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Process ahead. A simple treatment we can do the day before braising the brisket is to coat the brisket with a layer of dry mustard and just rinse it off while braising. Brisket that has been coated with mustard will be more tender and also easier to braise.
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It's best to add enough water at once. When stewing brisket, it is best to add enough water at once, if the water is not enough, add boiling water or hot water, be careful not to add cold water in the middle, because once the hot meat touches the cold water, it will make the surface of the brisket contracted and tightened, the brisket will be eaten hard by the faggot, and it will not be good to chew.
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Note the heat. Wash the brisket, cold water in a pot, add some ginger, anise and cinnamon and other ingredients, then cover the pot, boil the water, and then open the lid to let the smell of blood evaporate, about twenty minutes or so and then cover the lid with a slow stew with a gentle fire, 3 hours or so can be, pay attention to not always use a fierce fire, but to slowly simmering, it is easy to cook brisket rotten, the flavor is also strong.
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Add some wine, vinegar and other seasonings. In order to make the brisket stew both delicious and rotten, you can add some wine or vinegar during the stewing process, but pay attention to the amount you put. Generally speaking two pounds of beef can put about 2 tablespoons of wine or 1 tablespoon of vinegar. These add wine or vinegar stewed brisket, will make the meat tender also easy to rot.
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Put tea leaves with the stew. In order to make the tea both tasty and easy to stew, we can add tea leaves to stew together. The way to do this is to use a small cloth bag to put the tea leaves in, then tie the cloth bag and put it into the pot to stew with the brisket, so that the brisket is easy to rot and the flavor is refreshing. In addition to the tea, you can also add a few pieces of dried hawthorn or a few slices of white radish to stew together, the brisket is also easy to stew rotten, but also remove the odor, the flavor is delicious.
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Pay attention to the timing of seasoning such as salt. Some people like to add enough salt at the beginning of the seasoning, do not know that salt early put will be more brisket is difficult to stew, the meat is tight, so, put the salt to put a little later for good. In addition, do not start to add soy sauce, because a plus, one to the color is not good, the second soy sauce is slightly bitter, affecting the freshness of the soup, you can to the time when the pot is about to add.
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Use a pressure cooker. We know that pressure cookers save time by making it easier to cook ingredients. So, if you are in a hurry, you may want to use a pressure cooker for stewing, just be careful to get the heat right. In addition, the meat should be cut into cubes, not too small. In the pressure cooker stew brisket, you can first use another pot to let the brisket cold water in the pot, medium heat to boil the water to remove the foam filtered out of the dish, and then put the brisket into the pressure cooker has boiled water, plus spices and other seasonings, cover the lid, and then with a high fire, and then low fire stewing for half an hour or so can be.
Note
Stewing brisket in a regular pot should be simmered slowly. Don't add cold water in the middle and don't put salt too early. If you think it makes sense, please help vote, thank you very much.