What kind of beef is better to buy? How to tell the quality of raw beef?

We all know that beef is a common meat food. It is tender and delicious, and can be eaten in a variety of ways. It tastes very good. Eating it in moderation can supplement the nutrients needed by the human body and has certain benefits for the body. Many people often buy beef to eat. So what kind of beef is better to buy? Let's take a closer look!

How to choose good beef

1. Choose from the color

Light red meat, delicate texture, and elastic beef. Check the beef with your eyes to see if there are red spots or unusual colors. Fresh meat is shiny and evenly red, while inferior meat is slightly darker. Look at the fat part of the meat. The fat of fresh meat is white or light yellow, while the fat of inferior meat lacks luster, and the fat of spoiled meat is green.

2. Smell with your nose and choose based on the taste

Pick up the beef and smell it. Fresh meat has a normal smell, while inferior meat has an ammonia or sour smell.

3. Choose from the perspective of flexibility

When you touch it with your hands, you will feel that the muscle is elastic. Fresh meat is elastic. After pressing with your fingers, the depression will recover immediately. Substandard meat has poor elasticity or even no elasticity. The depression after pressing with your fingers will recover very slowly or even not recover at all. Deteriorated meat has no elasticity.

4. Choose from the viscosity

The surface of fresh beef is slightly dry or slightly moist and not sticky when touched. Sub-fresh meat looks dry or sticky on the surface. The cut surface of beef is moist and sticky. Spoiled meat is extremely sticky and appears extremely dry on the surface.

How to distinguish the quality of beef

1. Look at its glossiness. Fresh beef is shiny and evenly red. The fat is white or light yellow. If it is spoiled beef, the surface is dull and the fat on the beef is yellow-green.

2. Look at its stickiness and its ability to stick to your hands. Fresh beef has a slightly dry or air-dried film on the surface.

3. Smell it. If it is fresh, it will smell like beef. If it is bad, it will give off a little bit of bad smell. Then you will know whether it is good beef or bad beef.

4. Difference between old and tender beef. Tender beef looks very salty and very alive, while old beef looks not very fresh and not very alive. This is the difference between old beef and fresh beef. Moreover, the texture of tender beef is red and elastic, very perfect, very complete, with stripes, and very beautiful.

What to look out for when buying beef

First, check whether it is water-injected beef. Water-injected beef can be identified by sticking a piece of white paper on the cut surface of the beef. The paper on fresh beef will not rot, but if you use white paper on water-injected beef, the paper will rot in a short time. Also, water-injected beef looks watery, while beef that is not water-injected looks a bit dry.

Second, check whether it is fresh. Fresh beef is bright red in color and may even have some blood in it, while stale beef looks a bit gray or even black. Don't buy such beef.

Third, smell it to see if there is any unusual smell. If there is an abnormal smell, do not buy it.

Fourth, you must buy it from a regular place, and don’t buy it from a place that doesn’t look regular. Sometimes, uninspected beef, although it looks good, also has certain safety risks.

How long can beef be kept in the refrigerator?

1. Raw beef can be stored in the freezer for 6-12 months from the date of production.

2. Cooked beef can be kept fresh for about a week in a refrigerator at -6 degrees, for about 15 days at -12 degrees, for a month at -18 degrees, and for 3 months at -24 degrees.

It is best to cut it into pieces and add a little salt before putting it in the refrigerator, then put it in the refrigerator for 1 day (slow dehydration), and then take it out and let the water drip out naturally.