I’m sure you all have experience thawing frozen meat at least once.
Usually, when you buy meat online, it is delivered frozen because of its freshness, right?
And because you don’t know when you’re going to eat the meat you haven’t finished eating, there will be a lot of cases where you freeze it.
Frozen meat that we see very often in our daily life!
But how can I eat this frozen meat fresh???
So, today we are going to learn how to defrost frozen meat.
First of all, there must be some change in the meat during the freezing and thawing process.
They say that if you freeze and thaw the meat will lose its taste, right? 냉동고기 해동법
Perhaps it is because the juices and nutrients are lost during the defrosting process, or there may be a difference in taste due to the change in the texture.
First way! – Let’s defrost frozen meat in the refrigerator!
This method is recommended for those who have enough time.
In a way, it can be said that this is the best method among the methods introduced today.
Slowly thaw frozen meat by moving it to the refrigerator a day or a half day before cooking.
Defrosting the meat in the refrigerator reduces the loss of juice and nutrients and preserves the original shape of the meat. 냉동고기 해동법
If you defrost at room temperature for a long time, you can easily expose it to bacterial infection, so it should be avoided.
Be sure to refrigerate and thaw!! We recommend that you take your time
Second way! – Defrost in a silver pan or wrap in aluminum foil
The second method is to defrost it using a silver pot or aluminum foil that is easily available in the area.
The principle is very simple.
Aluminum foil is a metal with high thermal conductivity, such as a silver pan.
Therefore, if you wrap the frozen meat in aluminum foil and leave it at room temperature, it can be thawed quickly.
Conversely, even when freezing, if you wrap it in aluminum foil and freeze it, it will be frozen faster than just freezing.
One thing to note is that this is a method of thawing at room temperature, so it is better to cook it quickly once it is thawed to some extent.
If you leave it at room temperature for a long time, it is recommended to be careful because there is a high risk of exposure to bacteria.
Third way! – Thaw in ice water
The method to thaw frozen meat that I will explain this time is to thaw it by immersing it in ice water.
This method is similar to the method of thawing by storing in the refrigerator.
Because the temperature of previously frozen meat is very low, if it comes into contact with a sudden high temperature, the tissue can be easily damaged.
This is also a method that takes some time.
In fact, there is a way to defrost it quickly by immersing it in hot water, or there is a way to defrost it in a microwave oven.
However, if you put it in too hot water and defrost it, the outside will be cooked and the inside will be frozen.
It is also similar to thawing in the microwave.
It’s fine if you adjust the time properly and turn it, but if it’s too long, the outside will be overcooked.
Therefore, we do not recommend defrosting using hot water and microwave unless you are in a hurry.
And be sure to put it in cold ice water to defrost it! We recommend that you defrost it in a ziplock bag.
Whether you defrost in cold water or in the refrigerator, use a zipper pack whenever possible.
It is difficult to clean up again because blood comes out when thawed.
And if you put the meat in water right away and defrost it, the juices will be lost, but water-soluble vitamins and other nutrients will be lost.
So definitely! Please be careful
Today we learned how to defrost frozen meat.
It was my birthday a while ago, and the steak meat I got as a gift was in the freezer.
Still, shouldn’t it be delicious to eat what I eat???
So, let’s fill our stomachs with meat tonight.