Tenderize

One of several methods by which the tough fibers of meat are made shorter so the meat is easier to eat. Meat can be tenderized chemically with a marinade or a commercial meat tenderizer. You can tenderize it mechanically by grinding it, scoring it with a knife, or pounding it with a mallet. Also, long, slow cooking with moist heat will tenderize meat.

Recipes

  1. Cider Pork Stew

    A slow cooker makes the pork and vegetables extra tender in this main dish stew recipe. Apples and apple cider tenderize and add sweetness.

  2. Peachy Berry Cobbler

    We cut the calories and fat by using fat-free yogurt to tenderize the biscuitlike topping on this traditional homespun cobbler.

  3. Tequila Beef Fajitas

    To naturally tenderize a lean cut of meat like flank steak, score and marinate it before grilling.

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Articles

  1. 10 Things You Didn’t Know About…Making Marinades Work

    Thu, 2 May 2013

    almost chemically cook the surface of your meat. (5) Ultimately, marinades on their own aren’t going to do much to tenderize your meat, and they basically only flavor the surface. But there are some easy ways you can help the marinade get inside: marinate thinner cuts (which

  2. Kale — Super Healthy, Super Good: Cook Once, Eat Twice

    Tue, 18 Sep 2012

    variety of the vegetable is curly kale, which can be really tough. (Yes, you will need to simmer it in water first to tenderize the fibrous leaves.) Washing and parboiling the tough greens isn’t much fun. But, like me, if you do it the first night for a delicious

  3. Grilling Healthy and Delicious Barbecue

    Wed, 16 May 2012

    Precooking also dramatically reduces the formation of carcinogens on grilled meats. 3. Use a marinade or spice rub not only to tenderize the meat and add terrific flavor but also to impart health benefits: Even a brief, 30-minute marinade reduces the formation

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Videos

  1. How to Make a Corned Beef and Cabbage Dinner

    Mon, 31 Oct 2011

    brisket. So we've trimmed off any excess fats trying to trim up as much as you can and basically the idea here is we want to tenderize the brisket. It's the breast that's a lot of connective tissue, which we wanna break down and get it nice and tender

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    as you can and basically the idea here is we want to tenderize the brisket. It's the breast that's a lot of connective tissue, which we wanna break down and get it nice and tender.
  2. How to Make Chicken Parmigiana

    Mon, 31 Oct 2011

    have large chicken breast in this and what we wanna do. A of the time, the chicken breasts are quite thick. So, we wanna tenderize the chicken breast and make them nice and thing. So, they are even all the way around and that makes a quicker and easier

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    of the time, the chicken breasts are quite thick. So, we wanna tenderize the chicken breast and make them nice and thing. So, they are even all the way around and that makes a quicker
  3. How to Make Chicken-Fried Steak with Gravy

    Thu, 23 Jun 2011

    black pepper. So, first things first, let us get our steak. Now, this is a really lean steak. So, we're gonna need to tenderize this. We're gonna need to break it down to get it nice and thin so it would be easier to fry. So, what we're gonna

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    Now, this is a really lean steak. So, we're gonna need to tenderize this. We're gonna need to break it down to get it nice and thin so it would be easier to fry. So,
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Food Blogs We Love

  1. Make it Tender

    Wed, 6 Jun 2012

    there are a few that work so well they’ll turn your meat into mush. There are three main mechanisms by which to reliably tenderize meat and I explore each one in detail in this week’s post on PBS Food . All text and photos © 2012 [ No Recipes ] |

  2. Carne Asada (Grilled Marinated Steak)

    Fri, 3 May 2013

    can be marinated with a number of different marinades. Marinades for carne asada often contain lime juice which helps to tenderize the steak which is commonly a flank steak or a skirt steak. I like a mojo style marinade with a base or orange and lime juice

  3. Saveur Magazine Cover-To-Cover: All the Recipes in the October 2012 Issue

    Thu, 25 Oct 2012

    beef shoulder which is first salted and allowed to sit for one hour (to draw out some of the juices and presumably help tenderize the meat). The recipe then instructs you to cut the meat into 1/4-inch cubes. 1/4-inch ?? !! Seriously? I tried

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