How To Make Beef Soft & Tender | Tough Stewing Meat Made Soft


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So in this video, I am finally getting around to answering many of your questions. This one is all about making some tough as old …

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  1. @markmanning2921
    @markmanning2921 says:

    I guess english meat producers are doing the same thing to their product as the ones here in the states do, i.e. they are INJECTING WATER into the meats to increase its weight so they can charge more. i remeber my mother doing exactly what you are doing when I was a child and in those FOUR MINUTES the meat was already browned. you would have to cook them like that for at least 20 minutes to BOIL OFF all the water to a degree where the meat will properly brown. Browning is not just about color, yes this meat is now brown in color but it is NOT BROWNED. Browning is when you lightly caramalize the outer surface of the meat. This drastically enhances the flavors but is almost impossible to achieve any more.

    FRAUD.

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  2. @dcrelief
    @dcrelief says:

    Tried your recipe and cooking skills, best stew beef ever. Two weeks have passed and I'm ready for more. Thank you so very much; I felt like a top chef!! 3/14/24.

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  3. @parito5523
    @parito5523 says:

    I have watched and tried many youtube videos on methods about how to tenderize tough meats. Out of all of them, this is the only one so far that did not work, in fact, it made the issue much worse because not only did it not soften the meat, it made it twice as chewy and hard and I tried the method 2 times.

    20 minutes in, most of the water is gone and the meat is much harder than before. 30 minutes in, there is pretty much no water left, like in the video and the meat is so hard even a fork have a difficult time penetrating it.

    I don't know why it work in your case but I wouldn't recommend this method to anyone, other methods are more reliable and failproof especially because they are more detailed, there is nothing more vague than "get the heat a bit higher now", the first time I tried, I thought maybe I rised the heat too much, second time, I barely changed it , it took about 6 minutes longer to get all the water out, but either way, the result was the same.

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  4. @Curiousandfearless
    @Curiousandfearless says:

    This was fun, and I'm feeling ready to try this! Gave up trying to make beef stew years ago — now I see I'd been doing it wrong: "browning" beef too much at the beginning, then hoping a long simmer would make it tender. Thanks for this!!

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  5. @ericacalanoc
    @ericacalanoc says:

    Im asian and I thing I should already know how to make any meat tender. Unfortunately, I didnt pay much attention to my elders cooking. Thank you for sharing this! Ive learned something fun and useful today ☺️

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  6. @kandimegahan7844
    @kandimegahan7844 says:

    Now I know!
    I don't eat meat much, but needed to cook for a client an WHOA! was that cooked stew beef tough. Thank God I found you. The stew beef is "cooking down" (USA term) as I speak. The client is starving. I', happier than before. We'll eat dinner within 30 minutes tops!

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  7. @rg2metairie
    @rg2metairie says:

    I'm making a black bean soup and plan to add some stew meat(pork), I plan to sear the cubed meat and finish it off low and slow in a rotel tomato concoction. I've always heard to sear meat so the it cooks in it's own juices on the inside. What do you think?

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