Tough Meat when cooking birds...

[corcor55]

Any advice on how to cook freshly slaughtered birds so the meat is tender and not tough? Thanks

 

[rhoda_bruce]

You can try cleaning them and then storing them in the refrigerator a few days. That is supposed to help. How old are these birds? That might be a consideration, but I'm just assuming they are young enough to be tender.

 

[Kittymomma]

You really should put them in brine or at least let them rest for a few days. Check this link out, it has great info. on cooking birds of all different ages.

http://www.albc-usa.org/documents/cookingwheritagechicken.pdf

 

[CARS]

Let them rest in ice or the refrigerator for atleast 24 hrs. I tried cooking a "fresh" chicken once... not good.

I'm not sure a brine is needed. Letting it rest till the rigor is out of the bird is more important. The brine just keeps the moisture in the meat making it juicy.

 

[jaku]

Yup, gotta let them rest a couple of days.

 

[Rose86]

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