How do you tenderize beef?

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James said:

Do you beat your meat?

<lol>
I'm SO not going to go there!

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Enzymes?

Marinades work for me or the Jaccard tenderizer as needed.

http://www.jaccard.com/Home-Product-WTender-16B.asp?group=R

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Dry rot?

<shudder>
Never.

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Slow cooking?

Depends on the cut.

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I don't like slow cooking lean beef because by the time it's tender
it's also tasteless.

Only if you don't know what you are doing.

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Enzymes is nice but too much is bad. I don't
like predigested food.

Proper marinades work wonders.

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Beating your meat also pounds a lot of the
juice out and you don't get a plump juicy steak.

Beating your meat makes for sticky keyboards. <smirk>

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My favorite is cheap chuck steak or roast on sale, a bit of tenderizer
and salt, grilled over hot flame till juice come out the top and the
flip side about 5 minutes.

So why are you asking? :-)

Seriously, try the Jaccard. They are worth the money. I use one on cheap
sirloins.
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James said...

Quoted message said:

Do you beat your meat?

Enzymes?

Dry rot?

Slow cooking?

I don't like slow cooking lean beef because by the time it's tender
it's also tasteless. Enzymes is nice but too much is bad. I don't
like predigested food. Beating your meat also pounds a lot of the
juice out and you don't get a plump juicy steak.

My favorite is cheap chuck steak or roast on sale, a bit of tenderizer
and salt, grilled over hot flame till juice come out the top and the
flip side about 5 minutes.

I use the jaccard 15-blade meat punch. The marinade gets into the meat
rather than just on it. It also reduces the cooking time. I do this with
pork tenderloins too.

Andy

James said:

Do you beat your meat?

Enzymes?

Dry rot?

Slow cooking?

I don't like slow cooking lean beef because by the time it's tender
it's also tasteless. Enzymes is nice but too much is bad. I don't
like predigested food. Beating your meat also pounds a lot of the
juice out and you don't get a plump juicy steak.

My favorite is cheap chuck steak or roast on sale, a bit of tenderizer
and salt, grilled over hot flame till juice come out the top and the
flip side about 5 minutes.

Usually, I don't. I have a big tenderizing mallet with sharp cleats on
one side (I bought it at a butcher's supply store 20-something years
ago), and I use that sometimes to tenderize round steaks.

Bob

Andy q said:

James said...

Quoted message said:

Do you beat your meat?

Quoted message said:

Enzymes?

Quoted message said:

Dry rot?

Quoted message said:

Slow cooking?

Quoted message said:

I don't like slow cooking lean beef because by the time it's tender
it's also tasteless. Enzymes is nice but too much is bad. I don't
like predigested food. Beating your meat also pounds a lot of the
juice out and you don't get a plump juicy steak.

Quoted message said:

My favorite is cheap chuck steak or roast on sale, a bit of tenderizer
and salt, grilled over hot flame till juice come out the top and the
flip side about 5 minutes.

I use the jaccard 15-blade meat punch. The marinade gets into the meat
rather than just on it. It also reduces the cooking time. I do this with
pork tenderloins too.

Andy- Hide quoted text -

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Don't butchers usually do that on request? Looked at the site and
didn't realize other meats are also tenderized. Didn't know one can
get a tough chicken or turkey.

James said:

didn't realize other meats are also tenderized. Didn't know one can
get a tough chicken or turkey.-

Yoose ain't been to Da Bronx.

James said...

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Andy q said:

James said...

Quoted message said:

Do you beat your meat?

Quoted message said:

Enzymes?

Quoted message said:

Dry rot?

Quoted message said:

Slow cooking?

Quoted message said:

I don't like slow cooking lean beef because by the time it's tender
it's also tasteless. Enzymes is nice but too much is bad. I don't
like predigested food. Beating your meat also pounds a lot of the
juice out and you don't get a plump juicy steak.

Quoted message said:

My favorite is cheap chuck steak or roast on sale, a bit of tenderizer
and salt, grilled over hot flame till juice come out the top and the
flip side about 5 minutes.

I use the jaccard 15-blade meat punch. The marinade gets into the meat
rather than just on it. It also reduces the cooking time. I do this with
pork tenderloins too.

Andy- Hide quoted text -

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Don't butchers usually do that on request? Looked at the site and
didn't realize other meats are also tenderized. Didn't know one can
get a tough chicken or turkey.

Good question. I never thought to ask.

Jaccarding boneless chicken or turkey probably benefits in marinating and
reduced cooking time.

About the only thing wrong with the jaccards is after awhile, the points of
the blades do blunt from hitting the cutting board so often. It probably
adds a little resistance but still gets the job done.

The multi-row 48-pin units require a lot of pressure to punch through the
meat, they are really overkill with such close punches the meat would
probably bleed dry during cooking and are not as easy to clean.

Andy