The beef pulp consists of large fibers that give this meat rigidity and dryness. Therefore, its most popular use in food is scrolled or chopped.
In this article we will share step by step recipes for beef with noodles and the secrets of cooking boiled meat, soft and juicy. We offer you to cook beef soup at home. Homemade egg noodles are prepared for this meal. This is the main ingredient of the dish. And you will also like beef and noodle vegetable soup. This dish can be prepared with both fresh and frozen vegetables. It is especially pleasant to taste such a soup in winter, so that its variegation reminds of vitamins, summer colors and warm early autumn.
What beef to choose for broth?
To prepare the soup, choose non-greasy and non-greasy beef. Very good entrecote or tenderloin.
Rinse the meat under a stream of cold water and pat dry with a napkin. Lubricate the entire surface with a thick layer of table mustard, wrap in cling film and place on the shelf of the refrigerator for 1.5-2 hours. After the specified time, wash the meat with mustard. Now it is ready for cooking.
How to cook beef broth?
Beef noodles will be the base of the noodles. You need to cook the meat in a whole piece, dropping it into boiling water. Do not salt.
After the meat is cooked until medium cooked, strain the broth. Then bring it to a boil again (you can add a little salt). Then lower the meat, add spices and herbs and cook. Readiness can be checked with a toothpick - if it pierces a piece freely, without pressure and transparent juice comes out of the hole, then the meat is ready.
Dried herbs go very well with beef broth: basil, marjoram, rosemary, thyme, oregano, celery, coriander.
How to cook homemade noodles?
DIY noodles are the best choice for this recipe. To better maintain its shape, the dough is kneaded on some eggs, without water.
To do this, take:
- 4 cups of wheat flour;
- 2-3 chicken eggs;
- salt.
A step-by-step procedure for making noodles is as follows:
- Rub eggs with salt in a deep bowl.
- Pour about two glasses of flour and mix until smooth.
- Combine the rest of the flour in small portions until the dough becomes tight and stops sticking to your hands. To make it more elastic, wrap in cling film and leave it to “rest” on the table for 20 minutes. During this time, gluten will disperse well.
- Roll a thin layer over a large kitchen table. Sprinkled with flour, leave to dry.
- Bend the dried layer several times to a strip 4-5 centimeters wide and cut into a noodle with a thin sharp knife.
- Loosen your product with wide movements of the knife so that the excess flour crumbles, and lay it on drying for 5-10 minutes.
- Homemade beef egg noodles are ready.
How to keep homemade noodles?
If the product turned out to be too much, it can be frozen by spreading a thin layer on a cutting board, and placed in the freezer for 1 hour. Pour the frozen product into a bag and store in a freezer as well. In this form, it will be well preserved for 3-4 months.
How to chop beef?
Before proceeding to our recipes for cooking beef noodles, you should pay attention to meat cutting. Cool the boiled beef in the broth to room temperature. In soup plates will look very beautiful:
- whetstones;
- cubes;
- large shavings;
- thin straw.
If there are lovers of large pieces of meat at the table, cut the ingredient into large slices.
To make the slicing more tender, pour it with melted butter and leave to soak.
Homemade Beef Noodles
Ingredients:
- 300-400 g of boiled beef;
- two handfuls of home-made egg noodles or 300 grams of pasta from durum wheat of large form;
- 0.5 kg of potatoes;
- a dried mixture of carrots and onions (fresh vegetables can be spassed);
- seasoning for soup;
- bay leaf, salt and pepper to taste.
Step by step cooking:
- In a boiling broth, dip the diced potatoes, diced vegetables, salt, pepper, bay leaf and add the soup seasoning.
- Bring everything to a boil and toss the noodles.
- Cook for 1-2 minutes, dip the chopped meat into the soup and turn off the heat.
- If desired, you can add finely chopped greens and grated garlic clove.
Beef and Noodle Vegetable Soup
In order for this soup to collect all the colors of summer and autumn, use vegetables of all colors: carrots, tomatoes, bell peppers, green peas, broccoli, cauliflower and Brussels sprouts, asparagus, green beans.
In winter, you can use frozen vegetables.
For the noodle recipe with beef and vegetables, prepare:
- 300-400 g of boiled beef;
- 0.5 kg of vegetable mixture;
- 2-3 potatoes;
- bay leaf, salt and pepper to taste.
If you cook fresh vegetables, then crumble everything into cubes and spasser on vegetable oil in a deep frying pan with the addition of a small amount of broth.
In a boiling broth, dip potato wedges and vegetables, salt and cook until cooked. Then add the noodles. After 1-2 minutes, lower the chopped beef and turn off the stove. Soup should not be insisted for a long time, otherwise the noodles may swell.