Recipe of the Day
Recipe of the Day
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- detritus0
Two things I don't cook much of — beef, Chinese.
Steak and burgers are two of my favourite things, but they're treats for me and I tend to prefer someone else making them for me, well, these days.
Anyway, I'm about to cook some sort of half made up beef and noodles thing, with a focus on pepper and shiitake and I'm trying something that might completely fuck it all up before I've even started — I've sprinkled a load of baking soda over the cut beef in an attempt to force tenderise it.
To be honest, it smells awful — that sickly buttery beef smell mixed with a sort of metallic soapiness.
If this shit doesn't wash off, I've just ruined a load of otherwise nice beef :/
- poor animal, died for nothing...oey
- I have an idea, put it under the tap, wash it. then pit it inside a tupperware with garlic, red wine and other spices. make it tomorrow.oey
- Washed off already and in to a soy and soy marinade for a half hour. The horrible smell has gone, thankfully. Just hope it doesn't taste odd now!detritus
- *soy and sugardetritus
- was it edible?Fax_Benson
- 30 min marinade won't do a great deal, all the best with it.fadein11
- i'm vegetarian by the way.oey
- Well, less a marinade than a wash. I don't like marinating beef - makes it tough.detritus
- lol oey get out of the beef post!!pango
- never heard of baking soda to tenderise beef... i usually just slow stew it for more than an hour.pango
- yep same. baking soda a new one for me.fadein11
- I learned the baking soda trick from a Chinese chef. They do it in almost all the restaurants. You only need a teaspoon per pound!monospaced
- Tomorrow I'm using bicarbonate soda in chickpeas, yo!detritus