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How to beat off meat; how to beat off the meat if there is no special hammer
Chops, rolls and many other dishes require careful pre-preparation of the meat. The challenge is to soften the hard fibers and make them more elastic. Before you beat off the meat, you need to choose a suitable hammer or an alternative if one is not at hand.
Knowing how to beat off meat, you can cook a juicy and tender steak
For working with meat, special hammers are usually used. On one side of them there are larger denticles, and on the other – small ones. Professional chefs have in their arsenal whole sets of hammers with teeth of various sizes. This allows them to give pieces of meat any consistency, up to mushy. At home, there is no need for this.
So, before you beat off the meat, you need to prepare all the devices:
- a hammer;
- a thick wooden cutting board;
- cling film.
The cling film is needed to prevent small pieces of meat from scattering throughout the kitchen during work. Also, thanks to her, the product can be beaten immediately with seasonings in which it will be marinated.
How to beat meat correctly
Process steps:
- Processing meat with a hammer with large teeth. If the product is tough, you need to act actively, if it is gentle, a few gentle strokes are enough.
- Adding spices. At this stage, they will saturate the meat and make it incredibly flavorful. Spices can be any, soy sauce is also often used – you need to sprinkle a piece with it.
- An important point: the meat with spices is covered with a piece of cling film.
- Everything is processed with a hammer with small teeth to the desired state.
The blanks are folded into a suitable container and left for some time to marinate.
How to beat off meat if there is no special hammer
Sometimes there is no special hammer at hand, and here you have to be smart.
Another point: often in the process of beating, you need to get meat without holes – for example, this is important for rolls. Here, too, you have to experiment.
- You can arm yourself with an ordinary hammer, having previously wrapped it with cling film.
- A great option is a rolling pin. She does very well with chicken fillets.
- Tender meat does not require special processing: tapping with the blunt side of a knife is often enough.
- You can cope with a chicken without special devices – with your own fist.
When properly cooked, beaten meat will turn out soft and juicy. With this preparation, even a tough piece will make a delicate dish.