JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE
Integrity Research Journals

ISSN: 2536-7099
Model: Open Access/Peer Reviewed
DOI: 10.31248/JASVM
Start Year: 2016
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Comparative quality attributes and sensory acceptance of deep-fried and oven-cooked broiler chicken nuggets

https://doi.org/10.31248/JASVM2024.425   |   Article Number: E9E24FE25   |   Vol.9 (1) - February 2024

Received Date: 24 January 2024   |   Accepted Date: 24 February 2024  |   Published Date: 28 February 2024

Authors:  Olayemi Rashidat AWODOYIN* and Ayomide Esther FASE

Keywords: Deep frying, oven cooking, product yield, sensory assessment, storage quality.

The growing concern over consumption of fatty foods had increased the focus on formulating and developing nutritious and tasty low-fat meat products. However, the cooking methods employed during preparation of a food can change consumer’s perception about the product. Breast and thigh muscles were deboned, grounded, mixed with nugget ingredients to form an emulsion, and then divided into two. Each part was deep-fried or oven-cooked after cutting into nugget pieces (3.5 cm diameter, 1.5 cm thickness, 20.5 g weight). Yield (%), moisture (%), organoleptic characteristics (9 point hedonic scale), cholesterol (%), phenol (mgGAE/100g), were assessed on fresh while Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances (TBARS µg MDA/Kg) and Total Viable Counts (TVC cfu/g) were observed at 0, 7, 14 days of storage. Data were analysed using T-test and factorial analysis @ α = 0.05. Oven cooked nuggets yield (90.43) and moisture (55.84) were significantly higher (Pr t <0.05) than 79.94 (yield) and 52.39 (moisture) deep fried nuggets. No significant differences (Pr t>0.05) in colour, aroma, tenderness and overall acceptability were observed in both nuggets. Flavour (6.00) and juiciness (5.00) of oven-cooked nuggets are significantly higher (Pr t<0.05) than 4.83 (flavour) and 3.17 (juiciness) of deep-fried nuggets. Cholesterol (62.74) and phenol (176.12) contents of deep-fried nuggets were higher (Pr t<0.05) than 55.72 (cholesterol) and 144.53 (phenol) of oven cooked nuggets. Oven-cooked nuggets TBARS (2.44, 2.69, 4.21) were significantly higher (p<0.05) than 2.18, 2.41, 3.96 in deep-fried nuggets at 0, 7 and 14 days respectively. Oven-cooked TVC at 0 (2.50), 7 (4.51) and 14 (5.98) days were significantly higher (p<0.05) than 2.10, 4.09 and 5.62 of deep-fried nuggets at 0, 7 and 14 days respectively. The high yield and organoleptic scores elucidated that oven-cooked nuggets are well accepted and this method can be used in the preparation of chicken nuggets.

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