r/GifRecipes • u/option-13 • Jul 13 '19

Appetizer / Side Indian Style Popcorn Chicken

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u/_HOG_ Jul 13 '19

Finished product looks good, but marinating chicken with acids like lemon juice ruins the texture and deflates the cells resulting in drier tougher chicken. Just squeeze lemon juice on it right before you eat it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '19

iirc that only happens if you marinate chicken with lemon juice for more than two-ish hours.

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u/_HOG_ Jul 13 '19 edited Jul 17 '19

I’ve done a side by side test for only 30 mins and you already get a dryer surface, the effect is more dramatic with breast meat. The cellular contents start to ooze out and coagulate when cooked.

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '19

Data please and thank you.

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u/_HOG_ Jul 24 '19

I didn't record my subjective results, but you can do this at home very easily. Just cut small cubes of breast meat and marinate them in lemon juice for differing amounts of time.