Air-dried beef, also known as beef jerky, is a very popular food in Inner Mongolia, Tibet and other places, because of the good taste, high nutritional value, easy to carry and deeply loved by people, some specially buy some beef home to make their own beef jerky, how much beef jerky is out of a pound of beef? How to identify fake air-dried beef?
I. Introduction of air-dried beef:
1. Can air-dried beef be eaten directly?
Air-dried beef can be eaten directly. Air-dried beef is a specialty food of nomadic peoples, and only the highland climate can make natural air-dried beef.
2. Is air-dried beef raw?
Air-dried beef is both raw and cooked, generally inner Mongolia has a kind of beef jerky belongs to air-dried meat, is raw, Tibetan yak jerky is raw and cooked, because there is no pollution raw is the best to eat and there is no blood is also air-dried. Usually eat bagged Sichuan and other places are cooked, especially the Hui compatriots made beef jerky most of the cooked five-spice flavor is suitable for the public taste.
Second, how much beef jerky does a pound of beef produce?
How much beef jerky is produced in a pound of beef is related to the degree of drying of beef jerky by the brine process. Generally, a pound of fresh beef out of the brine beef 0.6-0.7 kg, if the brine time is long, it may only be 0.5 kg of brine beef. Therefore, there is a folk saying that two pounds of fresh beef produce one pound of marinated beef. If it air-dried and volatilizes 10-20% of the moisture, then a pound of beef jerky requires about 2-2.5 kg of fresh beef.
Third, how to identify true and false air-dried beef?
Method 1: Look at the color
The color of authentic beef jerky looks dark red and black, and it is shiny. If it looks bright, it may be artificial coloring, so it is not suitable for purchase.
Method two, look at beef fiber
Authentic air-dried beef has long fibers, is large by hand tearing, and has a compact meat structure. But if the tearing is small and loose, it is mostly made of pork.
Method three, look at the market price
Authentic air-dried beef market price is very expensive, generally 2-3 times the price of beef, good quality may be 3-4 times the price of beef, but if it is lower than this price, it is not suitable to buy.
Method 4: Taste the taste
Authentic air-dried beef feels very old and chews strongly, but if it is tender to eat, it is not suitable for purchase, it may be made of pork.
It should be noted that when buying beef jerky, you should choose a regular brand, try to go to a large shopping mall and supermarket to buy a trustworthy brand, like the kind of beef products with poor packaging, unknown production date, and unknown origin.
Although air-dried beef is delicious, but the price is very expensive, generally 2-3 pounds of beef can make a pound of air-dried beef, so pay attention to when buying, if you will not distinguish from the color, taste, price and other aspects to identify, at the same time when buying, try to go to large shopping malls and supermarkets to buy.