Beefsteak is known to every person who eats meat. This dish appeared in England back in the 19th century and since then has spread throughout the world, deservedly enjoying popularity and love. In this article, we will share with you the secrets of making a classic steak, and also tell you how to cook a steak not only from traditional beef, but also from other types of meat.

Beef steak

Based on the name alone "steak" (from the English beef - "beef", steaks - "piece"), it is clear that in the classic version, steak is prepared from beef. At its core, the dish is very simple, you just need to take a good piece of beef and fry it on or on until tender. It's simple, but that's the point: simple dishes require the highest quality products and the skill of the cook, because there is nothing to mask the flaws. Therefore, read our tips on how to cook a steak properly.

Tip # 1 - choose only fresh meat, frozen is not suitable for the right steak. As for the part of the carcass from which to cut the meat, it is best that this is the head of the tenderloin or the pulp of the thighs and back. The meat from these parts of the carcass will be the most juicy.

Advice number 2 - to cut the meat for the steak should be strictly across the fibers as wide as a finger, so that it does not become chapped and juice does not flow out of it.

Tip # 3 - before frying, the meat must be marinated in juice, vinegar, vegetable oil, mustard and various spices to choose from.

Tip # 4 - you need to put meat strictly on a hot frying pan so that the meat "seals" in a quickly formed crust and retains all the juice inside.

Tip # 5 - Roasting time is a very important detail. Everyone who at least once ordered a steak in a restaurant was asked the question: "What degree of roasting of meat do you prefer?" According to this criterion, steaks are divided into the following types:

• with blood ("rare") - red meat juice, the meat itself is fried at 200 ° C for 2-3 minutes,
• uncooked ("medium rare") - hot pink juice, low-cooked meat, cooked at 190-200 ° C for 4-5 minutes,
• medium ("medium") - transparent pinkish juice, meat is fried at 180 ° С for 6-7 minutes,
• almost fried ("medium well") - transparent meat juice, meat is cooked at 180 ° С for 8-9 minutes,
• fried ("well done") - there is practically no juice, the meat is well fried and steamed.

Now that you know the intricacies of cooking a steak, here's the classic beef steak recipe. For cooking, take:

• beef tenderloin - 150 g
• meat broth - 50 ml
• horseradish root - 15 g
• butter - 10 g
• salt, pepper - to taste
• fried potatoes - 150 g

Cook the side dish first, as the cooking time for meat is 10 minutes maximum. How to cook, we already wrote on the Bambino Story.

When the potatoes are ready, turn to the meat. Cut the thickened part of the tenderloin into portions 2-3 cm thick and beat them with a hammer until they are half as thin (1.5-2 cm), while trying to give the meat steaks an oval or round shape.

Rub the meat with salt and pepper and fry in a well-heated skillet with butter for 2-9 minutes (1-4.5 minutes on each side), depending on the desired degree of doneness.

Now start forming the dish. Put the fries on a plate, place the meat on top, rub the horseradish on top and pour the meat broth over the meat. Done!

• Pass the meat with bacon through a meat grinder.
• Mix the resulting minced meat with salt, pepper, milk, you can add a raw egg

It is believed that eggs help to keep the shape of the minced meat, due to the natural gluten in them.

• Thoroughly mix the mass, form meatballs from the twisted meat, put them in a frying pan heated in oil.
• Cut the onions into small half rings (rings), fry it together with the steak.

Onions, fried at the same time with meat, become more juicy and tasty.

Fry the dish until tender and serve with mashed potatoes or pasta for lunch or dinner.

Frying degrees of steak in a pan

Using the above recipe, we will get a tasty filling medium-rare dish, however, the steak levels may vary. You are free to choose how much to fry the steak in the pan. Your dish is exclusively your culinary creation, the taste of which is created only by you.

Steak levels

1. Lightly fried - this is when the meat on the cut turns soft pink.
2. Medium roasted - Beef gives off clear juice when frying.
3. Fried - slightly dried meat.
4. Deep fried - the meat is very fried, even the juice is absent (it evaporates during the cooking process).
5. Meat "with blood" - preparation involving frying only on the outside.
6. Extra-rair roasting - the steak is raw, but not cold.

Secrets of a delicious steak

So that your homemade steak does not disappoint you, make sure you follow the rules for its preparation in advance, even before you start frying.

Each hostess must know firsthand about the possible pros and cons of the dish. If you memorize all the nuances of a successful steak once, then there will be no further difficulties in the process of frying it.

Rule # 1: Choosing the "Right" Meat

In the classical sense, a steak is a beef steak, so most often it is prepared from beef cuts. The most suitable portion of the beef for a steak is the head of the tenderloin, as well as the flesh of the thigh or back.

As for the preparation of minced meat dishes, here you can give preference to veal or pork. However, beef also remains an excellent cooking option.

Rule # 2: meat temperature

If you neglect this rule, then the outer meat layers will cook much earlier than the inner part, and it turns out that the outside will burn the meat, but the inside will be raw.

Rule number 3: how and how much to fry a steak in a pan

It is necessary to fry meat for a steak in a small amount of vegetable oil or fat. You can only put the meat parts in the pan when the fatty ingredients are well heated.

It is very important to lay out the meat loosely in the pan so that the so-called "steam cushion" does not form. Otherwise, the meat will not be fried, but stewed.

It takes 20 minutes to fry the beef on average, if you cook the steak "with blood", then we reduce the frying time to 15 minutes. In order for the meat to be well fried, you must first bring it to a golden crust, and then reduce the flame and fry it on low heat until tender.

Do not forget: the thicker the piece of meat, the lower the fire on which you cook it should be.

For those who did not know how to fry a steak in a pan, now one can only envy. After all, you have in your hands simple culinary recipes and proven tips that will definitely help you create a delicious masterpiece from meat.

Your hungry household members will not be able to remain indifferent to the heady smell of fried meat, and therefore be careful - the fried pieces from the plate will not just go away with a bang, but will scatter at the speed of sound.

Enjoy your meal!

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January 18, 2016

Minced beefsteak - we cook exclusively from beef and without bread. More precisely, let's call this dish "natural chopped steak". Unnatural steak (with bread) and not beef simply does not exist. This is how chopped steak differs from cutlets. Unlike completely (not chopped, but made from a whole piece of beef or veal), chopped beefsteak is not cooked from beef tenderloin (who will think of chopping it :-)), but from meat of a lower grade, up to cutlet beef, or even from store-bought ground beef - this is in a home format, for savings. However, it is clear that the quality of the dish will be better if the beef is not too stringy and not greasy, because the fat will be different here, and it is the main feature of the dish. Pay attention - in the classic version, we don't add onions to the minced meat and we don't bread the steak in flour before frying - it is clearly not a cutlet, but a dish with a higher rank 🙂

• It will turn out: 4 things

How do we

1 We use this beef.

2 Wash the beef or veal, cut off the coarse tendons, cut into pieces and grind into minced meat using a meat grinder or blender. Considering the fact that we do not plan to bread steaks, and at the same time we will strive to ensure that they do not fall apart or form cracks on the surface during frying, we need the minced meat to be very coherent. This can be achieved if the meat is minced twice - check 🙂

3 Ready-made minced beef, which, as you understand, will contain a lot of coarse connective tissue and, in fact, for a steak is the worst variant of the source material, it is worth passing through a meat grinder again.

4 Cut fresh (not salted) lard (bacon) by hand into 5 mm cubes. This is important, our beef is lean, so that the lard cubes during the frying process will saturate the steak with fat from the inside, facilitating the process, and in the finished steak on the cut, they will be clearly visible, like fat inclusions in amateur sausage, for example. When you eat steak, these cubes will burst pleasantly on your teeth, emphasizing the individuality of the dish. Add chopped bacon to chopped beef.

5 For even more juiciness, add a little water or milk.

6 Thoroughly knead the minced meat and "knock it out", as for, throwing forcefully from hand to hand or even from a reasonable height into the bowl in which we cook it, or on the table, only as carefully as possible. As a result, the structure of the minced meat becomes really coherent, not prone to cracking when frying.

7 From the minced meat we form 4 large pieces, much more than cutlets, "kolobok", which we also carefully "knock out", then put on the table and flatten, giving the shape of large meatballs. Do not hesitate to squash - it will be better fried, just do not allow the edges to break. The semi-finished steak is ready.

8 Fry. To do this, heat up a pan with vegetable oil or fat. We take the amount of fat as for the main frying, a little. We fry the steak, assuming serving from the pan, i.e. not in advance to serve hot. Our steak, though minced, and not an elite purely natural, is still a steak, and deserves respect. Fry over medium heat until crispy, turning over to the other side only once. Turning the steak over many times does not allow

9 Then we bring it to readiness in an oven so that the beef is fried enough from the inside and the cubes of bacon melt properly. Frying is not long -. As a rule, chopped steak, unlike natural steak, is not cooked with blood, although it is a matter of taste.

We garnish the steak according to our taste and preferences, right down to crumbly cereals and pasta, but we, fans of the dish, will not deviate from fried potatoes to a steak for anything, despite even justified criticism regarding the unimportant food compatibility of concentrated proteins (beef) with concentrated carbohydrates (potatoes). We make a permanent exception for the steak. So, fried potatoes, pour hot beef with meat juice from a frying pan (without burning), to improve digestibility, we will garnish with something salty, eat deliciously and only then start reproaching ourselves for unreasonable gluttony 🙂

Other serving options - like natural steak - minced steak with egg and minced steak with deep-fried onions. Fry the egg for serving with the steak in butter, over low heat, so that the edges of the fried eggs do not overcook to crispy lace, and the yolk remains semi-liquid - when consumed, it spreads appetizingly over the meat and adds a pleasant taste like a sauce.

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Beefsteak is one of the most popular European dishes for breakfast or dinner. It is prepared from a wide variety of meat, and sometimes even from fish. But it is not only the main ingredient of the steak that allows it to be divided into types. There are two main types of steaks: whole meat and minced. In this recipe, we will prepare a delicious and juicy chopped beef steak with crispy onion rings.

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Very often, the steak is not the juice of grilled whole meat at all. Often, the steak is chopped, that is, they prepare delicious minced meat patties. In this recipe, we are going to share with you an easy way to make chopped steak with fried egg. To complement it with fresh herbs and crispy fried onions. Such a dish would be ideal for breakfast.

Beefsteak is one of the most popular meat dishes in the world, loved by everyone who eats meat. Therefore, every self-respecting culinary specialist simply must be able to cook it, and do it deliciously.

The very name "beefsteak" (from the English beef - "beef", steaks - "piece" or the word "steak" that has already become familiar to us) suggests that a real steak is made only from beef. Basically, it's a slice of grilled or grilled beef - it's very simple. But in order for such a seemingly simple dish to turn out to be really tasty, you need to know the secrets and subtleties of its preparation, because beef, as you know, is not an easy meat, and it is very easy to make it dry and rubbery.

How to cook a steak properly

The technology for the correct preparation of a steak begins with the selection of quality meat (in no case frozen, only fresh). It is better to choose steaks from the head of the tenderloin, or the pulp of the thighs, back - those parts that are most juicy. The best choice is the fillet located on both sides of the spine, which looks like a round oblong muscle.

Next, the meat needs to be prepared: you need to cut the beef for the steak across, and not along the fibers - this is very important. As a rule, before cooking, the meat is marinated with lemon juice, vinegar, vegetable oil, mustard, sauces, various spices - it all depends only on your taste and the recipe used, there can be a lot of options.

When the meat is ready to fry, the fun begins. Steaks are divided into different types according to the degree of roast and culinary readiness:

• With blood (rare) - characterized by red meat juice, uncooked meat (cooked at 200 ° C for 2-3 minutes);
• Unfried (medium rare) - pronounced pink juice, low-fried meat (cooked at 190-200 ° C for 4-5 minutes);
• Medium (medium) - the juice is pinkish, but closer to transparent, this meat is medium-fried (cooked at 180 ° C for 6-7 minutes);
• Almost fried (medium well) - the juice is already purely transparent (cooked at 180 ° C for 8-9 minutes);
• Fried (well done) - well done meat, almost completely without juice (fried at 180 ° C for 8-9 minutes and cooked in steam).

It is the desired type of steak that determines how much meat needs to be cooked, but we must not forget that the thickness of the steak also affects the cooking time - the larger it is, the longer it needs to be cooked, and the selected type of meat - so, the tenderloin is cooked faster than flank or rump.

Keeping all these nuances in mind, focusing on everything, you can cook delicious steaks that will not be dry or tough.

Delicious Beef Steak Recipes

Of course, steaks are different not only in terms of the degree of roasting: there are also chopped steaks (from minced meat or minced meat), they are also fried in batter, with an egg, etc. We will tell you about the preparation of steaks.

Classic steak recipe

You will need: 160g of beef tenderloin, 150g of garnish, 50g of concentrated meat broth, 15g of horseradish root, 10g of butter, pepper, salt.

How to make a classic steak. Cut the thickened part of the fillet tenderloin into portioned steaks 2-3 cm thick, then beat them to a thickness of 1.5-2 cm, giving a round or oval shape. Rub the meat with salt and pepper, fry in a pan with butter or margarine for 7-15 minutes until the desired degree of roasting on both sides. Put the finished steak on a dish, garnish with fried potatoes, rub horseradish on top, pour the meat broth and butter over the meat.

Chopped Onion Steak Recipe

You will need: 600g of side dish, 460g of beef, 240g of onions, 80g of lard / lard of beef internal, 60g of ghee, pepper, salt.

How to cook chopped steak with onions. Finely chop or twist the meat in a meat grinder (preferably chop), combine with finely chopped bacon, mix, pepper and salt, form minced meat into steaks 1.5-2 cm thick. Finely chop the onion, heat the ghee in a frying pan, add the steaks, top with onions, fry until the desired degree of readiness, stirring the onion and turning the meat over. Garnish with fried or boiled potatoes, beans or pasta.

The taste of any meat dish, as you know, depends largely on how the meat is prepared and with what sauce it is combined. The following recipe will allow you to prepare a steak for real gourmets.

Beefsteak recipe with marinade sauce

You will need: 125g beef fillet, 4 tablespoons. butter, 3 tbsp. ground black pepper, 2 tablespoons each olive oil and cognac, 1 tbsp. concentrated meat broth, 2 tsp. salt, ¼ glass of dessert white wine.

How to cook a steak with sauce. Cut off all the fat from the beef tenderloin, cut it into two portions of 5 cm thick, rub with pepper and salt, fry in a pan with hot olive oil on both sides, then bring it to the desired degree of readiness over medium heat. Put the meat on a plate, in the pan where it was fried, pour in cognac, wine, broth and bring to a boil, stir and pour over the meat.

Well, the last two steak recipes in our article are in different sauces, thanks to which the dish turns out to be very tender and tasty. Take note of these recipes - the dishes prepared according to them are suitable for any occasion.

Beefsteak baked with mushroom sauce

You will need: 240g of beef, 100g of onions, 50g of mushrooms, 10g of vegetable oil, 1 boiled egg, bay leaf, pepper, salt.

How to cook a steak with mushroom sauce. Fry the steak, put in a baking dish. Fry the onions in the same pan until lightly browned. Fry mushrooms or boil them. Finely chop the egg, combine with onions and mushrooms, mix, pepper and salt. Put the prepared mixture on the meat, bake in the oven until light golden brown.

Recipe for making a steak in sour cream

You will need: 1 kg of beef tenderloin, 4 onions each, a pinch of grated lemon zest and tbsp. sour cream, vegetable oil, black pepper, parsley, salt.

How to cook a steak in sour cream. Cut the meat into 4 steaks, but do not beat, grate with pepper and salt, leave for 30 minutes, then fry with a little oil on both sides. In the same pan, fry the onions until browning, put the steaks on top, pour sour cream over everything and sprinkle with lemon zest, herbs, simmer for a couple of minutes and remove from heat and serve with salad and garnish.

Beefsteak is international, wherever you go, you will find it everywhere on the menu of good restaurants. Delight your family and friends with such a wonderful dish on holidays or at a regular dinner, they will appreciate it!

Deliciously tender beef can be so different! It can be cooked either simply in spices or with a variety of additives: cheese, vegetables, mushrooms. When steamed, the meat turns out to be dietary, so even those who follow the figure will be able to pamper themselves with this delicious dish.

Steaming beef in a slow cooker

How to cook:

Cooking in a Redmond multicooker

Time: 55 min.

Calories: 182.

How to cook:

1. Wash the meat and cut it into slices across the grain, about 2 cm wide.
2. Grate each slice with a mixture of mustard and spices. Leave for ten minutes, so that the meat is slightly marinated.
3. Pour one and a half liters of water into the multicooker and install the steaming container.
4. Place steaks in one layer on a container.
5. Close the lid and select the "Steam" cooking mode. Set the cooking time to forty minutes.
6. Serve with cherry tomatoes after the multicooker signal.

How to cook beef with steamed potatoes

Time: 3 hours

Calories: 93.

How to cook:

1. Rinse the beef, peel it off and then cut into medium cubes.
2. Peel potatoes, carrots and onions. Cut the potatoes into wedges or cubes, which may be slightly larger than meat cubes.
3. Carrots should be coarsely grated or cut into thin strips.
4. Chop the onion very finely.
5. Pour boiling water over the tomatoes, peel them off and cut into cubes. Do not use the stem.
6. Grate the meat with spices.
7. Pour some water into a multicooker, put a basket on top. Put meat on it.
8. Put carrots and onions on top, then potatoes, and on the very top - tomatoes. To season.
9. Select the "Extinguishing" mode with a timer for 2.5 hours. Serve with fresh herbs.

Recipe with tomatoes and cheese

Time: 40 min.

Calories: 172.

How to cook:

1. Take the foil and cut it into six small pieces.
2. Put a steak on each part.
3. Wash the tomatoes, remove the stalks, cut the fruits into slices.
4. Cut the cheese into thin slices.
5. On each slice, put a circle of tomato, and on top - a slice of cheese.
6. Squeeze the garlic through a press directly into the sour cream, add spices here and grease the "turrets" with the resulting mixture.
7. Close the foil on top. Place the resulting envelopes on a steaming container.
8. Pour water into a multicooker and place a container on top. Close the lid.
9. Select the "Steam cooking" mode and set the timer for twenty-five minutes. After the signal, you can serve it directly in envelopes.

Tender steamed cutlets

Time: 35 min.

Calories: 198.

How to cook:

1. Rinse the meat, cut into small pieces and pass through a meat grinder. For more tender cutlets, grind the mass twice.
2. Cut off the crusts from the bread and soak the pulp in milk for ten minutes.
3. Season the meat, add the pulp here (it needs to be squeezed out of the milk), mix everything.
4. Form small cutlets with wet hands.
5. Pour some water into the multicooker and set the steaming basket.
6. Place the cutlets on the basket and close the lid of the device.
7. Select the "Steam cooking" mode and leave the dish to cook for twenty minutes.
8. Serve with any side dish.

Steaming meat with rice option

Time: 50 min.

Calories: 230.

How to cook:

1. Wash the meat and beat it slightly with a hammer, then cut into small pieces.
2. Peel the onion and cut the fruit into small cubes.
3. Sort the rice and rinse it under running water.
4. Finely grate the peeled carrots.
5. Pour oil into the multicooker bowl and select the "Fry" mode. Fry the rice and carrots in oil, then remove.
6. Wash the bowl and pour water into it, put a basket on top.
7. Put rice, then meat, and then fried onions with carrots on a basket. To season. Close the device cover.
8. Choose a steaming mode and set the timer for forty minutes. After the signal, mix everything and serve.

Juicy Beef with Mushrooms

Time: 2 h 10 min.

Calories: 136.

How to cook:

1. Rinse the beef and remove all moisture with napkins.
2. Fry the mushrooms in a small amount of oil until all the moisture has evaporated. If they are large, they need to be cut into several parts.
3. Grate meat with your favorite spices and salt on all sides.
4. Place the beef in the baking sleeve. Put mushrooms on top of the meat, just a little need to season. Tighten the sleeve.
5. Pour one and a half liters of water into the multicooker, install a container with holes on top.
6. Put a sleeve of beef on the container.
7. Close the cooker with a lid and select the “Steam” mode. The time is two hours.
8. After the signal, wait another ten minutes, only then open the lid. The resulting sauce from the sleeve can be poured into a gravy boat and served separately with meat and mushrooms.

Cooking rules

In order for the dish to be dietary, you must choose the right meat. A notch, edge, or kidney piece is best suited. They are the least greasy. If you want to get a really juicy dish without worrying about calories, then you can take other parts, including on the bone. In this case, the meat will cook longer.

Of the spices, you can prefer turmeric, various peppers, paprika, curry, dry mustard, coriander, spicy herbs. If a whole piece is baked, then you can make small cuts on it, which also need to be grated with seasonings.

In order to make the beef especially tasty, it is advisable to marinate it for four hours beforehand. You can just in spices, in various vegetable oils, in lemon juice or in wine. But vinegar should not be used, as it will make the meat tougher.

How to cook beef in a slow cooker, see the video below:

Steaming beef does not take a lot of time, especially since the multicooker easily replaces the complicated design for a water bath. Enjoy your meal!

1. The complexity of this dish directly depends on what meat and in what form you will use. I usually take ready-made stuffing and supplement it with everything I need. Even after work, you can quickly cook dinner while doing other things. This dish is very simple and easily complemented by a variety of side dishes.

2. The minced meat should be thoroughly beaten out, add eggs, salt, seasonings and a little bread softened in water to it.

4. Shredding onions in a steak is customary, but if you don’t like pronounced onions in a dish, rub it on a fine grater. So, put our cutlets in the capacity of the multicooker and select the desired mode.

4. Basically, in a slow cooker in the "Frying" mode, the dish is cooked no more than half an hour. During this time, you can prepare a side dish.

5. Our family loves a steak in a slow cooker at home with vegetables only. In addition, sometimes I make creamy or tomato sauce for meatballs. Garnish with greens when serving. Enjoy your meal!

Ingredients

• Minced pork and beef - 800 grams
• Baton - 150 Gram
• Onion - 1 Piece
• Egg - 2 Pieces
• Salt. pepper and seasoning - To taste
• Garlic - 2 Cloves

The main ingredients:
Meat, Pork

Note:
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Cooking meat always required special efforts and knowledge. A portion of meat can be skillfully made in a slow cooker. Boil a side dish for meat - and dinner is ready!

Servings Per Container:
4

Time for preparing:
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