Brilio.net - Beef is suitable for processing into various dishes, for example steak. Beef steak is often served when there are special events, such as weddings, Eid al-Adha, aqikah, birthdays, and many others. However, quite a few people still make mistakes when cooking beef, so the texture tends to be tough .
Tough beef can be caused by various things, including not marinating it first or cooking the meat for too long. So, to make it more tender when eaten, many people try marinating beef with baking soda first before cooking.
Reporting from bonappetit.com, baking soda will work to increase the pH of the outer layer of meat while marinating. If the pH of the meat rises, the protein fibers will not combine quickly when cooked, so the texture of the meat remains soft even if it is cooked thoroughly later.
However, if you don't want to use baking soda, don't worry because there are other tricks for tenderizing meat, as shared by netizens on the TikTok account @pkulover. This man admitted that he got the trick for tenderizing beef to make steak from his mother. After all, you only need two kitchen ingredients if you want to practice this trick, you know.
Before starting the trick, first prepare the beef you want to cook. Make sure the meat is clean by wiping it with a tissue. Then, cut the beef thinly against the grain, so that the meat doesn't easily turn tough when cooked later.
After that, coat the meat with sweet soy sauce. Yup, this sweet soy sauce is the first kitchen ingredient to practice this trick of making beef steak tender. Apart from making it tender, this sweet soy sauce also helps the meat taste sweeter and tastier. Then, move the meat to the refrigerator.
"We put it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes," added the owner of the TikTok account @pkulover, quoted by BrilioFood on Wednesday (19/6).
photo: TikTok/@pkulover
After marinating, take the meat out of the refrigerator and mix it with one more kitchen ingredient, namely cornstarch, use just a little. Reporting from savorytooth.com, cornstarch can keep the meat moist while it is being cooked, so that the meat does not easily turn tough.
After being sprinkled with cornstarch, the meat is ready to be stir-fried into steak with seasonings according to taste. The owner of the TikTok account @pkulover this time used spices such as garlic, onions, pepper, salt and soy sauce.
photo: TikTok/@pkulover
The results are delicious and addictive.