies flabbergasted by THEE Nara Smith not washing her chicken ?
— ThatGyal ✨ (@ChampaagnneMami) August 16, 2024
Nara said she doesnt wash her chicken ….nah lmaooo I cant stick up for you with this one ma’am !!! pic.twitter.com/5jgR6UGKZU
— At the studio dropping beats in Puerto Rico (@jazzy_ofcourse) August 15, 2024
Nara smith just said she doesn’t wash her chicken… pic.twitter.com/v2P8ijM9LN
— Babyface Shea ? (@__Krishea) August 16, 2024
I love Nara Smith down, but she just said that you don’t have to clean your chicken before cooking it?
— Melancholy Dolly? (@YouLack_Persona) August 16, 2024
Nara Smith not washing her chicken was not on my bingo card.
— ZeroTwo (@TsunadesRack) August 16, 2024
I knew Nara Smith was engagement farming and trying to create “controlled controversy” when she mentioned she doesn’t wash her chicken, this isn’t her first chicken recipe video but she just had to say that now and try to defend it. She knew people would talk
— Queen (@Temicoco) August 16, 2024
Not Nara Smith openly admitting she doesn’t wash her chicken ?
— brittany (@humblebtattoo) August 16, 2024
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 :/
— By Odin's Fade (@IrelandsAss) August 15, 2024
Oh honey she doesn’t need to wash them cos she makes her chicken from scratch? https://t.co/3TGaya35BC
— ???? ? ????? ????????? (@Ko_hoe_Jo) August 16, 2024
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.
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.”
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