The Medium Rare Chicken meme, also known as Chicken Sashimi, centers around the bizarre and dangerous concept of eating undercooked poultry. It first gained viral traction in the late 2010s through social media posts showing raw chicken prepared as if it were a fine steak, often accompanied by captions claiming it is a gourmet delicacy. While 'torisashi' (chicken sashimi) is a real but highly regulated dish in parts of Japan, the Western meme thrives on the shock factor and the obvious health risks like salmonella. It is widely used to mock people who try too hard to be culinary 'experts' or to represent a general sense of domestic chaos and failed cooking attempts.