Is beef stew cooked in boiling water or cold water?

Beef is a popular meat food in our life. It is more delicious than pork, tender and smooth, and has a particularly high nutritional value, so many people prefer to eat beef. Beef is delicious whether fried or stewed. Let's talk about beef stew today. Stewed beef is not difficult to cook, but you need to master some skills. For example, beef stew, remember these three "don't". Otherwise, it tastes heavy and smells like firewood.

1. Don't stew directly.

Generally, meat, including beef, has a lot of blood, so soak it in water before stewing, and don't stew it directly in the pot, otherwise the stewed beef will smell fishy. After washing the beef, put it in a basin and soak it in water for 2 hours to let the blood in the beef dissolve out. Change the water twice when soaking, and the beef will be more delicious after stewing for a while.

2. Don't use the wrong water

Stewed beef should be cooked in cold water. Many people will boil water, thinking it will save time. In fact, this is also incorrect. Stewed with boiling water, the protein of beef will solidify, and the meat quality will harden, so it will not rot after being cooked for a long time, and it tastes very woody. Boiling in cold water can wipe off the residual blood of beef and keep beef fresh and tender.

3. Don't add cold water in the middle

When some people stew beef, they don't put enough water at first. As a result, halfway through the stew, the water is almost dry, and cold water will be added in the middle. But this is also wrong, because adding cold water will dilute the fresh flavor of beef. If you want to add water, add boiling water to avoid affecting the taste of beef.

The correct way to stew beef:

1. Wash the soaked beef first and cut it into pieces for later use. Put oil in the pot, heat it, add ginger slices and onion and garlic until fragrant, then put beef in the pot, pour enough water (not beef pieces), add star anise, crystal sugar and soy sauce, and bring to a boil.

2. After boiling, turn to low heat and simmer for about 1 hour. Finally, add the right amount of salt and tomatoes. Sour taste will be more delicious, and then turn to high heat for stewing. Then you can cook.

When stewing beef, you must remember these three "don't want", so that the stewed beef is delicious, otherwise it will smell like fish and firewood. Do you know that?/You know what? Do you know that?/You know what? I would like to remind you that beef is too hot, so you should eat less in summer, otherwise it will be sour easily.