Beef meat is firm, muscle fiber is relatively thick, large pieces of beef need to be simmered for a long time to be easy to taste, so marinated beef is one of the most suitable methods for cooking beef. Delicious beef marinated out of the taste is not firewood, after cutting inside and outside the taste, the same color, the taste is mellow can not have the "grassy smell" of beef, the best brine out of the beef "out of the meat" more, can not shrink too seriously, this is still some doorways.
Traditional methods of making brine beef, do not add "water retention agent", starch and other ways to increase weight, generally 1 pound can be out of about 7 two meat, the method can be complicated and simple, complex will put cinnamon, white zhi, cloves and other seasonings, the family will feel some trouble, there is a simple, only need soy sauce, onion ginger, etc. can be made, learn to make methods, remember the "1 marinade 2 bubbles" tips, in fact, the taste is not too much, the amount is still enough to shrink less, very suitable for family brine beef and other meat.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > simple version of home marinated beef</h1>
Ingredients: 5 kg of beef, 300 ml of light soy sauce, 1 piece of ginger, 2 spring onions, 1 spoonful of peppercorns, a small amount of salt.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > marinated beef tip one: soaking</h1>
Before brine beef, you need to soak in water for 1-2 days, so that the blood in the beef precipitates, the taste is more mellow, it will also increase the water retention of the meat, and it will not shrink too much after brine, and the meat will be softer and more toothless.
Generally, you need to soak for about 1 day in the summer, pay attention to the need to change the water 2-3 times during the period, soak 1-2 days in the winter, and change the water 3-4 times during the period, until the blood water is completely precipitated, and the flesh becomes somewhat whitish.
After soaking, hang for about an hour to control excess water.
After cutting the beef tendon meat into large pieces, find a large pot, lay a layer of ginger, green onion and peppercorns underneath, and place the beef tightly in the pot.
Sprinkle the beef with a layer of ginger, green onion and peppercorns and pour the soy sauce of the submerged beef.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > marinated beef tip two: pickling</h1>
Marinated beef remember not to let the beef float out of the marinade, you can use some suitable utensils to press the beef, I used an iron frame and stone combination here, marinate for 12-24 hours.
The marinated beef is completely marinated inside and out, and it is much easier to marinate it.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > marinated beef tip three: marinade soaking</h1>
Remove the green onion, ginger and peppercorns from the marinade, put the marinated beef in the pot, pour the marinade in, add the water that has not yet passed the beef, boil on high heat for 20 minutes, then cook for 30 minutes on low heat to turn off the heat.
Here is a trick, cooked beef do not eat immediately, soak in the marinade and wait for about 3 hours, let its beef cool naturally and suck the juice, you can taste salty in the middle, you can add a little salt. This way, the slices are fished out, and the marinated beef is ready.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > — said the old well</h1>
Although the marinated beef is more time-consuming, the overall ingredients and methods are very simple and easy to learn, and it will not fail, the amount of beef marinated is very sufficient, the taste is delicious, the crispy is not stuffed, and the spices are equally delicious.
The amount of soy sauce is not as much as it seems, probably only about half a bowl, try to choose naturally brewed soy sauce, the color is also more beautiful, the price is not expensive, the bag of a few dollars a bag, the requirements are relatively high can be directly pickled with raw soy sauce, with old soy sauce color.
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