Cooked meat.
Boiled meat, it would seem, is very simple in cooking a dish. But, to make the cooked meat tasty, tender, juicy and soft, you need to know the little secrets of its preparation.
First, it is best to boil the meat with a large, whole piece. In the market or in the store, take those pieces of meat that are covered with a layer of top white fat. The meat should be poured into boiling water. The water in the pan should be exactly enough so that it covers a piece of meat completely, more water should not be poured, as nutrients and juices from a piece of meat pass into it. Meat bring to a boil at maximum heat, and then sharply reduce the heat and cook the meat on low heat. Boiling water should be barely noticeable.
If you cook hard meats: beef or mutton, add a little vinegar to the water, so the meat will be cooked tender, juicy. When the meat is cooked, it is taken out and before serving it is kept in a small amount of broth, in which it was cooked, so that the meat remained juicy.
Modern technologies simplify the process of cooking steamed meat in a steamer. Meat, steamed, is considered very healthy.
Grilled meat.
To make the fried meat tasty and fragrant, it should be prepared for frying. Sprinkle with seasonings, pepper, and butter. On the baking tray, where you are going to fry the meat, add a little water to give the meat juiciness. To give the meat "raisins" in taste and tenderness, add a few drops of cognac to the baking sheet.
If you roast meat in the oven, from time to time do not forget to pour it with broth or warm water (never cold!), So it does not get dry. If you add a little sour cream to the water that you are pouring on the meat, you will get fried meat in a delicious sour cream sauce.
Remember the rule - the smaller the piece of meat that you fry in the oven, the higher the temperature of frying should be. If you want to fry the meat in a whole piece, then before frying it should be smeared with sour cream and spices to form a ruddy crust.
If you are afraid that when cooking in the oven, the meat will burn, then put in a small oven with water. The evaporation of the evaporation of the liquid will prevent the meat from sticking. Meat before frying can be sprinkled with a thin layer of powdered sugar, so during the frying on the meat a delicious crispy crust is formed. If you want to pan the meat in flour or breadcrumbs, then it should be done immediately before putting pieces of meat on a baking sheet or frying pan so that the crackers and flour do not soften and soak into the meat. To fry the meat with a dense crisp, before frying it should be wiped dry with a cloth, then roll in flour, put it in a beaten egg, and only then pan with breadcrumbs. Fry meat should be in large quantities of vegetable oil or fat, so that the meat is completely covered. Observing these conditions, the meat will turn out to be delicious and appetizing.
It should not be pierced with a knife or fork when frying, so that juices do not flow out of it. Meat during the frying should not fit tightly to each other, so as not to damage the crust on the pieces.
If you need to reheat previously roasted meat, before you put it in a frying pan, sprinkle it with warm boiled water, so the meat will taste like freshly fried.
Cutlets.
Cutlets are a very popular and popular meat dish, which is not difficult to cook at home.
Frozen minced meat should be lowered for several minutes in cold water. To make the cutlets tasty, you can add salt, pepper, finely chopped greens, onion, garlic, 1 st. To the stuffing. l. yogurt, crushed biscuits. Usually, fresh minced meat is left overnight in the fridge so that it soaks.
Cutlets should be placed on a well-heated frying pan with vegetable oil. That they turned out magnificent, it is necessary to turn them several times after they form a crust. Cutlets should not closely adjoin to each other. Cutlets should be fried over moderate heat so that they are well roasted inside.
You can put in minced meat not raw, and lightly fried onions, so the taste of the cutlets will be even tastier and more fragrant. Some housewives add a little raw potato to the minced meat cutlet, it also diversifies the taste of cutlets. Potatoes for these purposes should be grated.
Meat dish at home can be prepared from a bird. If you are going to bake a bird in the oven, then put it on the baking tray with the backside down. You should water the bird with a small amount of warm water or oil to make it tender and juicy. Chicken or chicken is smeared before baking lemon juice, garlic, mayonnaise. And two slices of cheese, put in the belly of a chicken, will give the meat of the bird a pleasant taste and aroma. Before you serve meat on the table, you can give it a festive look - decorate with fresh vegetables or croutons.
Fried goose, duck and piglet will be covered with crispy crust, if a few minutes before the end of frying, pour them with cold water.
The bird will turn out especially tasty, if to fry it on a butter. To butter is not burned, you should dilute it with a spoon of vegetable oil.
Cook the meat deliciously and eat with appetite!