How many different dishes can be prepared from beef meat, every housewife knows. These are beef cutlets and schnitzels, stew and roast beef, dumplings, beef with mushrooms and, of course, meat soup. You can still list many worthy dishes from this magnificent meat.
But dwell on the preparation of
beef broth and see how to cook beef.
The process of cooking beef seems very simple, but it is not. Here you must also follow certain rules. Otherwise, improperly cooked meat will be stiff and tasteless, and those who eat it will spend time and nerves not to enjoy the delicacy, but to zealously chew the food.
So, let's begin. We will describe in detail how to cook soft beef. You can cook it on the stove in the kitchen, and in the woods in a pot. The essence of the preparation itself does not change from this. Following all the recommendations on how to cook beef, in both cases you will be satisfied with the result.
We take a pan and pour cold water into it. If this is a two-liter container, then we pour one and a half liters of water, if a five-liter pan, then three to four liters. It depends primarily on how much meat and for which dish you are going to cook. If the water is unfiltered, it is advisable to stand it for an hour.
While the water settles, take the beef and cut it into pieces about five by five centimeters. This is the optimal size, but you can cut any pieces, depending on your plans and preferences. For example, if it is planned to stew meat with potatoes in the future, then pieces need to be made smaller.
And then the water settled, the meat is cut into pieces. We put it in cold water and light a fire. It is not necessary to salt water immediately. If you put the salt too soon, there will be a lot of foam, and it will have to be constantly removed. In addition, the nutrients of the meat are lost. As soon as the water boils, remove the foam and continue to cook the beef over low heat, previously loosely covering the pan with a lid. Cook the beef for 2-3.5 hours. About 30 minutes before the end of cooking, put the roots and salt. Continue to cook until cooked.
Five minutes before the full readiness of our meat, add spices and seasonings: bay leaves, onions, parsley and allspice. And here on this description of how to cook beef in a pan or in a pot, perhaps, ends. Although not. You also need to be able to serve meat to the table, but this is another topic that requires real art and skill.
And the meat was cooked, and we just had to remove it from the pan and serve as a separate dish or use to add to another dish. On beef broth, you can cook soup, borsch, pickle and other first courses. There are many recommendations on how to cook beef, and all of them are correct and useful in their own way.
A person needs to eat meat, as it is rich in vitamins, fats, proteins and other useful substances. Due to its low calorie content and minimal fat content, beef is indispensable in dietary nutrition and is indicated for those who are struggling with excess weight.