Fried or grilled pigeons are often sold in lesehan stalls as a side dish for rice. This side dish is famous for its savory and delicious taste. However, many processed pigeons still have a tough texture and taste bland. Well, instead of buying it, you can process your own pigeon according to your taste.
Before being fried or cooked with other techniques, pigeons usually have to be boiled first in a pressure cooker. The goal is to make the pigeon meat more tender and easy to chew. However, not everyone has a pressure cooker at home.
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If you are also wrong and do not have a pressure cooker, a trick from YouTube user Fafa arrofah can be tried at home. After investigating, even without a pressure cooker, this pigeon cooking trick only takes 15 minutes to make the texture not tough and the spices are absorbed.
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So before cooking, the pigeon can be marinated first with soy sauce and black soy sauce. Black soy sauce can also be replaced with sweet soy sauce. After that, let it sit for about 2 hours in the refrigerator chiller.
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While waiting for the pigeon to marinate, prepare the spices for the pigeon stew later. Mix the soy sauce and dark soy sauce in a container, then add pepper. On the other hand, prepare other spices such as garlic, onions, ginger, star anise, and others according to taste. Saute the spices until fragrant, then pour in the soy sauce mixture that has been made. Cook over medium heat.
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After the spices are hot enough, then add the marinated pigeon. Cook in a covered pan for about 15 minutes. After that, turn off the stove. "We let the pigeon sit for about 15 minutes, after that it's time to take it out," said YouTube account owner Fafa arrofah, quoted by BrilioFood on Thursday (8/15). Yup, after the stove is turned off, the pigeon can be left for 15 minutes in a covered pan, so that the texture can be even more tender. After that, the pigeon can be served immediately or fried again.