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How to Cook Beef ?

Beef is a popular food ingredient, ranging from children to adults. Beef has a good taste and contains lots of protein needed by the body. But not everyone can cook a tender beef. These are some tips for cooking beef were tender and tasty.

                                                                             Beef

        1. Tips on Choosing Beef
Choose meat that is red and not watery. The good meat has sufficient level of elasticity and the aroma is fresh, you can test it by pressing it. Choose beef that is cut based on body parts. Because every part of the body, will be different way of processing and will be made what cuisine.

        2. How to Cultivate Good Beef
     a. How to Wash Beef
Don't soak or wash the meat for too long. Because it can eliminate the nutrient content in beef. The beef soaked too long will also turn pale, look not fresh, and will be hard after cooking. If you freeze beef in the refrigerator, it's better to keep the beef in room temperature.

Don't soak it in the water, because the beef will be pale. You can let stand the beef at the bottom of the refrigerator at night, then let stand the beef at room temperature when the morning before the beef is cooked.

     b. How to Cut Beef
When cutting raw beef, cut crosswise or against the direction of the fibers. This is so that later when cooked, the meat doesn't stick and the meat will become more tender.

        3. How to Cook Beef
These are some ways you can do when processing beef based on how to cook it.

a. Processing Beef By Boiling Method
When cutting the beef should not be too big to be more tender and soft seasoning also quickly absorbed. Don't enter the beef when the water has not boiled. After the beef begins to soften, cook using a small fire until the beef is cooked perfectly.

b. Process Beef by Baked
When processing the beef by baking it better you choose the thighs. Cut the beef by fighting the fiber and the size is rather large. Soak the beef that has been cut into the seasoning for approximately 2 hours.

Then, place the beef into a heat resistant container and put in the oven. Set the oven at 190-200 ° C and baking time between 2-3 hours.

                                                                      Grilled Beef

c. Processing Beef by Burning
Beef that is usually processed by burning is the inner meat. After the beef is prepared inside, cut into small pieces and soak in the spice for 1-2 hours for the seasoning really absorbed. Skew the beef using a skewer. After that roast the beef over the coals of fire.

d. Processing Beef by Frying
Choose beef and boil in water that has been given spices until really tender. After that cut with a thickness of between 1.2-2 cm, cut it against the meat fibers. After cutting, beat the beef using a meat-beater. Then fry in a lot of oil at a moderate temperature.

                                                                         Fried Beef

        4. How to Process Beef to be Tender
This is how to make the beef become tender and become more delicious.
    a. Using Ginger
Ginger contains proteolytic enzymes or proteases that can break down protein bonds in meat. When the protein inside the beef breaks down, the meat becomes more tender. How to proccess it ? Grated ginger, then coat the beef with grated ginger and let stand for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes wash the beef until it is clean and the beef can be cooked.

    b. Using Papaya Leaves
Papaya leaves contain papain enzymes that can make the beef tender. How to use papaya leaf is quite easy, you just squeeze the young papaya leaves then wrap the meat using papaya leaves. Let stand for about 30 minutes, then wash thoroughly then drain.

    c. Using Pineapple
 Pineapple contains bromelin enzyme, it works the same way as papain enzyme in papaya. You can mix the pieces of meat with grated pineapple, but not too long. The trick is grated pineapple and rub on beef. Let beef for 45 minutes. Wash the beef till clean and drain.

That's some way of processing beef to be tender and tasty. Good luck !

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