Often cooked beef is very tough. To prevent this from happening, it is advisable to marinate the beef first. Marinade will not only soften the meat, but also give it a richer flavor and a pleasant taste. Choosing the method of marinating beef depends on what exactly you want to cook.
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Many housewives love to bake whole beef in the oven. This dish does not require long standing at the stove, so you can limit yourself to a minimum of effort. The simplest marinade for baked beef is a mixture of equal amounts of olive oil and lemon juice.
Rub meat with this mixture 3-4 hours before red pepper, coriander, basil. It is advisable not to add salt to the marinade so that juice does not come out of the meat. Better salt the meat just before sending it to the oven.
Beef chops are also quite popular. You will have a very tasty and fragrant marinade for chops if you mix soy sauce and garlic passed through a press. Add your favorite spices to the marinade. You do not need to add salt, since soy sauce itself is quite salty.
Put the chops in a deep plate and pour them with marinade. If there is time, then stand the meat in the marinade for about 3 hours. But in general, you can fry chops and about an hour after you pickled them. Typically, beef during this time manages to soak enough marinade.
The most favorite dish of many Russians, which can be prepared from meat, is, of course, barbecue. For its preparation, pork or chicken is most often used, although beef skewers are also not uncommon.
Marinades for beef kebab can be prepared a variety of. Common, for example, pickling beef in wine, in kefir or in tomato juice.
a. Place the pieces of beef in a deep ceramic, enamelled or glass dish. Salt the meat to taste and add spices. Red and black peppers, coriander, rosemary, ginger, bay leaf, cloves, basil and mustard are suitable for marinating beef.
b. Halve the onion and add it to the meat. Remember beef with onions with your hands so that the onions start juice. You can also add garlic grated on a coarse grater to the meat.
from. If you decide to marinate beef in wine, fill the kebab with red or white wine at the rate of 1 glass of wine per 1 kg of meat. You can add 1 teaspoon of sugar to a glass of wine.
d. Kefir beef marinade is prepared at the rate of 0.5 cup of kefir and 0.5 cup of mineral water per 1 kg of meat. You can do without mineral water and add only kefir to the meat (1 cup of kefir per 1 kg of meat).
e. For marinating beef in tomato juice, you can use pure tomato juice or tomato paste diluted in water. The amount of juice is calculated in the same way - 1 cup per 1 kg of meat.
f. After pouring the marinade, thoroughly mix the skewers, close the dishes with a lid and let the meat marinate for 3-4 hours.
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