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Why you should not marinate beef with salt

Beef is a highly nutritious food that can be prepared into many delicious dishes, but not everyone knows how to cook it to make the meat tender and juicy.

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14 December, 2023

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Beef has long been a popular food in Vietnamese cuisine. Beef is sold everywhere, such as markets, supermarkets, and butcher shops…

Usually, we have a habit of marinating beef with a little salt, MSG, and some crushed onions and garlic. However, this method is incorrect.

Marinating beef with salt is not correct, so marinate beef with sugar before cooking. (Photo: B.L)

Restaurant chefs believe that marinating beef with salt will make the meat tough, dry, and less delicious. Instead, to make the beef tender, juicy, you should marinate the beef with sugar first.

The reason why you should not marinate beef with salt is that salt contains many soluble substances that push the water in the meat out, making the beef tough and dry, affecting the flavor.

You can refer to the following way to marinate beef:

First, wash the meat thoroughly, then soak the beef in a bowl of water mixed with a few drops of lemon juice for about 15 minutes to remove any remaining blood on the meat. Then, take out the beef and slice it into bite-sized pieces.

Then, put the beef in a bowl, add sugar, soy sauce, and a little cornstarch to marinate for 15 minutes. After marinating, stir-fry the beef or combine it with other ingredients to cook as usual.

If you marinate beef this way, the meat will be juicy, sweet, and very delicious.

Source: vtc.vn