How to cook beef for soup?
1. Beef for soup before cooking can be fresh, chilled or defrosted.
Beef must be cooked in thawed form, because if you boil frozen beef, it can go bad due to the sudden temperature drop. If you are in a hurry, cut and put the beef in a bag, and the bag in a sink filled with lukewarm water, it will defrost in just half an hour and even faster if you add hot water occasionally.
2. Put the beef for the soup in cold water, add salt, put the pot on high heat.
3. Wait for boiling and reduce heat, watch the foam for 15 minutes.
4. Cover the pan with a lid, cook the beef for 2-2.5 hours.
5. Separate meat from bone, cut into pieces, return to soup.
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What part of beef to choose for cooking soup - scapula, abdomen, loin, ribs. The bones of these parts will give the soup a rich broth, and the meat, since it contains a little fat, will be very soft in the soup.How much beef do you need for soup - for 1 liter of water, cook 150 grams of meat and 200 grams of bones.