What to cook with beef

Cooking is not easy. And when the question of cooking touches on meat, you can generally grab your head. Almost cooked - not tasty, digested - the same thing. But what kind of festive table can do without meat, and even more so without beef? This meat is both tasty and healthy, especially if you know how to cook it properly.

How to cook beef in the oven

Oven beef with potatoes and mushrooms

What you need:

• beef steaks 4 pcs;
• large potatoes 5 pcs;
• mushrooms (to your taste) 300 g;
• cream 150 ml (fat);
• onions (to taste) from 1 to 3 heads;
• spices to taste;
• vegetable oil.

Preparation:

1. It's worth starting with meat. Give your choice to fresh young beef. Quality meat is the success of your dish! Beef steaks should be beaten well, grated with spices.
2. Heat the frying pan, pour in vegetable oil, fry the meat on both sides, until tender. Be careful as the meat roasts very quickly and can dry out.
3. Place the meat on a plate and cover with foil.
4. Peel the potatoes and cut into medium-thick slices. Fry over medium heat until golden brown. Don't forget to add salt.
5. Turn on the oven to heat up to two hundred degrees.
6. While the oven is heating, chop the mushrooms and onions. Best of all in squares (but you can cut as you like) and fry them in a pan until half cooked. Season with salt, pepper and cream. Simmer the mushrooms until the mixture begins to thicken.
7. You can simply place the meat on a greased baking sheet, but it is best to use parchment paper (you can use foil). Cut the leaf to shape, brush it with a little butter and place the beef steak on top of it. You can make a sheet for each steak, you can make one, but in this case, put the meat a couple of centimeters apart.
8. Next, put the potatoes on the steak, the creamy mushrooms on the potatoes.
9. Now, if you prepared a sheet for each steak, wrap it with an envelope, if you put it on one, then just cover it on top with another sheet and fold it to the bottom of the edge.
10. Place the dish in the oven for thirty minutes.
11. When the time is up, remove the meat from the oven. Unfold the envelopes and, using a spatula, carefully transfer to a plate. If you are afraid that the dish will crumble, you can not remove the steaks from the paper, but simply cut it off, leaving one centimeter on the sides.

Serve meat best with fresh vegetables.

How to cook beef in a pan

Beef Tender

To cook beef according to this recipe, you need to use a cauldron or deep frying pan.

For cooking you will need:

• beef 500 g;
• one large onion;
• apple 1 pc;
• tbsp honey;
• cream (fat) 200 ml;
• tbsp flour;
• spices to taste;
• butter and vegetable oils for frying;
• water 2 cups.

Preparation:

1. The meat is cut first, it is important that the pieces are small.
2. Preheat a frying pan, add the vegetable oil and butter, wait until they are completely mixed. Then add honey and stir.
3. Put pieces of meat in a frying pan and fry until golden brown. Season to taste.
4. In a separate skillet, sauté the onions until golden brown and add to the meat in a large skillet.
5. Peel the apple, grate and add to the rest of the pan.
6. Pour in two glasses of water, add more spices if desired and simmer for about an hour.
7. Stir the chilled cream with flour so that there are no lumps. Pour the resulting mixture in a thin stream into the pan, stirring gently. Leave on low heat for another fifteen minutes.
8. After a while, the dish is ready.

Beef for a tooth

What you need:

• beef meat 300 g;
• paprika tsp;
• a mixture of peppers (to taste);
• clove of garlic
• basil 1 tsp;
• table vinegar tbsp (you can take an apple one);
• water 2 cups.

Preparation:

1. First of all, cut the meat into small plates (it will be more convenient to beat off) and soak it in two glasses of water with vinegar. Leave it on for half an hour or an hour.
2. Then beat the meat well, rub with a mixture of peppers, garlic and leave for another fifteen minutes to soak the meat.
3. Preheat a skillet, add oil and fry the meat pieces until tender. It should have a beautiful golden hue.
4. Sprinkle generously with paprika and basil a few minutes before the end of cooking.

How to cook soft and juicy beef

Juicy beef marinated in hot honey

What you need:

• beef 500 g;
• mayonnaise 3 tablespoons;
• mustard 1.5 tbsp;
• honey 2 tsp;
• walnuts 100 g;
• salt and pepper to taste.

Preparation:

1. Make a marinade. Mix mustard, honey, mayonnaise. Crush or grind the nuts in a coffee grinder, add to the rest. Mix.
2. The beef is cut into thin slices and placed in the marinade for thirty minutes.
3. Preheat a skillet and fry the marinated meat over medium heat until tender.

Chinese style beef

What you need:

• beef 500 g;
• tbsp corn starch;
• soy sauce 2 tablespoons;
• tbsp wine vinegar;
• cranberries 2 tbsp (you can also ice cream);
• salt and pepper to taste.

Preparation:

1. The first step is to prepare the sauce. Mix corn starch, soy sauce, pepper, salt, vegetable oil, cranberries, vinegar.
2. Cut the meat into pieces, but not coarsely. Place in a smaller saucepan and cover with sauce. Stir well, cover with a plate or small lid on top so that you can press down hard. Leave to marinate for an hour.
3. Then pour more water into a saucepan and put on fire. As the water boils, reduce heat to medium and place a saucepan with meat on top. Thus, the meat is steamed until tender. As a result, it turns out to be very juicy and soft.

How to cook marbled beef

Beef with mayonnaise sauce

What you need:

• marbled beef 200 g (steak);
• tbsp mayonnaise;
• natural yogurt tbsp;
• lemon juice 2 tablespoons;
• ketchup;
• honey tsp;
• salt and pepper to taste.

Preparation:

1. Start with the marinade. To do this, mix the necessary ingredients: honey, lemon juice, salt, pepper, you can add your favorite spices to the meat to taste.
2. Brush the steak with marinade and leave to soak for ten minutes.
3. While the meat is juiced, turn on the oven and heat to two hundred degrees.
4. To make the meat more appetizing, fry it first in a skillet. From all sides, evenly.
5. Then place the steak in the oven and leave there for twenty minutes.
6. Now you can proceed directly to sauce... Carefully mix the yogurt, mayonnaise, salt and pepper. Add greens if desired.
7. Remove the meat from the oven and cut into small pieces. Top with sauce. The dish is best served with fresh vegetables or grilled vegetables.

How to cook beef jellied meat

What you need:

• beef shank 1 pc;
• beef tongue 1 pc;
• pork knuckle (it is better to take the front leg);
• salt (18 liters) 3 tablespoons;
• two onion heads;
• bay leaf (to taste);
• head of garlic;
• black peppercorns (to taste);
• gelatin 30 g

Preparation:

1. All meat products are well washed, cleaned, and settled in several waters. They are cut into convenient parts. Then they are put in a large saucepan, filled with water and put on the fire.
2. As soon as the contents come to a boil, reduce the heat and skim off the resulting foam.
3. Leave the jellied meat to simmer over low heat for another nine hours.
4. When there is an hour left until the end of cooking, add lavrushka, salt, pepper and onion to the pan.
5. When the time is up, turn off the heat and let cool slightly.
6. Pour gelatin with two glasses of broth. Leave to swell.
7. Separate the meat from the bones, the veins will also go to the jellied meat. You can throw out the skin from the shank. The meat can be cut into large pieces or rolled in a meat grinder. Can be done in both ways. Lay it out in shapes.
8. Strain the broth.
9. Grate the head of garlic or pass through a garlic press. Add it to the broth.
10. Heat the broth and add gelatin to it. But not all at once, but gradually and stirring.
11. Now pour the broth into the molds with meat and refrigerate. It will take at least twelve hours in time. Do not put hot molds in the refrigerator, let them cool beforehand.

After the jellied meat has frozen well, you can proceed to the delicacy. Bon Appetit.

How to cook beef in a slow cooker

Beef at a degree in a slow cooker

What you need:

• beef 600 g;
• one onion;
• tbsp butter;
• tbsp vegetable oil;
• flour 50 g;
• beer (light or dark at your choice) 300 ml;
• tbsp mustard;
• black bread (tastier with Borodino bread) 2 slices;
• a bunch of greens;
• salt and pepper to taste.

Preparation:

1. The meat is cut into pieces of medium size.
2. The onion is cut into cubes. Turn on the frying mode about fry it. Transfer to a plate.
3. Then fry the meat until a light crust is formed.
4. After frying, roll the meat in flour and put it back in a slow cooker. Put a bow on top. Add salt and pepper.
5. Pour beer over the meat. Be careful when doing this, as strong foam can form. Therefore, try to pour it closer to the edge.
6. Brush two slices of bread with mustard and place on the meat.
7. Close the lid and put on the extinguishing mode. Time for an hour and a half.
8. After half an hour, remove the bread slices from the multicooker. During this time, it will completely saturate the meat with its aroma. Continue simmering until the time is up.
9. After the time is up, the dish is ready. Sprinkle it with fresh herbs and serve.

How to cook beef patties

What you need:

• minced beef 500 g;
• two onions;
• a couple of cloves of garlic;
• two eggs;
• soft cheese 100 g;
• bread crumbs 20 g;
• mayonnaise 3 tablespoons;
• semolina 5 tbsp.;
• canned beef ham 1 can;
• salt, pepper to taste;
• frying oil.

Preparation:

1. The onion and garlic are twisted and added to the minced meat. One egg is added, salt. Mix everything.
2. Now you can start the "shell". Ham, cheese, egg, mayonnaise, garlic, salt, pepper mix well.
3. Now, put the "shell" on your palm, and the minced meat on top of it. Shape the patty.
4. Dip in the semolina and breadcrumbs mixture and send to the pan.
5. Fry on both sides until tender.

How to cook beef with potatoes

Potato soup

What you need:

• beef 300 g;
• one large carrot;
• one large onion;
• potatoes medium size 5 pieces;
• a bunch of greens;
• large bulgarian pepper 1 pc;
• a clove of garlic;
• salt and pepper to taste.

Preparing this dish is very simple:

1. Cut the meat into small (but not small) pieces, fry in a little oil and garlic until half cooked.
2. Vegetables are cut into large cubes and placed in a large saucepan. Add meat there. Pour everything with water and put it on a low heat for about an hour.
3. Ten minutes before cooking, chop the herbs, but not finely, and add to the pan. Salt and pepper.

At the end of the time, the soup is ready. It is not only delicious, but also looks very nice on the plate.

How to make beef stroganoff

Beef stroganoff with forest mushrooms

What you need:

• beef 300 g;
• rice (for serving) 100 g;
• red onion 1 pc (large);
• porcini mushrooms 200 g;
• pickled cucumber 3 pcs;
• cognac 50 ml;
• milk 50 ml;
• natural yogurt (no additives) 150 ml;
• frying oil;
• a bunch of greens;
• paprika 2 tsp;
• salt and pepper to taste.

Preparation:

1. Boil rice in salted water. Drain, rinse.
2. Cut the mushrooms into medium-sized slices, the onion and cucumber into rings. Finely chop the greens.
3. Beat a little and cut into thin strips. Season with spices, paprika.
4. Fry the meat and mushrooms separately.
5. While frying meat, pour cognac into it and set it on fire, that is, flambé the meat. Or just evaporate it, but it will take longer in time.
6. When the mushrooms have a golden color, add onions and cucumbers to them, part of the greenery. Cook over medium heat for five minutes. Stir constantly.
7. Then transfer the mushrooms to the meat and cook for a couple of minutes.
8. The final step is to pour yogurt with milk into the pan with meat and mushrooms. Cover and simmer for another five minutes over low heat.
9. The dish is ready. Place the rice on a plate and carefully place the beef stroganoff on top. Decorate with the remaining herbs. Bon Appetit.