Air Fried Goat Meat Bites (Caribbean Style)

Goat meat bites with some sauce on a plate.

Air Fried Goat Meat Bites (Caribbean Style)

Learn how to make these delicious, juicy, tender and crispy goat meat bites in the air fryer. A Caribbean inspired recipe that doesn't require any deep fat frying or large amounts of oil. Perfect to eat alone or to serve as a side dish for a number of island recipes.

Course Appetisers/Snacks

Cuisine Caribbean

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 40

Total Time 1 10

Servings people

Calories 406kcal

Author Charla

Ingredients

To pressure cook the meat

1½-2 lb goat meat (680g-907g)(preferably boneless)
5 cups mutton stock (if you are using stock cubes, see notes)
2½ tablespoon all purpose seasoning (37g)
4 tablespoon green seasoning (60g)

To air fry the meat

2 tablespoon browning sauce (30g)(use 1 teaspoon if you aren't using my homemade version)
1 tablespoon soya sauce (18g)
½ tablespoon oyster sauce (9g)(make sure it's gluten free)
2½ tablespoon all purpose seasoning (37g)
½ teaspoon paprika (1g)
½ tablespoon thyme (3.5g)(dried or fresh)
½ tablespoon parsley (2g)
½ tablespoon red pepper flakes (4g)
¼ teaspoon scotch bonnet pepper powder (1.23g) or use 1 teaspoon hot sauce
black pepper and pink salt to taste
2 tablespoon olive oil (28g)

For the sauce

1¼ cup leftover stock (295ml)
2 teaspoon tapioca starch (4g)
½ tablespoon tomato paste (8g)
1 teaspoon parsley (0.1g)
black pepper and pink salt to taste

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

To pressure cook the meat

Place the washed meat in a large bowl.
Season the meat with the all purpose seasoning and green seasoning.
Pour the stock into the instant pot along with the seasoned meat.
Switch on the instant pot and select "pressure cook" and adjust the +/- to "18 minutes". Switch the knob to "sealling" then allow the unit to pressurise (this will take several minutes).
Once the meat is cooked, do a quick release by switching the knob to "venting" becareful as the steam will immediately shoot into the air.
Use a slotted spoon to remove the meat and set aside.
Reserve the stock as we will be using that to make our sauce.

To air fry the meat

Preheat the air fryer.
Place the meat in a medium sized bowl then add the browning sauce, soy(a) sauce, oyster sauce, all purpose seasoning, paprika, thyme, parsley, red pepper flakes and hot sauce and olive oil.
Use a spoon or your hand(s) to thoroughly coat the meat.
Do a taste test of the meat and add the desired amount of black pepper and pink salt.
Place the meat in the air fryer basket (you may need to do this in batches).Air fryer for 6 minutes @180C/356F.

To make the sauce

While the meat is air frying, prepare the sauce by adding the stock mixed with tapioca starch to a medium sized saucepan on medium heat.
Stir in the tomato paste, parsley and black pepper and pink salt to taste.
Simmer on medium-low heat while stirring until the sauce begins to thicken (this should take 5-10 minutes).
Serve the sauce with the air fried goat meat.

Notes

If you are using stock cubes, use 2 of them and make sure they are gluten free and low in sodium.
Make sure the stock is hot when adding it to the instant pot, cold water will make the meat tough. Even if you are using my homemade stock, heat it up first before using it.
I recommend using boneless goat for this recipe. I used boneless leg but you can get away with using lamb's leg instead. I have tried this and it's just as lean.
These are the link that you need for my Homemade Browning Sauce, Green Seasoning and the All Purpose Seasoning.
Be sure to do a taste test of the meat, prior to air frying in gauge the amount of pink salt and black pepper that is needed.
As per Caribbean custom, the meat should be cleaned before hand. This link on How to clean the meat.
It is VERY important that you pressure cook the meat before air frying it. This isn't optional and a requirement to get the melt-in-your-mouth meat texture.

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