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Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Tips in cooking corned beef



Once again and the kids will, School is about to start definitely need a power breakfast to give them the energy that they need to keep up with the home works and projects. One of the breakfast staple that mother love to cook is the corned beef. Corned beef is easy to prepare and what is more, it can be coupled with other ingredients to make it healthier. Corned beef is The most versatile of dishes that you can find. Here are some ways to cook a different corned beef and also ways in cooking your corned beef so that it will taste even better.

1. Brine your beef for at least two days.

Juicy and with if you want corned beef that is soft the right saltiness to it, you should brine your
corned beef for at least two days. when you say brine this means that you should saturate your corned beef in a bowl of water with salt. This will help put flavor into the beef and set the taste.

2. Use fresh ingredients Although it is a lot easier and faster to use corned beef that came from a can, it is healthier and better tasting to use only the freshest ingredients. Use beef that you purchase from
the market and cure the beef yourself. This ensures that what you are letting your kids eat is clean and safe and of course without the chemicals that may cause health problems.

3. Boil your beef for one hour A lot of people swear by to boiling. This locks in the flavor on the inside and also ensures that the meat is chewy and soft asopposed to as hard as rock. Cooking it will also be a. lot easier as you don't have to worry about softening. the meat while frying or apply meat tenderizers to. soften it a little more.

4. Put a different ingredient It is always good to. experiment with taste and texture. Once you have.
mastered the art of coking corned beef, you already. have a license to play with the ingredients to suit. your taste. You can actually add anything that you. want as long as you taste it before you serve it of.
course.

Your kids will also welcome a different kind of corned. beef because for sure, they are already fed up with. the same old corned beef that you have been serving at. breakfast and at dinner. You can if you have the time. even serve a different corned beef in the morning and. A different one at dinner. All you need to do is. to add some ingredients into it.

5. put some sauce Although corned beef is served often. as dry flakes, you can always flout convention and put. some sauce into it. This will make your corned beef. less dry and more juicy. Put some tomato sauce and soy. sauce and then just rely on the natural juiciness of. the corned beef to add to the flavor.

6. Add some veggies The standard corned beef is often. cooked with onion rings but there are some corned beef. dishes that are cooked with potatoes. You can also add. some pineapple or even tofu. It is actually all up to. you. As mentioned before, cooking corned beef is a. breeze and you don't really have to exert much effort.

All you need is just a little imagination.

Recipe: Crispy Beef


Crispy Beef

3/4 pound tender beef strips (cut into diameter of
about 2 pencils and length of 2 - 2 1/2 inches).
Salt and white pepper to taste.
1/4 cup soy sauce.
3/4 cup granulated sugar.
1/2 cup white vinegar.
1/4 cup water.
1 1/2 tablespoons green onions (green part only).
1 teaspoon sesame seeds (untoasted).
2 egg whites (beaten until frothy).
1 cup cornstarch (approximation).
1 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch mixed with about.
2 tablespoons water (for thickening sauce).

Place sauce in wok and heat for minute or so before adding cornstarch with water. Once sauce mixture thickens, add about 2-3 tablespoon hot oil, stir well, then add beef strips and heat for about 1 minutes Remove from wok and place on platter. Sprinkle beef with sesame seeds and serve over white rice.

About 2 hours before frying beef strips, sprinkle salt (we used about 1/2 teaspoon) and white pepper (approximately 1/4 teaspoon). Massage spices into beef strips until evenly distributed. Place in refrigerator.

Next, and very important is to gradually add cornstarch to this mixture, slowly coating all of the beef strips. You will use a lot of cornstarch to thoroughly coat beef strips, so don't let the 1 cup measurement intimidate you. Actually, you may use less than 1 cup, but it will take a lot to make sure each strip of beef is covered with a fairly thick coating of cornstarch.

Mix sauce ingredients except for, of course, the cornstarch and water. Set aside.

When oil has reached about 360 degrees, drop about half the beef strips in oil. Once you are done frying beef strips, carefully drain excess oil and place on platter. Pour oil out of wok into container.

* If you use more beef than recipe calls for, sauce mixture can be doubled. If you use tougher beef strips, you may want to marinate mixture in a little soy sauce and red wine vinegar and cornstarch to tenderize.

You will use a lot of cornstarch to thoroughly coat beef strips, so don't let the 1 cup measurement intimidate you. Actually, you may use less than 1 cup, but it will take a lot to make sure each strip of beef is covered with a fairly thick coating of cornstarch. When oil has reached about 360 degrees, drop about half the beef strips in oil. Once sauce mixture thickens, add about 2-3 tablespoon hot oil, stir well, then add beef strips and heat for about 1 minutes Remove from wok and place on platter. If you use tougher beef strips, you may want to marinate mixture in a little soy sauce and red wine vinegar and cornstarch to tenderize.