8 servings
4 hours
216 kcal
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- Ingredients
Many housewives prepare chops exclusively from pork, because they doubt that beef will produce soft, juicy and tender products. I hasten to inform you that, knowing just a few secrets of proper preparation of beef chops, you can diversify your daily menu with very appetizing and tender products.
Such chops are famous not only for their excellent taste, but also for their amazing aroma. Today I'm going to tell you a few secret family recipes that make great beef chops quick and easy in the skillet.
Let's enjoy the process of preparing this uniquely aromatic dish together!
Meat selection and preparation
You can get perfect beef chops if you follow several rules when choosing the main product: the meat should be fresh, with a normal light red color and a pleasant smell, and also have an elastic, dense consistency (the pit that forms when pressed with your fingers quickly flattens out).
Having decided on high-quality young meat, it must be cleaned of films and veins, and then cut exactly across the fibers into portioned pieces, which will ensure the softness of the finished dish and will not lead to a change in shape during frying.
Adviсe
Beef chops are a versatile hot meat dish that goes well with many side dishes. Serve chops with potatoes, rice, mushrooms, spinach, asparagus and salads, but remember that such meat does not tolerate too strong flavors. Avoid pickles, marinades and pickled vegetables, but beef interacts very well with dairy products, so feel free to cook and serve it with cheese, sour cream and creamy sauce. If you don’t have time to prepare a side dish, then canned peas or corn are perfect for beef.
Beef chops fried in a pan
Want to know the secret to perfect chops? There is no secret at all, you just need to fry the pieces of meat so that they do not come into contact with each other on the very hot surface of the frying pan. That's all!
Chops in a frying pan
Required ingredients:
- beef tenderloin – 500 gr
- refined vegetable oil – 20 ml
- ground black pepper – 2 g
- horseradish root – 10 g
- sea salt – 10 g
Step-by-step preparation:
- Wash the meat, dab off excess liquid with a paper towel and cut into wide medallions 20-30 mm thick (100-120 g).
- Cover the prepared parts with cling film, lightly beat and sprinkle with a mixture of pepper and salt.
- Pour oil into a frying pan, bring to a hot state and fry the beef on both sides for 7-15 minutes, depending on the desired degree of doneness.
- Peel the horseradish, wash and cut into thin slices.
Place the finished chops on a dish, add horseradish and pour over the fat and juice formed during frying in a frying pan.
First we fry...
How to fry beef chops in batter in a frying pan? Pour breadcrumbs into one of the convenient containers and beat two eggs into another. This will actually be the base of the batter. We choose a convenient frying pan, heat it over medium heat, placing it on the bottom, here’s a surprise (!), a piece of butter.
Make sure that the oil does not burn by adjusting the burner power. There should be enough of it to prevent the chops from sticking to the surface of the pan. For now, let's return to the prepared portioned pieces. Before putting them in the pan, first dip them in the beaten egg, then roll them in the breading mixture.
How long to fry beef chops in a frying pan? In order for our dish to turn out juicy, 2-3 minutes on each side, over medium heat, is enough.
The main thing is to ensure that the batter or breading is covered with a golden crust. An important point - if the chops are frying slower than indicated above, increase the heat power. The fact is that beef should not be overdried; it will only turn out juicy if it is quickly fried.
Beef chops - step-by-step recipe in the oven
The recipe in the oven allows you to get a more dietary dish, which is absolutely not inferior in taste to the fried one. On the contrary, the meat turns out more tender and spicy with a fried top layer.
Beef chops in the oven
Required Products:
- beef – 500 gr
- onions – 80 gr
- hard cheese – 100 gr
- paste mustard – 20 g
- allspice ground pepper – 3 g
- salt - to taste
- vegetable oil – 10 ml
Cooking:
- Wash the beef tenderloin, wipe it and cut off the fat with films.
- Peel the onion and chop into thin half rings.
- Cut the meat preparation into smaller portions with a thickness of 20-30 mm, place in a bowl, add mustard, salt, spices and chopped onion, squeezing the juice out of it.
- Mix everything, cover with a plate and refrigerate, preferably overnight, but the meat can be used after 2 hours.
- Cover the marinated pieces one by one with a plastic bag and beat them hard to get thin and wide chops.
- Grease a baking sheet with sunflower oil, lay out the beef and sprinkle with grated cheese.
- Preheat the oven to a temperature of 180-200 °C and bake until golden brown or about 20 minutes.
Serve the aromatic meat and add a side dish of baked mushrooms or boiled and seasoned young green peas.
Cooking options
If you don't have an oven, then cook beef chops in a frying pan or in a slow cooker, and also cook the meatballs breaded or battered. Don't be afraid to experiment with ways to prepare this wonderful type of meat, because beef is unpretentious and easy to cook! To make the meat even more tender and lose the peculiar aroma of beef, soak it in milk before cooking.
Marinating in red wine will also change the flavor of the meat and make it softer. By the way, beef offal is also very tasty; for example, you can use it to make tasty and aromatic beef liver chops. Your family will definitely like this dish and will surprise your guests, because the taste of beef liver is different from pork or chicken.
How to cook beef chops in batter
Batter is ideal for frying chops because the batter spreads easily over the meat without creating an uneven surface like breading. And the roasting also happens more evenly.
Products for cooking:
- beef loin – 600 gr
- pork fat – 40 g
- butter – 40 g
- for test
- wheat flour – 60 gr
- chicken egg – 1 pc.
- sugar – 10 g
- milk – 60 ml
How to cook:
- Wash the loin, cut the cutlets with the rib bone, lightly beat them, cut the tendons, trim the bone and give them an oval shape.
- Then fry on a grill grate or frying pan, greased with bacon, until a golden brown crust with a characteristic mesh is obtained.
- Prepare the dough: beat an egg into a bowl, add sugar, stir and pour in milk. Then gradually add flour and knead the batter.
- Dip the finished cutlets in the dough and fry in oil.
Serve the chops with a complex side dish of boiled green beans and poached carrots.
Beef chops in egg
Before you make these beef chops, you need to prepare a melange of eggs. Then you will get the perfect appetizing crust that many people love.
Chops in egg
For 6 servings you need:
- beef tenderloin – 300 gr
- chicken egg – 1 pc.
- wheat flour – 60 gr
- salt – 8 g
- ground black pepper – 2 g
- paprika – 2 g
- sunflower oil – 40 ml
Preparing the main dish:
- Rinse the tenderloin with running water, wipe with a paper towel or place on napkins for 10 minutes to let the water drain.
- Cut a whole piece of meat into portioned medallions up to 1 cm, cover with foam and beat to a thickness of 5-7 mm, sprinkle all pieces with spices and salt.
- Break the egg into a bowl and stir with a fork until the white and yolk combine and form a yellow mass. And sift the flour into another bowl.
- Pour sunflower oil into a frying pan and heat over heat.
- Roll each chop in flour on both sides, then dip it in the egg, add it again to the flour and fry until golden brown.
The finished dish is served with a side dish of potatoes boiled in milk.
What to serve with
Beef chops are good with homemade mayonnaise, mustard, horseradish, spicy and sour cream sauce. Serve this dish hot with a side dish, garnish with chopped herbs to taste and pomegranate seeds. Beef dishes are best eaten hot and not reheated, as repeated heat treatment makes the beef tough, so cook this meat in an amount that you can eat at one time.
I look forward to your feedback and comments, friends. Share your own secrets of cooking beef and the most delicious chops. Bon appetit everyone!
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Beef chops with vegetables, steamed in the oven
Experiment and experiment again! Therefore, you can first fry the chops and then finish them in the oven. This step will ensure that the beef is fully cooked, for those people who are wary of eating rare meat.
The following ingredients:
- beef – 600 gr
- ground crackers – 60 g
- butter – 15 g
- mustard powder – 15 g
- sugar – 20 g
- balsamic vinegar – 30 ml
- thyme greens – 2 g
- ground black pepper – 2 g
- salt - to taste
- vegetable oil – 40 ml
- onion – 40 gr
- carrots – 80 gr
- water – 150 ml
Cooking:
- Wash and dry a piece of beef, cut into small pieces to a thickness of 7-8 mm and lightly beat with a hammer.
- Heat the olive oil in a frying pan and fry the pieces on each side for up to 2 minutes.
- Sprinkle the hot meat with pepper and salt and place in a heat-resistant bowl.
- In a separate bowl, mix crackers, butter and mustard and place this mixture on top of the medallions.
- The prepared beef is sent to a preheated oven at 200° C for 5-7 minutes.
- Meanwhile, peel and wash the vegetables. Cut the carrots into thick rings, and cut the onion into 4 parts.
- Pour the vegetables into the same pan in which the meat was fried and cook until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Then sprinkle with sugar, constantly stirring the mixture, and keep it on the fire for another 2 minutes.
- Add water and vinegar to the vegetables to taste and simmer over low heat for another 5 minutes.
- Wash the thyme, tear into small pieces, add to the vegetables, stir and remove from heat.
Place juicy beef chops on a plate and serve with a ready-made vegetable side dish.
Beef chops in the oven with tomatoes and cheese (under foil)
Kitchen appliances: meat hammer, strong cutting board, heat-resistant casserole dish, oven.
Ingredients
Beef | 600 g |
Tomatoes | 300 g |
Hard cheese | 150 g |
Vegetable oil | 2 tbsp. l. |
Mayonnaise | 2-3 tbsp. l. |
Salt pepper | taste |
Preparation
A very familiar recipe, that’s exactly what I thought when I saw the cooking method. Probably each of you is familiar with French meat first-hand. So this option is almost the same, but without potatoes. Here we will cook the chops in the oven under foil. The foil will protect the meat from drying out. As a result, it will turn out soft and juicy.
We will need:
- Beef loin - 1 kg.
- Mayonnaise - 3 tablespoons
- Mustard - 1 teaspoon
- Onions - 3 heads
- Dutch hard cheese - 150 gr.
- Foil
- Vegetable oil - 20 gr.
1. Wash the meat, then cut it into 1 cm thick. Beat it, first covering it with a disposable bag. So that pieces of pulp do not fly around.
2. Peel the onions, then wash and cut into thin rings. Carefully separate each ring from each other. Then place it on the sheet in which you plan to bake the chops. Lightly coat with vegetable oil.
Place the chopped meat steaks on top of the onions. The meat product should be laid in one layer.
Coat the pieces of meat with the dressing. Pre-mix mayonnaise and mustard until smooth.
3. Prepare the tomatoes, rinse thoroughly and remove the stem. Cut into round pieces, not too thin. Place the chopped tomato on a sheet on top of the sauce.
There are literally a couple of manipulations left and you can set to bake. Now grate the cheese on a coarse grater and sprinkle on top of the tomatoes.
Cover our entire masterpiece with foil and place it in the oven to bake. Baking time 25-30 minutes, temperature 180-190 degrees.
When the time is up, remove the sheet with meat. Remove the foil from the baking sheet and serve. Yesterday I delighted my friends with a similar version of the dish. Only instead of sirloin pieces of meat I took minced meat. Consequently, the cooking time was reduced to 15 minutes. Enjoy your meal!
And again, according to tradition, we end our selection with an original video recipe. Sit back, absorb all the useful information and start cooking. The result will definitely please you.
In this case, a recipe for beef liver chops is presented. But they also turn out quite tasty. Just for lovers of this meat product. I wouldn't mind a portion of a juicy piece.
Yes, the pieces turned out very tasty indeed. The most important thing is that the dish is quite juicy and soft. By the way, I didn’t expect this. My husband is absolutely delighted and asks me to cook more. So, I advise you to cook chops from beef liver, they are very tasty.
So we’ve looked at the most popular beef chop recipes. All that remains is to make a choice and get down to business. In general, I prefer to eat meat with vegetables, which I advise you to do. It is not only tasty, but also quite filling, and most importantly healthy.
New Year is getting closer and closer. Be careful not to sneak up noticeably, otherwise you’ll miss all the preparation. What am I talking about? Yes, besides, you should prepare recipes now. Have a nice choice, see you again, dear readers!
Breaded beef chop
Traditional breading is a mixture of flour and egg. But there is another recipe, where the breading is double - the first layer is flour, and the second is breadcrumbs. Thanks to this sequence, it will be possible to reliably preserve the juiciness of these beef chops.
Breaded beef chops
Ingredients needed for 5 servings:
- beef – 500 gr
- flour – 60 g
- breadcrumbs – 60 g
- chicken egg – 3 pcs
- butter – 20 g
- vegetable oil – 40 ml
- ground pepper mixture – 3 g
- salt - to taste
How to cook:
- Pick up the meat from the thick edge of the inner or outer part of the hind leg, wash and dry.
- Cut the prepared piece into portions 10-12 mm thick and beat with a hammer to a thickness of 7-8 mm, sprinkle with salt and spices. And sprinkle everything with flour.
- Break the eggs into a bowl one by one, stir with a fork until smooth and dip each slice of meat, and then roll them on both sides in breadcrumbs.
- Heat a frying pan, pour in vegetable oil and lay out the beef without leaning against each other. Fry the chops until fully cooked.
- Serve the browned meat to the table, pouring melted butter and sprinkling with chopped basil.
How to cook chops in batter (how long to fry)
We have already prepared breaded chops with you, but now the recipe is a little different. We will fry the meat in batter. We will need a few more ingredients, quite simple ones. They will probably be found in the house. So ready, well then I won’t bother you and let’s get down to business right away.
We will need:
- Beef - 500 gr.
- Chicken egg - 2 pcs.
- Milk - 120 ml.
- Flour - 120 gr.
- Salt, pepper - to taste
- Butter - 100 gr.
- Vegetable oil - 100 gr.
1. Let's first prepare the batter. And while it is aged for a certain time, we will deal with the meat.
So our task is to beat the egg until smooth. Then pour in a dose of warm milk, season everything with salt and pepper to taste. Next, add flour in small portions, stirring occasionally to prevent lumps from forming. In general, the entire batter can be prepared using a mixer; this method is much more convenient.
The viscous mass is ready for use. All that remains is to prepare the loin of meat.
2. First of all, of course, decide what size the pieces of meat will be. I suggest doing a little less. So that they are certainly fried. Cut the tenderloin into pieces and place on a cutting board. Cover the top with film and beat on both sides.
3. Now put the frying pan on medium heat. Place a piece of butter and vegetable oil on it and let it heat up. Next we place the pieces of meat after dipping them in the prepared batter.
Fry the product until golden brown on both sides. Once you complete this task, move on to the next one. Since our meat is in pieces and not cut, it means it is not ready and our task is to bring it to a ready state.
Let's drain the used oil from the pan and wipe it with a napkin. Next, add a new piece of butter and melt it. Now place all the fillets in the batter in a heap.
Then cover with a lid and let sit without removing the lid for 30 minutes over medium heat. If the oil begins to boil and the meat begins to burn, then the heat must be reduced to minimum.
After the time has passed, remove the pieces of chop. Place on a paper towel to allow the remaining oil to drain. Then you can safely serve it to the table. This dish is of course for people who follow proper nutrition. But it’s very tasty.