foto: YouTube/Mishy's Kitchen
Brilio.net - When you want to process chicken meat, you will often find blood clots between the bones. Blood remaining on chicken meat can produce an unpleasant odor and taste, and affect the quality of the final taste of the dish. Apart from that, remaining blood can also be a good medium for bacterial growth if not removed properly.
So to overcome this problem, it is important to clean the chicken meat thoroughly before cooking. Usually a number of people will cut one by one the part that contains the residual blood clot. However, there are also those who choose to marinate chicken meat with lime.
Even though you know, don't you? Actually, there are other ingredients that are more effective in removing residual blood from chicken meat. Well, this ingredient was used by the owner of the YouTube account Mishy's Kitchen. Through one of the uploaded videos, he admitted that he only relied on two kitchen ingredients to make chicken meat cleaner from blood residue and a fishy smell .
Reported by BrilioFood on Thursday (18/4), the two kitchen ingredients in question are vinegar and salt. So, these two kitchen ingredients will be used to soak chicken meat. However, the technique must also be correct so that the remaining blood can be completely removed and the chicken meat does not smell fishy.
To make the process clearer, prepare four glasses of water and pour it into a bowl. Then add 1 kilogram of chicken meat that has been cut into pieces. After that, pour in 2-3 tablespoons of cooking vinegar and 1.5 tablespoons of table salt.
photo: YouTube/Mishy's Kitchen
Next, stir all the ingredients until they are evenly mixed and completely dissolved. Then let stand or soak the chicken for 10-15 minutes. If it has been soaked, discard the soaking water. Then rinse the chicken 3-4 times so that it is really clean and the water becomes clear. Basically, the remaining blood in the chicken meat will shed and fall out by itself when rinsed.
photo: YouTube/Mishy's Kitchen
So, chicken meat that has been cleaned is ready to be processed into various kinds of dishes. Compared to chicken meat that is only washed with plain water, this method tends to be more effective in removing residual blood from chicken meat, you know. This was also proven by YouTube user Mishy's Kitchen through the same video.
photo: YouTube/Mishy's Kitchen
This post about tricks for removing remaining chicken blood has been viewed more than 18 thousand times. It's not surprising that many other YouTube users are interested and also provide direct responses in the comments column. Most of them admitted that they had received new, useful information.
"Best video I've seen on blood removal and cleaning chicken. Thanks (Best video I've seen on blood removal and cleaning chicken. Thank you)," said YouTube @bubbleone6526.
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To get rid of the fishy smell of chicken meat, you can try the following tips:
1. Soak in salt water.
Soak the chicken in salt water for a few minutes before washing. This can help eliminate the fishy smell.
2. Lime or lemon juice.
Rub or soak the chicken in lime or lemon juice. The acid in lime or lemon can help reduce the fishy smell.
3. Soak in milk.
Soak chicken in milk for several hours before cooking. Milk can help reduce the fishy smell.
4. Soak with baking soda.
Soak chicken meat in water with added baking soda. Baking soda can help eliminate unpleasant odors.
5. Soak in rice water.
Soak the chicken in rice water for several hours before cooking. Rice water can help reduce fishy odors.
6. Soak in salt water and vinegar.
Mix salt water and vinegar, then soak the chicken in this mixture for a few minutes before washing and cooking.
7. Use the right spices.
Use spices such as ginger, garlic, shallots, or other spices that have a strong aroma to disguise the fishy smell.
8. Separate the meat.
If possible, separate the part of the meat that has a fishy smell from the other parts, or cut the meat into small pieces to make it easier to remove the fishy smell.
9. Choose fresh meat.
Choose fresh chicken meat and store it in the right conditions so that it doesn't quickly emit a fishy smell.
(brl/tin)
