What do we know about beef? What is unique about this meat, and why is it recommended to include it in your diet?
First of all, beef is an excellent source of food proteins, which the body constantly needs. In addition, she is very nutritious. Beef saturates the human body faster than other products (nutritionally, a quarter kilogram of beef is equivalent to a liter of milk).
Secondly, such meat does not increase intestinal acidity, unlike many other products. It neutralizes many irritants - for example, food enzymes and hydrochloric acid.
Thirdly, beef is quickly absorbed without overloading the intestines with waste.
But there is one significant nuance ... We do not know where and how the animal was grown, which became a food product. Typically, such bulls and cows develop in an industrial environment, eating special dry food and undergoing numerous diseases. Not all plants comply with sanitary conditions. Therefore, you should not buy meat from little-known dubious producers. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to assess the integrity of the beef supplier. When purchasing a bag of meat in a supermarket, we cannot know how useful our purchase is.
Beef meat contains a lot of harmful fats; during frying, it releases a substantial amount of carcinogens. Therefore, it is better to eat boiled beef, which is rich in iron, zinc and vitamin B.
What is boiled beef? The recipe for such a dish is extremely simple. The meat is put in a pan with salted water and boiled for two to three hours after boiling, removing the foam. To improve the taste, spices are often added to the broth, half an hour before being prepared, finely chopped carrots, celery, parsley, pepper, onion are thrown into the meat ... Do not forget about bay leaves and other favorite flavoring additives. Boiled beef, the recipe for which depends on your taste, is usually served with vegetables, separately from the broth. The perfect combination would be boiled beef with boiled potatoes.
Meat prepared in this way is very soft and easily absorbed in the body.
Serving the meat on the table, it is usually cut into small pieces. In some cases, the beef is completely uncoupled into small fibers, covering them with the entire surface of the side dish.
Such a dish is often decorated with slices of boiled carrots and herbs. Beautifully decorated boiled beef, the recipe of which is absolutely not important, evokes guests' appetite and admiration for the culinary work of the hostess.
The main thing that you need to pay attention to novice cooks is at the time of preparation. Any meat, whether beef or boiled lamb, is cooked for at least two hours. Large pieces of meat are cooked for three hours. The fact is that it is during this period of time that meat is cleaned of all harmful substances. Some cooks are sure that the first broth in which the meat was cooked should be drained after boiling, since all these harmful substances remain in the water. Not all people adhere to this rule, since this procedure significantly lengthens the cooking process of dishes such as boiled beef. The recipe usually does not require draining the broth, but always focuses on removing foam. By removing the resulting foam, you get rid of most of the harmful secretions.
Vegetarianism condemns the use of meat. His followers are sure that a person can get all the useful nutrients through plant-based food. But it is not so. Cooked meat contains special unique proteins, which have no analogues in the vegetation of the world. Of course, a person can live a long life by abandoning meat products. But regularly eating meat, you help your body become stronger and more enduring.