Smart tricks when stewing beef
Characteristic use of tea only add boiling water If it is stewed to eat, a small handful of tea wrapped in gauze, you can increase the aroma and can make the beef soften faster, a one-time water, if you have to add water halfway, to add boiling water, can not be added to the cold water.
Honey or red wine to break down the protein stew put some honey or red wine, these two contain decomposition of animal proteins enzyme protease, you can make the meat soft, but the honey do not wait for the broth hot plus, will be broken down.
Sugar and vinegar destroy cell structure Sugar and vinegar can destroy the cell structure of beef and make its meat soft. You can also simply put one or two hawthorn instead, the effect is the same. Because hawthorn contains a certain amount of lipase and hawthorn acid, which can promote fat decomposition, while increasing the activity of proteolytic enzymes, and the main components of meat are protein and fat.