papaya as meat tenderizer
Unripe Green Papaya. Unripe papaya contains an enzyme called papain. Even the leaves of the papaya tree contains this enzyme. Papain works as a meat tenderizer by breaking down the connective tissues of the meat that it comes into contact with. This works on all types of meat such as chicken, beef, lamb, and pork.So how does it work? Itâs actually quite simple to do if you have a couple common kitchen utensils.o prepare a meat tenderizer using green papaya, you first take a whole green papaya and peel the skin of the papaya up to about 1 â 4 inch deep. You will know you have peeled deep enough when the white flesh of the papaya is exposed.