Brilio.net - The ease of raising chickens in Indonesia makes chicken meat available at affordable prices on the market. Usually, chicken meat is used as a side dish or a mixture of various dishes. Chicken is a type of meat that is easy to process and has high nutrition.
Reported from healthline.com, protein is one of the nutrients contained in chicken meat. In addition to protein, a number of nutrients such as vitamin B6 and pantothenic acid also contribute to increasing energy in the body. Therefore, consuming chicken meat is highly recommended to keep the body fit and not easily tired.
In addition to protein and vitamin B6, chicken also contains cholesterol. Reported from medicalnewstoday.com, cholesterol levels in chicken vary depending on the part of the chicken. However, in general, cholesterol content in broiler chickens or cut chickens tends to be higher than in kampung chickens, especially in the innards and skin.
Reporting from vinmec.com, broiler chicken skin contains 165 mg of cholesterol. Although still below 200 mg (normal cholesterol limit), this amount is quite large for just one type of food. Moreover, the cholesterol in chicken skin comes from saturated fat, which means that the cholesterol is a type of bad cholesterol (LDL).
To make it safer to consume, it is better to use the right cooking technique to lower cholesterol levels. Luckily, a YouTube user named Mutiara Wangi once shared a trick for processing broiler chicken by boiling it using one ingredient. This ingredient can help lower bad fat and cholesterol levels in broiler chicken, you know.
"How to remove fat or cholesterol from cut chicken. And it will taste like free-range chicken," said YouTube Mutiara Wangi as quoted by BrilioFood on Thursday (26/9).
In the video, Mutiara boils chicken meat with a mixture of vinegar water. So first, boil the water until it really boils. If so, put in the broiler chicken that will be processed.
photo: YouTube/Mutiara Wangi
Instead of using cut meat, Mutiara uses whole chicken. However, you can also boil it in a cut state so that all parts are submerged. This can be adjusted to the type of dish later.
After the chicken is in the pot, add the vinegar water. For two chickens, she used half a small bottle of vinegar. Boil for about 5-10 minutes.
photo: YouTube/Mutiara Wangi
"The key is in this vinegar water, it makes the chicken rough like free-range chicken," explained YouTube Mutiara Wangi.
Because not all parts of the chicken were submerged, Mutiara poured the surface of the chicken with boiled water. She used a spatula or ladle to pour the parts of the chicken that were not submerged. For maximum results, turn the chicken over while it is boiled.
photo: YouTube/Mutiara Wangi
Because it is not intended to cook the chicken, so you can immediately lift it once the skin or surface of the chicken feels dry. In addition to being dry, the chicken skin also looks yellow or half-cooked. According to Mutiara, this indicates that the fat and bad cholesterol in the chicken are starting to decrease.
Well, the boiled chicken can be drained and washed again. Because the fat and cholesterol content is reduced, the chicken meat will be healthier when eaten later. How about it? Quite practical and easy to imitate, right?