What can be quickly and tasty cooked beef for the second?
Most of the population of our country are people who are poorly able to present their food without meat products. For most people, it is important that the meat dishes are tasty, satisfying and, preferably, healthy. The most versatile meat product that occupies a dominant position in the market is beef. From it you can cook a lot of different dishes, proven and loved, or new and unusual. With this meat you can safely experiment, because it is perfectly combined with almost all products.
Meat selection
Choosing a really high-quality piece of beef is not a simple matter, because too many external factors affect the taste of this meat, including: the breed of the cow, its age and diet, the conditions of its life, sex and even the method of slaughter.
If you can find out at least several of these factors in the market (if, of course, an honest seller falls), then nobody in the store or supermarket has this information. Therefore, for a person who does not have access to fresh meat from the village, it is important to know the nuances of choosing a good and tasty veal.
The first thing to do at the meat counter is to smell the piece of pulp you like. The meat of a young ladybird will surely smell like milkIf there is no such smell, this piece was part of the old cow.
Do not hesitate to smell goods, because often it depends not only the taste of dinner, but also its safety; besides, the golden rule “customer is always right” has not been canceled yet.
Externally, a piece of fresh veal always has a bright red color, it glitters slightly and is necessarily resilient. To determine the last indicator, you can conduct a small experiment: just press on the meat with your finger and remove it. Quality meat will immediately take the former form, and the stale or old will remain trampled for a while.
If there are pieces of fat on a piece of meat, you should also pay attention to it. The fat of the old beef is slightly yellow in color, moreover, it is permeated with veins and "puffs" that are visible to the naked eye.
Guided by the above rules, you can easily choose fresh, tasty meat, but this is not enough for the dish to be really perfect. For a good meal, it is important to choose the right part of the carcass. In this choice you need to be guided by the centuries-old experience of hostesses, who revealed the secret of perfect dishes.
- To prepare a delicious broth, and, consequently, delicious soups, borscht, lagmans, aspic and aspic, as well as other dishes, you should choose a shoulder, thigh, rump or rump. A good beef bone must necessarily remain in any of these parts - it produces the best fat.
- The ideal jelly or meat aspic can come out only from the calf shank.
- The most tender kebab will come out of a piece of pulp, shoulder or sirloin of a calf, and from the ribs you will find dishes on the grill or in pots for stewing.
- For cooking high-quality mince into patties or toppings, it is best to combine various pieces of beef, and also add a little fatty part of pork.
Products that are combined
Quality cooked veal dish can be safely called aristocratic, gourmet food. In order not to spoil this exquisite kitchen, you need to be able to properly supplement it.
Probably, most adults remember the school cafeteria and its traditional buckwheat with goulash and beef gravy. Despite the familiarity of this combination, his place in the school cafeteria and nowhere outside its walls. Buckwheat porridge has too bright aroma, which completely interrupts the taste of meat.
It is also not necessary to combine veal with pasta. This combination is great for housewives, because it will take much less time and effort to prepare such an evening meal than on vegetable dishes. However, this combination is difficult to assimilate by the body, so you should not risk and overload your stomach.
As for successful combinations, there are plenty of options. The classic combination can be called beef with potatoes. Moreover, it can be a side dish made exclusively of potatoes, or a side dish weighted with cheese or mushrooms. Do not just add unnecessarily sour or very salty supplements - they clog the taste buds and prevent well tasting dishes.
Side dishes in the form of mashed asparagus or celery, young peas, zucchini or zucchini will be appropriate. Mash is also appropriate.
The main thing in the preparation of such a side dish is to make it bright, tender, light, but at the same time nourishing and nutritious.
Cooking rules
Beef is a very demanding product. It is almost impossible to make tasty and quickly at the same time. In order for it to turn out delicate, tender and juicy, you need to step by step consider and learn the rules of its preparation.
Before cooking veal, it is desirable to marinate. This process should not last too long: 1-2 hours is enough and the meat is fed with marinade juices. To soften the beef is better to choose mustard, lemon or vegetable oil. Salt for marinating meat can not be used in any case, and, in general, salt the beef is only at the very end of cooking, because salt significantly dries the meat.
The first and most important of the rules is the observance of the correct temperature conditions. Before the start of cooking, the selected pan should be heated at maximum power of the cooker. In the same mode, you need to fry the meat until golden brown, then you should reduce the power by half and cook to the required roasting.
In the preparation of any veal dish, it is important to remember that it is necessary to spread meat exclusively on a hot frying pan - this will help create a crust that will delay the juices inside the meat.
Before you start cooking, dry the meat thoroughly with paper towels. Juice and moisture, which are formed on the surface of raw meat, significantly slow down the process of frying, prevent the formation of a crust than make the meat more rigid.
When turning the meat, be it a steak or a chop, in no case can one pierce it. Through the hole after the puncture, even if it is minimal, absolutely all meat juice can flow out and instead of a juicy dish you can get a sole from the shoe. It is not necessary and too often to turn the product - it does not bode well. The number of overturning of meat during its preparation should not exceed four turns.
To check whether the meat is ready, do not pierce it. It is enough to press on its surface with a silicone or plastic spoon, without damaging its structure. In the place of pressure a puddle of juice is formed from the middle of the meat. If the juice is clear or pink - the dish is ready, the red one is raw.
Recipes
Juicy chop whip up
What could be more pleasant than preparing the second dish for your family, which our mother delighted us with. Simple, but such tasty homemade beef chops, as an echo of distant childhood, will please both the owner and all her loved ones.
To make the perfect chops, like mom's, you will need:
- 0.5 kg of veal pulp;
- 1-2 large eggs;
- 1 cup of breadcrumbs;
- salt and pepper to taste;
- butter for frying.
Meat should be thoroughly washed, remove every single film, cut into portions and slightly beat. Beat the egg thoroughly until frothy, dip the broken meat in it, roll in breadcrumbs. If desired, the process of breading can be repeated - it will make the meat more crispy.
The resulting semi-finished product must be fried in a hot frying pan with butter until golden brown, then turn over and continue cooking until golden brown on the second side.
In order not to damage the breading and preserve the juiciness of the chop, you only need to turn it over 1 time.At the very end of cooking you need to tuck the chops with salt.
Universal dressing for any side dish
Proper nutrition implies the complete exclusion of all fat and fried, but what to do when you want tasty meat? It's very simple - you can cook it!
For the preparation of diet gravy will need:
- 0.5 kg veal without bone;
- garlic head;
- salt and spices to taste;
- 2 tablespoons of soy sauce.
Rinse the meat thoroughly, put it in a saucepan with water and laurel leaf and bring to a boil. The foam that forms on the surface of the water must be removed. Boil the meat until cooked, then remove and cool slightly to make it easier to cut. Broth can be left to prepare the first dish. From a large chunk of boiled beef need to cut small slices of meat.
Peel the garlic, pass through the garlic press. Then put slices of boiled meat, prepared garlic, pour in soy sauce, add spices to the pan. Mix everything thoroughly, pour in a glass of broth, bring to a boil and boil for 5-7 minutes, then the dish should be lightly salted and cooked for another 10 minutes.
Such a dish is prepared not only within the framework of proper nutrition, it is also excellent for feeding people with gastritis or an ulcer.
Wiener Schnitzel
Each hostess has its own ideas about how the holiday dishes should look. But with men, everything is much simpler: as a rule, they need a large, solid piece of tasty meat for happiness. This traditional Austrian dish dish "Vienna Schnitzel" is very suitable for this description.
To make it you will need:
- 1 kg of thigh or beef fillet;
- 3 eggs;
- packing heavy cream;
- cooking oil for frying;
- salt and spices to taste;
- flour and breadcrumbs for breading.
Meat should be washed, cut into large chunks, two fingers thick. Beat egg in a deep dish.
Roll the sliced meat in flour, then dip in the egg and carefully roll in breadcrumbs.
In a skillet with high sides, heat the oil about 2 fingers from the bottom of the pan. Put there prepared semi-finished product, the oil should cover it completely. Fry meat to amber-golden crust. Put the finished meat on a plate, drag it with salt.
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