Chicken is one of the foodstuffs that is loved by many people. In addition to the taste that is not inferior to beef, or fish, chicken also has a far friendly price of beef, plus you can make various types of dishes with the main ingredients of chicken. Want to be fried, broiled, made soup until burned, the taste of chicken-based dishes is always tempting isn't it?
But before cooking chicken, one of the important points that you must obey is to cook it properly. At first glance cooking chicken does look easy, just add spices and cook by frying, making soup or using various other methods. But actually cooking chicken is not as easy as it looks, even compared to beef, cooking chicken is more difficult and you have to be more careful.
1. If we usually wash beef, mutton or fish before cooking, the opposite rule applies to chicken meat. It's best to avoid washing chicken meat. This is because raw chicken meat contains bacteria that can spread everywhere.
2. Before cooking, you should store chicken meat in the freezer. If you want to be cooked, you can melt frozen meat by storing it in a tightly closed container and placing it in the refrigerator. Store the container in the lowest refrigerator rack so that it cannot contaminate other food ingredients in the refrigerator.
3. Avoid melting chicken meat by aerating it with room temperature because it will increase the number of bacteria in chicken meat.
4. Use separate equipment to process chicken. Like cutting boards, knives, plates and other containers. Also avoid storing cooked chicken meat in the same container as the container you use to store raw chicken. This is because there is a high probability that there are bacteria that are still attached to the container and stick back to the cooked chicken meat.
5. After cooking raw chicken, always wash your hands and various kitchen utensils.
Cooking chicken meat is very tricky, but if we can process it properly, then your cooking not only tastes good but is also safe for consumption. And talking about processed chicken dishes that have good taste, chicken curry is one of them
This is because raw chicken meat is contained in E. colli and salmonella bacteria that cause diarrhea and typhoid diseases. So that you avoid these two bacteria, as reported by royco.co.id, here are 5 steps to handle chicken meat before cooking!
Ingredients:
500 grams of chicken, cut into pieces
1 turmeric leaf
2 orange leaves, torn
1 lemongrass
3 cm galangal, curly
1/2 teaspoon of brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon of tamarind
2 cloves
3 cm cinnamon
400 ml coconut milk (from 1/4 coconut)
Ground spices:
***5 onion grains
2 cloves of garlic
2 candlenut, roasted
7 pieces of red chili
2 cm of turmeric
1/2 teaspoon of cumin, roasted
2 cm ginger
1/2 teaspoon of pepper powder
1/2 teaspoon of coriander, roasted
1 teaspoon of salt
1 1/2 teaspoons of sugar***
How to cook:
1. Mix coconut milk, spices and all ingredients except chicken in a pan, cook while stirring until boiling and fragrant.
2. Add the chicken, cook again while continuing to stir until the seasoning is absorbed and the coconut milk thickens. Lift. Ready to be served.