How to brine beef at home yourself is as follows:

Ingredients: 2 pounds of beef tendon meat, 1 piece of fermented bean curd, 2 tablespoons of soybean paste, 1 tablespoon of sweet noodle sauce, 1 bowl of cooking wine, 1 small butterfly of rock sugar, 6 cloves of garlic, 16 slices of ginger, green onion knots in the right amount, 6 anise star anise, salt in the right amount, 3 tablespoons of dark soy sauce.

1, beef soak to remove blood, change the water two or three times until the water becomes clear.

2. Add cold water to the pot, bring to a boil, then pull out and rinse.

3, soak in cool water for 30 minutes.

4: Make sauce: 2 tablespoons soybean paste, 1 tablespoon sweet noodle sauce, 1 piece fermented bean curd, 1 bowl cooking wine and mix well.

5: Place the beef in a cast-iron skillet, pour in the sauce, add the garlic, ginger and Chinese spices, 3 tablespoons of dark soy sauce and a small dish of rock sugar.

6: Pour in enough hot water, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn down the heat and simmer for 60 minutes (i.e., just enough time for chopsticks to poke).

7: Add salt and cook for 30 minutes, then pull out to dry naturally.

8: Reheat the marinade, add the beef, and marinate over low heat for 30 minutes. After cooling, you can eat, dry or dip the sauce are particularly delicious.