Beef dishes are quite popular in our country. This is due to the fact that for many centuries, agriculture was aimed at raising cattle. Beef refers to lean meat, so its use in food is indicated for people who follow a diet.
From beef you can cook the main course or use it as one of the ingredients. This meat, when cooked properly, can be juicy and tasty, any side dish will suit it.
In onion sauce
This quick beef recipe will appeal to all family members. The meat cooked according to it has a very delicate taste and goes well with any side dish. For cooking, you need to cut 1 kg of meat into neat squares the size of a walnut.
Four large onion heads are chopped with rings. We put the beef in a glass baking dish, pre-lubricated with butter. Spread onion rings evenly on top and sprinkle layers with salt and spices.
We remove the form for 2 hours in the oven, preheated to 180 ° C. Now you can go about your business, because the meat will be cooked for 2 hours. After 60 minutes, it is advisable to look into the oven and, if the beef is not completely immersed in the juice from the onion, then squeeze it a little with a little spoon.
At this time, we prepare sour cream mustard sauce for a quick and tasty beef dish. For him, you need to mix several ingredients. Combine 200 ml of sour cream and 1 teaspoon of mustard in a deep bowl and pour on the meat when it is ready (after two hours).
Stew the dish in the oven for another 30 minutes. The meat is very soft and juicy. And the gravy has a rich onion taste and a thick consistency. It will suit any side dish. You can crush the meat with chopped greens on top.
Beef stroganoff classic
This recipe for beef dishes is remembered by many people born in the USSR. Previously, such meat was cooked at almost every catering point. Now it is not inferior in popularity to any other, because it is difficult to come up with a more suitable option for every day.
We cut a half kilogram of beef pulp into large pieces, like chops. Then, through the cling film, it must be well beaten off. Then cut along the direction of the fibers into strips with a length of not more than 4 cm.
Peel a large onion and cut into small cubes. Sauté in a pan using vegetable oil. Put the meat there and fry for 10 minutes.
Then add 2 tsp. In portions. flour and mix well. Pour 180 ml of broth or hot water there. Simmer for 15 minutes under a closed lid.
Now you can add 80 ml of sour cream. Stew the second dish of beef on fire for another 10 minutes. Beef stroganoff is served with classic mashed potatoes or with any boiled cereal, pasta. Before serving, it can be decorated with chopped greens. With this dish you can safely complement the diet menu. It has a delicate taste.
Azu
This delicious beef dish is rich in ingredients. It is served as the main one and does not require a side dish. Azu is one of the most popular dishes of Tatar cuisine.
To prepare it, you need to wash a piece of beef pulp (600 g) and cut into long slices. Heat the pan and send there 0.5 tbsp. l butter. Fry the meat in it.
Since this is a fairly simple beef dish, the process of cooking it will not take too much effort. It is necessary to fry the meat over low heat so that the beef starts up the juice. At this time, 3 tbsp. l mix sour cream with a package of Tkemali sauce. The consistency should be homogeneous.
When less liquid remains in the pan, sauce is poured into it. The contents are well mixed and stewed for another 15 minutes. Cream cheese is cut into small cubes. He is sent to the pan to the meat.
After 15 minutes, chopped herbs and spices are added. Now you can do the vegetables. One medium zucchini is cut into half rings and salted well. Then, each slice, roll in flour, fry evenly on both sides in vegetable oil.
Half a kilogram of potatoes is boiled, cut into medium pieces. The finished vegetable is laid out on a large dish and seasoned with butter. It serves stewed beef and fried zucchini. Enjoy your meal!
Okroshka
This simple beef recipe has a variety of interpretations. It is prepared on whey, kefir, water and broths. Okroshka with beef is a very satisfying and easy to prepare dish.
For her, you need to purchase in advance:
- 500 g of pulp;
- 1 kg of potatoes;
- 4 fresh cucumbers;
- 4 eggs;
- 1 bunch of dill and green onions.
The meat is boiled in plenty of water. Foam is collected from the broth during cooking. You also need to boil potatoes and eggs in advance. Cucumbers are cut into small cubes. Finely chopped greens.
Ready beef must be removed from the broth and cool. The broth is cooled in the cold or placed in a container of ice water. The meat is cut into medium cubes.
Potatoes and eggs are chopped the same way - in small squares. Now all the ingredients are mixed. You can start cooking yushki.
300 ml of broth are poured into a small stewpan. 200 ml of mayonnaise and the same amount of sour cream are added there. Salt and citric acid are added to the container. All this content is mixed with a mixer or blender.
Now the liquid from the stew-pan is poured into the pan with the remaining broth and mixed. Combine with the rest (chopped) ingredients. Now you need to let okroshka brew for several hours in the refrigerator.
This beef dish is perfect for the summer. Cool okroshka will be enjoyed not only by adults, but also by children. Light but satisfying meal.
Steak
This is a very quick beef dish. To make it, you need a minimum of ingredients. The most important thing is to choose the right piece of beef. The pulp should be flat and not have many veins.
The cut is cut into pieces no more than 3 cm thick. They are not beaten off very much and seasoned well with salt and black pepper, mashed in a mortar. Pieces are laid out in a pan with vegetable oil.
Fried on both sides to the required degree of frying. Spread the meat on a plate and serve with any side dish and sauce.
A delicious beef dish according to the recipe offered by us can have a different degree of roasting meat. Raw is the smallest frying of beef. Such meat remains almost raw inside, and has a crisp outside.
Rar is the degree of roasting, which is obtained as a result of a longer heat treatment of the meat, but still it remains pink inside and sometimes blood oozes in a small amount.
Medium rar is the most common degree of roasting beef. It is used in almost all restaurants. Medium wall - there is absolutely no blood in such meat. It is completely fried. To cook a steak with such a degree of roasting, it is necessary to heat it in a pan for 25 minutes.
Soup kharcho
This is a simple and tasty beef dish, which will not be difficult for any housewife to cook. For him, you need to purchase 1 kg of good brisket. It is chopped into large pieces and baked on a baking sheet for 30 minutes in the oven.
Meanwhile, cut into half rings two heads of onions. Spread the meat in a saucepan (3-3.5 liters) and put on fire for one hour. Onions are fried in vegetable oil in a pan. When he begins to blush, add 3 tbsp to the pan. tablespoons of tomato paste. The mixture is stewed a little and then transferred to a saucepan for meat. One and a half cups of rice are washed several times under running water and sent to the meat.
Soup must be cooked until rice is cooked. Spices and salt are added to it. It is better to use suneli hops, coriander, a mixture of ground pepper, garlic. Salt the dish to taste. After turning off the fire, it should stand for a little longer so that the taste becomes more saturated.
Potato lovers can add it during cooking, having previously cut into small cubes. You can also use carrots and sweet peppers.
Japanese meat
This beef dish in the photo looks appetizing, and will enjoy its piquant taste and aroma. To prepare it, you need to take:
- 500 g of pulp;
- 1 onion;
- 100 g of mushrooms;
- 300 g of fresh cabbage;
- 100 ml of wine;
- 50 ml of soy sauce;
- 30 g sesame;
- vegetable oil and honey.
The meat must be cut into long sticks. Pour vegetable oil and soy sauce into the pan. Put the beef and immediately fry over high heat for 10 minutes.
Chop cabbage, like borsch. Chop the onion in half rings. Wash the mushrooms well and cut into thin slices. When almost all the liquid has evaporated in the pan, you can add onions and red wine.
Now the whole mass must be allowed to boil for 5 minutes. Then add the mushrooms. Stew the dish for several minutes, then add cabbage to it. Mix the whole mass well and simmer for at least half an hour.
Remove the pan from the heat and add sesame and honey at the end. The dish is laid out portionwise and sprinkled with chopped greens on top. Any side dish can be served with it, but rice will be preferable.
Pilaf in a slow cooker
A delicious beef dish is prepared very quickly and does not require a large number of ingredients. In a slow cooker, pilaf turns out to be friable and has a bright color.
To prepare it, you need to purchase 500 g of pulp. The meat is cut into medium-sized slices. Large carrots and two onions are chopped in large pieces. The more vegetables there are, the tastier the pilaf.
Vegetables are put in a pan and fry them in a sufficient amount of vegetable oil. After 10-15 minutes, meat is sent to them. All ingredients are well mixed and cooked until golden brown.
350 g of rice are washed several times in water. It is poured into the multicooker bowl and the mass from the pan is added there. Ingredients are well salted and make spices for pilaf. They can be purchased at the store. One pilaf will need half a pack.
To taste, this mass should be slightly salted. During cooking, the rice will absorb all the excess salt. Peel three cloves of garlic and add whole to the bowl. To make the taste more piquant, you can send one head of garlic whole to the rice without peeling it.
Then pour boiling water in such an amount that it covers 3-4 cm of rice. Turn on the "stew" and leave the dish for 35 minutes. After the process is complete, do not open the multicooker lid and insist on pilaf for another 20 minutes.
"Garnet bracelet"
This simple recipe for a delicious beef dish has taken root in many families. Perhaps, rarely is a feast without this salad. The classic recipe implies the mandatory use of beef.
To make a salad, you need to boil 250 g of pulp with salt in water. At this time, cut the onion head into small cubes and fry in vegetable oil until translucent.
Medium beets (1 pc.), Potatoes (3 pcs.) And carrots (1 pc.) Are boiled in one pan. Three eggs are also cooked in a separate stewpan. Then all the ingredients are rubbed on a medium grater. The meat is cut into small cubes.
A large flat dish is required to form a salad. A tall glass is placed in the center. Around it lay the ingredients in layers, every second smeared with mayonnaise. The sequence is as follows:
- carrot;
- meat;
- potatoes;
- beet;
- fried onions;
- meat;
- eggs
- beet.
Enough mayonnaise is applied to the last coat. Extract all grains from pomegranate in advance. They decorate the surface of the salad. You can lay out the grains in even rows or in a chaotic manner.
The salad should be infused and soaked, for this it is kept in the refrigerator for at least 3-4 hours. This dish can feed a company of 6-8 people.
Basma
This beef recipe belongs to the Uzbek cuisine. It is extremely easy to prepare and very tasty. Such meat can conquer any man. Therefore, if the hostess wants to pamper her husband, then Basma is what you need after a hard working day.
For him, you need to buy 1 kg of beef in advance. You will also need a lot of vegetables:
- fresh tomatoes - 3 pcs.;
- 1 eggplant;
- medium beets;
- sweet pepper - 3 pcs.;
- cucumbers - 2 pcs.;
- cabbage - 600 g;
- potatoes - 600 g;
- carrots - 300 g;
- garlic;
- spice.
To prepare basma you will need a large cauldron or pan with a thick bottom. The meat is cut into 3x3 cm slices and laid at the bottom of the container. It must be well salted and sprinkled with ground zira.
Onions are peeled and cut into rings. Also sent to the cauldron, laying on top of beef. Remove the peel from the tomatoes and chop coarsely. They are laid out in the next layer. Again sprinkle the mixture with salt. In no case do not mix.
Carrots and potatoes are cut into large circles and spread in the next layer. They need to be well salted. The remaining vegetables are cut large and put on top in a cauldron. Garlic can be sent whole head. Greens are laid at the end, without chopping, with twigs.
Cabbage is cut large and rubbed with salt and zira. It should be the last layer in the cauldron. From above, the whole mass is covered with whole cabbage leaves. When extinguishing, be sure to cover the container with a lid so that the steam remains inside.
The cauldron is sent to a medium fire on the stove. After the basma boils, you need to reduce the heat to a minimum and let the dish obscure for 60-75 minutes. The lid does not open and the ingredients do not mix.
After making the recipe, a simple beef dish is served in portions, picking products from all layers. It is worth considering that it is quite satisfying and can be fat. Therefore, children need to be given in limited quantities.
Beef "Bef Miroton"
This is an unusual dish. Having tried it once, you are sure to include it in your menu forever. To cook it you need to buy 300 g of meat. It should be boiled until cooked. In no case do not drain the broth.
2 onions cut into thin half rings. Fried in butter in a pan. There also fall asleep 1 tbsp. l flour and mix well. Strain the mass for 10 minutes.
Gradually introduce the broth and mix. Cook the mass until thickened. Pour 2 tablespoons of vinegar here and simmer for another 15 minutes.
Cut beef into thin slices. Put half the cooked onion in a baking dish. The next layer is lumps of meat. Put the rest of the onion on top.
Sprinkle all this mass with bread crumbs (100 g). It is necessary to melt 4 tbsp in advance tablespoons of butter. They need to fill in the already formed dish. The form is put in the oven for 40 minutes at a temperature of 200 °.
The finished dish is decorated with chopped herbs. Serve it, after cutting it into small square pieces. Bon Appetit everyone!