Beef tripe is the cow's stomach.

The tripe is the stomach of the cow, the cow has four stomachs, the first three stomachs are variations of the cow's esophagus, which are the rumen stomach, web stomach, petal stomach, and wrinkled stomach, and the wrinkled stomach is the real stomach of the cow. The rumen is also known as maw, the web stomach is known as maw, the petal stomach is known as the hundred leaf stomach, and the last one is the stomach of the cow, this part mainly digests grain.

The application of the net stomach is the same as the rumen stomach, while the petal stomach and wrinkled stomach, mostly used for shredding and stir-frying, the most widely used in the tripe for the rumen stomach and petal stomach. Beef tripe and cow stomach is not a part, but both belong to the cow's stomach, the function of the two have some differences, the cow's stomach is the cow's digestive organs, the cow's tripe is the food storage room.

Beef tripe cleaning methods

1, rice water cleaning

With rice water cleaning tripe is considered the most traditional method of cleaning tripe, that is, with the tripe into the rice water with salt and repeatedly kneaded and cleaned can be.

2, lye cleaning

The tripe turned over, with scissors to remove the fat oil above. Then take the appropriate amount of lye, repeated front and back rubbing. Lye must be coated evenly, about three minutes of kneading, rinse with water. With coarse salt and flour again coated tripe, repeated rubbing, flour can play a role in bringing away the tripe above the role of spoils, about two or three minutes, rinse and wash.

3, heating cleaning

The tripe rinsed with water and divided into small pieces, into a pot of cold water, heated while scraping with a knife. Until the water boils, the tripe becomes soft, and then take out, still rinse with water repeatedly.