Among the meats we eat for three meals a day, beef is relatively high-grade, and beef buns are more expensive than pork buns, with a steak 100. However, beef is really delicious and nutritious, so it is expensive and worthwhile. Beef is a traditional food in many areas of China, such as beef jerky and Shaanxi preserved beef, which is a specialty of Inner Mongolia. Different production methods and materials bring different flavors. Braised beef is very popular all over the country and can be bought in braised pork shops. However, the price of braised beef varies greatly in different stores.

Ask the boss why this is, and the boss will tell you that the meat yield is different, which leads to a big difference in prices. How much can a Jin of beef earn when a pot-stewed restaurant cooks braised beef? Bian Xiao has a friend who is a chef in a restaurant. Bian Xiao specifically asked him this question. He said that there are great differences between each family. After listening to his explanation, I realized that braised beef was actually "very interesting". Even if these kinds of braised beef are cheap, you can't buy them!

Braised beef is a delicious food marinated in salt water boiled with dozens of spices and seasonings, and its structure is very close. After several hours of marinating, it is basically impossible to achieve a higher meat yield. Generally normal processing means, one catty of raw beef can only make half a catty of braised beef. A skilled master can cook 0.05 kg of braised beef per kg of raw beef, but it needs years of experience. In the market, raw beef is usually 25 yuan/kg, and braised beef in pot-stewed restaurants is usually sold to 80 yuan/kg or more, so the boss can make money, and this price is also considered to be average.

However, in some pot-stewed restaurants, the price of pot-stewed beef is very competitive and attractive to customers as long as it costs 40 to 50 yuan. But other stores sell 80 yuan, and this one only takes 40 minutes to get to 50 yuan. Why? Is this braised beef edible? A friend of the chef told me that some braised beef shops are made of "fresh beef" processed and salted by machines. The specific process is to put fresh beef into the machine and add starch, soy protein, seasoning, food additives such as gelatin, carrageenan and sodium tripolyphosphate.

The beef processed by machine has better taste and tender meat quality than the beef processed by normal method, and the meat yield is several times higher than that of braised beef. Usually one kilogram of raw beef can process 1.25 kilograms of braised beef. Although it is also made of beef, there are many additives in it, not pure beef, so the price will be much cheaper than that sold in other stores.

However, some experienced chefs will soak beef in salt water for a period of time after curing it to increase the flavor of beef. Finally, the meat yield of this braised beef is also higher. One catty of raw beef can make 0.7 catty of braised beef. However, it is revealed that this braised beef actually has additives, such as "borax". It seems that braised beef with high meat yield is not so good. So if you want to eat braised beef, don't buy it when you see very cheap beef, no matter how cheap it is. Bian Xiao suggested that it is best to buy a catty of raw beef and come back by yourself.

It is also good to add some starch and soybean protein to these braised beef. However, if those food additives are post-produced, you will feel uneasy after eating them. In any case, eating them is definitely bad for your health. Therefore, you can learn the method of braised pork and cook braised pork at home.