Tenderizing
In cooking, tenderizing is breaking down collagens in meat to make it more palatable.
There are a number of ways to tenderize meat:
- Mechanical tenderization, such as pounding or piercing.[1]
- The tenderization that occurs through cooking, such as braising.[2]
- Tenderizers in the form of naturally occurring enzymes, which can be added to food before cooking.[1]
- Marinating the meat with vinegar, wine, lemon juice, buttermilk or yogurt.[1]
- Brining the meat in a salt solution (brine).[1]
- Dry aging of meat at 0 to 2 °C (32 to 36 °F).[2]
See also
- Food portal
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