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Stewed meat is a tasty, nutritious and healthier dish than fried meat in a pan. But many housewives are scared off by the process of long-term stewing. After all, it will take 2-3 hours to cook meat that can be eaten with your lips. And it is not always in stock.
But you can resort to a little trick and speed up this process. And you can do this by adding one of these three ingredients to the pan with meat. Next, we will talk about them.
How to speed up the process of cooking meat
Adding acid to the dish will help shorten the cooking time of the meat. These can be:
- Fresh tomatoes. Tomatoes should be cut into cubes and sent to the pan. They will significantly speed up the cooking time of the meat. If there are no fresh tomatoes, you can replace them with tomato paste. In addition to reducing the cooking time, tomatoes will make the taste of the dish brighter and give it a nice shade.
- Citric acid can act as a softener of meat fibers. It should be added in small quantities. Usually 1/2 tsp is enough. citric acid so that the meat is cooked much faster. You can also use fresh lemon juice.
- Pomegranate juice will not only make the meat soft, but also give it a light fruity taste and aroma. For these purposes, you can use fresh or bottled juice. And you can replace it with thick pomegranate sauce Narsharab. But it is worth remembering that this sauce is quite sweet and should be added in small quantities.
