How to make beef softer?
In the choice of beef, sometimes even the experiencedmistress, buying instead of veal the meat of an adult animal, which is not very soft. However, this oversight can be corrected, especially since there are several ways to make beef soft. You just need to choose the optimal one, then no one will notice the difference, on the contrary, from the mouth of the household you will be able to hear praise.
How can you make soft beef?
Make the beef softer will help marinade. You only need to cut the meat into small pieces and marinate in a special solution. As a marinade, the one used for cooking shish kebab is quite suitable. But you can create your own marinade, then you will be able to make a new dish. So, for example, you can pour the pieces of meat with a solution of:
- vinegar;
- salts;
- pepper;
- Luke;
- various condiments.
Not every person likes the smell of vinegar,but it can be replaced with dry wine. As a result, the dish will turn out very fragrant, and in its taste will be felt unusual notes. In addition, pieces of meat can be marinated in tomato paste or juice. Of course, in the marinade you will need to add spices so that the dish does not turn out bad.
To make beef softer, somemistresses marinate her in kefir or mayonnaise. If a laurel leaf and cloves are added to the marinade, the dish will turn out to be more aromatic and it will have a piquant taste. There is a variant of marinating meat in kefir or sour cream. The prepared dish will turn out very gentle.
It does not matter how the meat is marinated;the main thing that the marinade itself was sour. Also, you need to consider a few more points. The meat should be marinated for 12 hours, only so it will be really soft. And to make the dish especially tasty, you should not regret spices.
How to quickly make beef softer?
If there is no time to marinate beef, but there is noconfidence that the meat will turn out soft, you can resort to several tricks in the cooking process. So, before roasting the meat should be put out. For this purpose, you need a deep frying pan, in which about 100 ml of liquid should be added.
If during the extinguishing, add kefir, mayonnaise or sour cream instead of water, then the meat will become soft much faster. Moreover, these components will make it also very juicy and fragrant.
In addition, it is possible during the extinguishing of meat to addin a frying pan a little soda. Such a measure will make it softer, but you should take cookware with high edges. After all, by adding soda, the broth will boil violently and rise, so there is a risk that it will simply "run away" from the pan. Soda can be replaced with a small amount of sugar. He will also make beef softer, but also give the meat a sweetish taste. If this does not interfere, you can use this method.
Experienced chefs offer to soften beefcut it into small portions and dab them into mustard. Half an hour later you can cook a meat dish. In this case, beef will not only be tender, but also have an unusual taste, which is sure to appeal to many.
