1. Should meat be blanched in boiling water before cooking?

To have delicious meals and ensure food safety, housewives are very interested in choosing delicious and clean food. Many people tell each other that when buying pork , before processing, they should blanch it in boiling water to remove toxic substances. Boiling water at high temperatures will help remove all viruses, harmful bacteria... But in fact, doing so does not remove toxins and dirt from the meat but also has negative effects on the health of the user.

According to Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Duy Thinh, former lecturer at Hanoi University of Science and Technology, blanching meat in boiling water is an extremely wrong habit of many housewives. Putting meat in boiling water will cause the meat to denature and shrink. At high temperatures, the proteins on the surface of the meat will clump together, and dirt or toxins inside cannot escape.

Therefore, you should only use boiling water when you want to sterilize. If the meat is accidentally infected, it can be treated by boiling it thoroughly, at which point the bacteria will die and the meat will become safer.

Instead of blanching the meat in boiling water, if you want to remove dirt and chemicals in pork, the best way is to wash it with clean water several times after buying it. In addition, you can use salt or diluted salt water to rub the meat, then rinse it with clean water.

In addition, you can soak the meat or bones in rice water for about 1 hour. This method is very effective in removing dirt on the surface of the ribs, excess blood in the meat and bone fat, reducing the fishy smell, making the dish more delicious.

You can also put the bones or meat in a bowl of water mixed with a little white vinegar, soak for about 15 minutes, then remove and rinse, drain before cooking. Vinegar helps soften the meat and remove excess blood in the meat.

2. How to wash pork properly to remove dirt

Wash pork with diluted salt water

Washing pork with diluted salt water is considered the correct way to clean pork. It can remove dirt inside.

You just need to mix a basin of warm salt water and soak the meat for about 10-15 minutes. At this time, the dirt from the inside will slowly be released. Then you wash the meat again with water and put the meat in cold water to boil slowly. This will cause the impurities inside to be pushed out.

During the boiling process, if you see more bubbles in the meat broth, it means more dirt is being cleaned.

Soak pork in rice water

After washing the rice, save the rice water to soak the meat. Rice water contains a lot of starch and alkaloids - food cleaning agents that can remove impurities in pork. You should wash the meat before soaking it in the rice water.

Soak the meat for about 20 minutes and you will see a lot of dirt floating on the surface of the rice water. At this point, the bacteria and dirt have been pushed out.

Rinse the pork with water again to remove any remaining dirt on the surface of the meat.

Next, use a piece of lemon to rub all over the surface of the meat and leave it for about 2-3 minutes, then rinse with water.

Wash pork with vinegar

This method of washing pork is similar to soaking pork in rice water. The only difference is that this method uses vinegar instead of lemon.

Prepare a basin of clean water, add a little salt and white vinegar, then rub it directly on the pork with your hands. Do this for about 10 minutes. At this time, the dirt and blood in the pork will be released and completely cleaned.

The 3 ways to clean pork above are very easy to do so any housewife can do it. However, there is a faster way that you can completely apply to clean pork and pork ribs easily.

3. Should meat be boiled in boiling water or cold water?

Many people have the habit of boiling meat in cold water, but many people also boil meat in hot water. So what is the delicious and healthy cooking method?

Meat boiled in boiling water will be sweeter than meat boiled in cold water. Because the meat retains nutrients and does not decompose due to boiling for too long. Although the meat boiled in cold water is not as delicious, the broth is sweet and rich because the nutrients have been released into the water. It can be used to make soup.

Therefore, depending on your needs, choose which way to boil the meat. During the cooking process, if you see foam or scum, use a spoon to skim it off.

To make the meat fragrant and avoid bad smell, you can add fragrant roasted onion or a little lemongrass... when cooking.