Brilio.net - Cows offer various parts that can be consumed, including beef tendons. Beef tendons are a combination of meat, fat, and tendons attached to the bones. Many people like beef tendons because of their savory taste and chewy texture.
However, cooking beef tripe requires special skills. If not cooked properly, tripe can become tough and difficult to chew. In addition, the unpleasant aroma of beef can remain if not processed properly, reducing the pleasure of eating it.
For those who often have difficulty cooking beef tendon at home, a netizen known as Mak Rin shared her trick. Mak Rin likes to cook beef tendon soup with chopped vegetables to be served with warm rice. The question is, how to cook beef tendon soup so that it is not tough and free from unpleasant odors?
Apparently, the beef tripe must be boiled separately first. After investigating, this boiling process will help remove dirt, blood residue, and unpleasant odors from the beef tripe. After boiling and the color of the boiled water becomes cloudy, drain the tripe and throw away the water. Next, enter the second boiling process.
"The beef offal has been boiled and the first boiling water is thrown away, now we boil it again, cook it straight into soup, no need to throw away the water," explained Mak Rin, quoted by BrilioFood from YouTube Dapur Mak Rin on Wednesday (3/10).
Now, when boiling the second time, the boiled water must be added with ginger, nutmeg, and cinnamon. These three ingredients are proven to be effective in removing the fishy and gamey smell from beef tendons. Reported from ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, these spices contain active substances that can not only remove the unpleasant smell from meat, but also prevent bacteria and germs.
photo: YouTube/Dapur Mak Rin
Boil the beef tripe for a while until the broth comes out, then add the other soup ingredients, such as carrots, potatoes, various powdered spices, and chopped spring onions. If all the ingredients are cooked, it means the beef tripe soup is ready to be served with a sprinkling of fried onions.
photo: YouTube/Dapur Mak Rin
How, this trick to making beef tripe soup is really simple, right? Peeking at the comments column in Dapur Mak Rin's YouTube upload, there are quite a few netizens who are enthusiastic about trying to cook beef tripe like this. This upload has also been watched more than four thousand times.
"Wow, this menu is perfect for swallowing a cow while it's raining," said YouTuber Mar Fu,ah.
"Wow, this is what I'm looking for, while I have beef offal at home, thanks for the recipe, sis," said YouTube Hadara.
"An easy way to cook beef tetelan soup so it's not fishy, it's definitely delicious, Mom Rin," said YouTube Ekke Story.