Brilio.net - Goat meat is often used as a side dish to accompany a plate of rice, lontong or ketupat. Goat meat is also usually never absent from big holiday celebrations, especially Eid al-Adha and Aqikah. This animal meat can be cooked into various delicious dishes , for example curry, satay, tongseng, and many more.
However, before being cooked, goat meat usually has to go through a tenderization process first. The reason is, goat meat has quite tough protein fibers, making it difficult to chew and swallow. Many people choose to tenderize goat meat using boiling techniques or marinating pineapple.
However, different from netizens on the Bu Tati77 Recipe YouTube account, these women have another trick without boiling or mixing pineapple, but using one type of leaf. He also explained, if you use this trick to tenderize goat meat, you only need 30 minutes.
Tricks to tenderize goat meat in just 30 minutes.
Before trying the trick, first prepare all the goat meat. Make sure you don't wash it, because washing goat meat risks making it smell. Then, cut the goat meat according to taste.
"If something's dirty, just wipe it with kitchen tissue so it doesn't smell like smoke," said the owner of the Bu Tati77 Recipe YouTube account, quoted by BrilioFood on Thursday (13/6).
photo: YouTube/Recipe Bu Tati77
Next, prepare a bowl and line the bottom with a few papaya leaves. Yup, papaya leaves are the main kitchen ingredient to practice this trick for tenderizing goat meat. Place the goat meat pieces on the papaya leaves.
After that, add more papaya leaves on top of the goat meat until it is completely covered. If so, leave it for 30 minutes. Reporting from research published by researchgate.net, papaya leaves contain enzymes that can penetrate the meat and soften the fibers.
photo: YouTube/Recipe Bu Tati77
After being wrapped in papaya leaves for 30 minutes, the goat meat is ready to be seasoned and cooked to taste. This time, the owner of the YouTube account Bu Tati77's Recipes made the meat into satay, so he immediately threaded all the goat meat onto skewers before grilling it.
photo: YouTube/Recipe Bu Tati77