In restaurants, before frying, you will basically grab it with raw flour or egg white-mix it with a little egg white and leave it for about 1 minutes, which will make the beef smooth and tender.
beer is fine, but don't use tender meat powder!
it is advisable to choose lean meat and tender meat for stir-fried beef, such as tenderloin, outer loin, upper brain, sancha, lamb cover and langtou. If you buy old beef, it's definitely not tender. . .
Difference between old and tender beef:
Old beef is dark red in color and thick in meat; Tender beef is light red in color, firm, thin and elastic.
When cutting beef, cut it against the meat grain and try to be as thin as possible; Then, before frying, use a little salt \ vinegar \ old wine (beef belongs to red meat and should be soaked with old wine) ginger juice, egg white and starch, stir well, and soak for about ten minutes. Remember, the fried beef must be put with more oil, so that it is smooth and tender.
Slice it along the lines and slice it horizontally;
Marinate beef with soy sauce and mix well with starch or egg white;
If you have time, you can add some oil when mixing the meat and marinate it for 1-2 hours, so that the oil will penetrate into the meat. When frying in the oil pan, the oil in the meat will destroy the crude fiber of the meat due to expansion, so that the meat will be fresh and tender. Stir-fry beef with more oil, more heat and more fire. Stir-fry beef for seven minutes, not too long, so as not to be too old.
Introduce some tips to make the meat tender, smooth and elastic:
1. Adding starch method: After cutting the meat slices, add a proper amount of dry starch and mix well, let it stand for 3 minutes and then fry in the pan to make the meat tender, soft and palatable;
2. Beer adding method: stir-frying meat slices is to add a proper amount of beer, so that the cooked meat slices are particularly refreshing and tender, and have a unique flavor;
3. Egg white method: Add an appropriate amount of egg white to the sliced meat, stir well, then let it stand for 3 minutes before frying, which can make the meat tender and smooth;
4. Edible oil method: When frying shredded beef, first add seasoning to the cut shredded beef, then add a proper amount of edible oil and mix well. After pickling, put it in the pot to keep the meat tender.
5. Use the Soviet method: soak the sliced beef in baking soda solution before frying, which can make the meat soft and tender.