The 'crocodile tongue', which has a bare tongue from its shape, has a surprising taste that does not look like a wild appearance.
While spending days eating only beef, pork, and chicken, a butcher shop sold 'crocodile tongue, ' which you wouldn't normally see at a supermarket, so I bought it impulsively. I managed to cook and eat it.
The kangaroo steak that was sold with the crocodile tongue is cooked and eaten in the following article.
So, here is the main ingredient 'Wanitan'. It sounds like a character's name, but it's a 'crocodile tongue.' The price is relatively cheap at 200 yen per gram, and this time we eat 257g, which is surprisingly from Thailand.
Thaw in the refrigerator, return to room temperature, and then open. The color is like chicken breast, but the shape is different as if the tongue was cut off.
The characteristic is that the meat quality is completely different on the front and back. The back side looks like this, and the surface seems to be covered with fat, but when you peck it, it feels like hard gelatin, so it is probably a mass of collagen like cartilage.
When viewed from the side, the texture is different only on the surface part on the back side.
It's thick to bake as it is, so start by cutting.
When you actually insert a knife, you will feel a firm elasticity that pushes your hands back, which is completely different from fat. The cross section is below, and at first glance it feels like a hormone with thick fat.
To enjoy the straight taste this time as well, we will cook without seasoning.
Below is how the cooking oil is actually dripped lightly and baked.
Bake the back side for 2 minutes and the front side for 1 minute and 30 seconds at 180 degrees, and the fire will go through just right.
When you actually eat it, it has a unique texture that makes the pork toro's crispy texture even stronger. Although the taste is similar to that of chicken, it has no odor and almost no sweetness or umami of fat, so it can be said that it is 'less beasty than chicken'. The thin taste gives the impression that the meat is artificially synthesized by an alien who does not know the taste of fat.
On the other hand, the texture that leaves a crunchy texture while it is crispy is unique, and there is an opinion that it is 'the best texture in meat'. It was a light night, so I had the impression that it goes well with ponzu.
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