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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
40 minutes
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Difficulty
Medium
To diversify the family meals every day, nothing is better than sitting with your family to enjoy a steaming hot pot. Today, let’s join the kitchen to quickly pocket the secret of cooking delicious and attractive goat meat dipped in a sour sauce that you can easily make at home with a very simple recipe!
Ingredients for Goat Meat Dipped in Sour Sauce For 4 people
Goat meat 500 gr Sour sauce 200 gr Pineapple 1/2 fruit Perilla leaves 300 gr Lemongrass 2 stalks Chopped garlic 3 cloves Green onion tops 5 stalks Accompanying vegetables a little (white mint/purple mint/carambola/green bananas/young star fruit…) Roasted sesame 1/2 tablespoon Cooking oil 1 tablespoon White wine a little Fermented fish sauce 1 cup (rice bowl) Fish sauce 1 tablespoon Common spices a little (seasoning powder/salt/sugar/msg)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose delicious goat meat
- Fresh and delicious goat meat has a red, shiny color, the meat fibers are even and firm, feels soft and smooth to the touch, has elasticity and is not sticky, and has no strange smell.
- Fresh goat meat will have a very strong characteristic smell, while processed goat meat will either have no smell or a different smell compared to fresh goat meat.
- It is advisable to choose goat meat with a thin skin, all lean meat, and not thick, as it will taste better when cooked.
- Do not buy pieces of goat meat that are pale, not firm to the touch, or have a foul smell, as these indicate that the meat has deteriorated or spoiled.
What is fermented rice? Suggestions on where to buy fermented rice
- Fermented rice, also known as “com me,” is a basic ingredient in Vietnamese cuisine. This traditional spice has a sour and fragrant taste, typically used in many dishes such as hot pot, braised dishes, sour soup, crab noodle soup, buffalo meat with fermented rice, and snails cooked with green banana tofu.
- Before using, it is necessary to distinguish whether the fermented rice is moldy or not. Signs of moldy fermented rice include a lack of the characteristic fragrance, absence of natural sourness, and a very strange appearance.
- You can find fermented rice at local markets, supermarkets, or grocery stores near your home, or you can make it yourself to ensure food safety for your dishes.
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How to prepare Dipped Goat Meat
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Prepare and marinate goat meat
Wash the goat meat with alcohol to eliminate the odor, then rinse thoroughly with water. After that, slice the goat meat thinly, marinate the goat meat with 1/2 tablespoon of roasted sesame and the green onion tops, add 1 teaspoon of seasoning, and mix well.
Tips for preparing goat meat without odor- Use white alcohol: Clean the goat meat after purchasing. Peel and wash the ginger, then chop it finely and mix it with white alcohol. Soak the goat meat in the white alcohol mixture for about 5 minutes, then rinse with cold water.
- Use vinegar: Dissolve 15ml of rice vinegar in 1 liter of clean water, boil on the stove. Boil the goat meat in this mixture until the water boils again, then remove it. At this point, the goat meat will have significantly reduced odor.
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Prepare vegetables
Pick the old and wilted leaves off the perilla, then wash thoroughly, drain, and cut into strips. White and purple basil should be washed after removing the old, wilted leaves and drained.
Wash carambola, green mango, and green bananas, then drain. After that, score the carambola, peel the green mango and green bananas, and slice them thinly. You can soak the bananas in salty water to keep them white and beautiful, preventing them from browning.
Pineapple should be peeled, washed, drained, and then cut into chunks or rings depending on your preference. Peel the outer layer of 2 stalks of lemongrass, wash them clean, and then crush them.
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Cooking goat meat in fermented rice
Place a pot on the stove, add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil and sauté minced garlic over medium heat until golden and crispy. Then, add 1.5 liters of filtered water to the pot and bring it to a boil.
Next, put the fermented rice in a bowl, add filtered water, and stir until the fermented rice dissolves, using a sieve or spoon to extract the liquid and discard the solids.
Add that liquid to the pot of water to make the broth for dipping goat meat, seasoning with 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, 1 teaspoon of salt, and 1/3 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate until the light sour taste of the fermented rice blends with a harmonious salty and sweet flavor.
Continue to boil for about 8 – 10 minutes until the water boils again, add half of the pineapple and 2 smashed lemongrass stalks into the pot of fermented rice water, adjusting the seasoning to taste.
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Making dipping sauce
Boil 1 cup (rice bowl) of dipping sauce over low heat until it simmers, chop the remaining 1/2 of the pineapple finely and add it to the pot to cook with the sauce until the mixture thickens.
Put the mixture into a blender and blend until smooth; you can add minced garlic and chili according to your preference.
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Final product
Bring a pot of dipping broth to a boil, dip the goat meat into the broth and immediately take it out when it’s just done, you can also dip with perilla leaves.
The goat meat cooked just right is delicious when eaten with various herbs and dipped in the sauce. You can eat it wrapped in rice paper. The remaining broth at the end of the pot is quite delicious and sweet, so it can be used to pour over fresh noodles.
With the recipe for making marinated goat that is flavorful, delicious, unique, and incredibly simple above, TasteVN hopes you will successfully prepare this dish to change up the meals for your family during those rice-fatigued days!
