Beef stew is a familiar stew dish with a delicious and rich flavor that many people enjoy, but the cooking time for this tasty dish is quite long. Therefore, today let the Cooking Tips section of TasteVN share a quick and tender beef stew recipe that saves a lot of time right below!
1 How to cook beef stew quickly soft thanks to choosing beef
In order for the beef stew to cook quickly and retain its delicious aroma, the selection of meat plays a very important role. You should choose pieces of beef with tendons or parts of the shank and tenderloin.
To make the beef stew even tastier, you can cook different parts of the meat together to create a fatty flavor, and when cooked, it will be soft without being dry.
For the beef stew, if you want the meat to become soft quickly, you should prioritize choosing young beef or at least meat from cows with fine fibers so that it retains its sweetness and tenderness when cooked.
2 Some tips to help cook beef stew quickly soft
Use black tea bags
Black tea is a way to make the beef not only soft quickly but also create a rich aroma and help the meat have a more beautiful color.
You just need to add a sufficient amount of black tea into the pot to stew together with the beef to achieve an attractive final product.
Use green papaya
Cut green papaya into bite-sized pieces and put it into the pot to stew with beef. When stewing, the sap from the green papaya will flow out, helping the beef become softer.
Use rice vinegar or apple cider vinegar
Rice vinegar or apple cider vinegar is also one of the good tips to help beef cook faster and softer than usual.
You just need to add 1 – 2 tablespoons of vinegar to cook with the beef, but be careful to adjust the amount of vinegar just enough so that it does not affect the flavor of the dish!
Using pineapple
Using pineapple to help beef cook faster and become tender is becoming familiar to many housewives.
You cut the pineapple into pieces and add it to the pot along with the beef. When you see the beef is tender, remove the pineapple so that the beef does not get mushy, and it’s done.
Using cooking wine
Before simmering, marinate the beef with 1 – 2 tablespoons of cooking wine or good glutinous rice wine to make the meat more fragrant, tender, and delicious.
Using ice cubes
A simple method that many people apply to make beef cook softer faster is to add ice cubes to the pot while simmering. This method not only helps you save a lot of time but also retains the sweet and tenderness of the beef.
3 Use modern pots to cook beef stew quickly and tender
Rice cooker
After preparing the beef, place it in a rice cooker, add water and fresh milk, then cover it.
Then, press the Cook button and cook for 2 – 3 hours and add water if it runs low until the beef is tender, season again, and it’s done!
Slow cooker
After preparing the beef, place it in a slow cooker along with other ingredients and cover it.
To make the beef really tender, select the quick cooking mode and let it simmer for 3 hours. After the beef is tender, turn off the pot and scoop it into a bowl to enjoy.
Insulated pot
Cooking beef stew with an insulated pot may be a method that is still quite unfamiliar to many people.
This method not only helps the meat to be tender and sweet without being broken down but also retains heat for a long time.
After the beef has been cooked with other ingredients for about 1 hour, cover it and put it into an insulated pot, and keep it warm for another 6 – 8 hours, and then the meat will be tender and ready to enjoy.
Pressure cooker
Add the marinated beef and chopped lemongrass along with fresh coconut water into the pressure cooker, close the lid, and simmer for 30 minutes.
After that, release the steam valve, open the lid, add potatoes and carrots, stir well, then cover the lid and simmer for another 10 minutes, taste and adjust the seasoning to finish.
TasteVN hopes that with the quick and tender beef stew recipe shared above, it will help you choose the most suitable method to cook efficiently while still achieving delicious and appealing dishes!
