Same please. Stir fry steak always turns out too done for me no matter how late I put it in.
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Yea, I ask my wife and she didn't know either....
So I looked it up. It is a thing. Velveting is a cooking technique that involves marinating meat in an alkaline solution to make it more tender and juicy.
Velveting is where you slice your steak (I used top sirloin) thin against the grain and you sprinkle it with baking soda and some water. The beef will absorb all the water and the baking soda will tenderize it. It's more water than you would think. I poured some in and the beef absorbed it pretty quickly so I added more. I just kept mixing it with my hands.
You know how the beef at the Chinese buffets is always tender and has that bit of chewy texture? Velveting does that, and it works in 15 minutes.
I cooked the beef in oil and then I added my sauce (in a bowl I had already mixed up Kinder's Japanese, soy sauce, S&P, garlic powder, sesame oil, sugar, a Beef and Broccoli packet, 3/4 cup water and some corn starch. The packet has thickening agent in it so maybe I don't need the cornstarch.)
After the beef was cooked and the sauce thickened up, I stirred in some steamed broccoli. I can control the doneness and the texture of the broccoli this way, I don't like my broccoli mushy.
I think you can velvet chicken and other protein as well?
You know how the beef at the Chinese buffets is always tender and has that bit of chewy texture? Velveting does that, and it works in 15 minutes.
I cooked the beef in oil and then I added my sauce (in a bowl I had already mixed up Kinder's Japanese, soy sauce, S&P, garlic powder, sesame oil, sugar, a Beef and Broccoli packet, 3/4 cup water and some corn starch. The packet has thickening agent in it so maybe I don't need the cornstarch.)
After the beef was cooked and the sauce thickened up, I stirred in some steamed broccoli. I can control the doneness and the texture of the broccoli this way, I don't like my broccoli mushy.
I think you can velvet chicken and other protein as well?
There's some good vids explaining it on TikToc but I imagine YouTube has it as well
So most everything I read online says to rinse the beef but I didn't rinse mine and I didn't notice any off-flavor from the baking soda
Sprinkle it with a water/baking soda solution or separately? Def gonna try this. Thanks man!
You're very welcome!
I've seen vids and articles that do it that way but the one I saw on TicTok just sprinkled it on there and then added the water 2nd so that's what I did.
This is the one I did, if you can see it
TikTok - Make Your Day
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And I took some ideas from this one also
TikTok - Make Your Day
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