If you are a foodie, you would realise that I'm making Babi Buah Keluak, and not Ayam Buah Keluak. Those that realise that I've swapped the chicken and replaced it with pork - pork ribs to be exact.
Why I think the swine is mightier than the feeble chicken, and I think that in this case it's not size that matters, but a question of taste. I've been brought up on tasteless and yes even close to horribly tasting chicken - the plight of living in the modern world of supermarkets where speed in bringing up the chicken to be slaughtered is faster than chicken little can save the world.
Not only do I find chicken meat lacking in that ultra-umph factor, but it's not the sort to retain it's meat texture after hours of simmering on a charcoal stove. Pork ribs on the other hand retains it's structure days after being in the pot; and Buah Keluak is a dish that if you kept it over night, the taste only gets better and better. You just don't get the same thing if you cooked it with chicken.
This isn't the only dish which I've replaced with pork. There are many instances, where I think the use of pork enhances the flavour of the overall dish.
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