In order to pickle delicious corned beef, materials are particularly important. In addition to fresh beef tendon, spices such as clove, pepper, star anise, dried tangerine peel, fennel, cinnamon, fragrant leaves and licorice should also be prepared. In addition, green onions, ginger, soy sauce and soy sauce should be in moderation, as well as sugar, salt and spiced powder.

Pickling steps of Henan salted beef

1. Wash the prepared fresh beef tendon with clear water, remove the moisture on the surface, and then cut into large pieces. If you have a meat hammer at home, you can beat the beef with the meat hammer to make its fiber bifurcate, which will make it easier to taste when curing.

2. Put the processed beef into a pot, add soy sauce, spiced powder, white sugar, green onion, ginger and a small amount of edible salt, mix well and marinate. All the prepared seasonings should be put in a seasoning box and pickled in a basin. The pickling time should not be less than ten hours.

3. Put the marinated beef and soup into the pot, add appropriate amount of water and cook together. After boiling, turn to low heat and cook slowly for two hours. After the meat in the pot can be easily inserted with chopsticks, add an appropriate amount of edible salt and turn off the fire after ten minutes.

4. After leaving the cooked beef for four or five hours, take it out and put it in a ventilated place to dry. At this time, the salted beef is ready. When you want to eat, take out the slices and put them on the plate.