Brilio.net - Mentok or often called duck is often used as a typical home-cooked side dish to be eaten with rice. Mentok is very suitable for you to make a side dish when you are bored with the same old menu. One of the most popular mentok dishes is rica-rica mentok.
The savory taste of mentok meat combined with the delicious taste of rica seasoning is guaranteed to automatically make anyone eat more. However, many people avoid cooking mentok themselves at home because the process is considered quite long and difficult to practice, especially for beginners.
The reason is, mentok meat is known to have a fishy smell that is difficult to remove. Not to mention, this food also has a fairly tough texture, so in order to quickly become tender, this animal meat must be cooked in a pressure cooker. However, not everyone has a pressure cooker at home, right?
Well, if you are one of them, you can practice the trick of cooking rica-rica mentok ala TikTok account user @ibnuganjar74 at home.
First, prepare a large pan to boil 2 liters of water. You can use this total water to cook 1 mentok. After the water boils, immediately put the washed mentok pieces into the pan.
photo: TikTok/@ibnuganjar74
Not only that, you can also add pieces of ginger and a few pieces of lime leaves. The function of these two spices is to remove the fishy smell of the mentok meat.
photo: TikTok/@ibnuganjar74
While the mentok is being boiled, don't forget to cover the pan so that the mentok can quickly become tender. Wait about 30 minutes until the mentok is tender. Once tender, the pieces of mentok meat can be removed and drained.
"Our mentok has been boiled for 30 minutes, the result is like this, it's quite tender," said the owner of the TikTok account @ibnuganjar74, quoted by BrilioFood on Wednesday (14/8).
photo: TikTok/@ibnuganjar74
Next, prepare a frying pan and fill it with enough cooking oil. Wait until the oil is hot, then saute the ground spices of coriander, pepper, shallots, garlic, red chili, cayenne pepper, candlenuts, turmeric, and ginger. After the spices are fragrant, then add the lime leaves, bay leaves, lemongrass, and galangal.
If all the spices are cooked, continue by adding the boiled mentok pieces. Stir for a while, then season with salt, flavoring, and sugar. Stir again until all ingredients are evenly mixed.
photo: TikTok/@ibnuganjar74
After that, add a little water, stir well, and cover the pan. Wait a moment until the water is absorbed into the mentok. Finally, when the water has been absorbed, add the sweet soy sauce and stir until evenly distributed. The super tender rica-rica mentok is ready to be served.