Roast meat with spices, juicy, with a ruddy, well-fried crust looks so seductive, but what it smells like! To get such a delicious dinner, you need to know how to choose meat, how much to fry pork in a pan or in the oven, how to cook it.
It is preferable to take meat not frozen, when the smell is clearly audible and its color is visible. Cooled, in depth, it can hide a poor-quality layer that is not visually noticeable. The best meat, of course, is fresh, and the taste directly depends on this indicator. You only need to buy a product verified by the sanitary services, and at the first suspicion of poor quality, it is better to refuse the purchase. Before asking the question how much to fry pork in a pan, you need to buy good, quality meat.
Quality meat has a pale red or pale pink color, if you touch its surface, the hand will be dry, the meat does not stick to the hand, the juice from it is transparent. Meat frozen in a quick way does not lose its taste. When it is frozen slowly, the water during freezing breaks the tissue fibers, making the meat less defrosted when defrosting, as it loses a lot of meat juice. How much to fry pork in a pan also depends on how it is cooked.
Recipes and quick ways to cook pork
After work, as a rule, there is no time to create a complex dish, but for such cases there are simple recipes. In the morning, it is advisable to remove the meat from the freezer and put it in the refrigerator. In the evening it will already be thawed, and you can start cooking.
- Pork chops. A centimeter thick pork is cut into portioned pieces, which are then beaten, sprinkled with black pepper and salt, then crumbled in flour. The fat content of meat affects the time of its frying. How much to fry pork, we will tell the amount of fat on a piece. The more fat, the less time it takes to roast and cook. On average, on low heat for 10-15 minutes on each side. If the meat is well beaten, then less - 7-9 minutes.
- Oven baked pork . How much to fry pork in a pan, you already know, now you can bake it in foil in the oven. We also rub the meat well with salt and pepper, top with mayonnaise and, wrapping in foil, put in the oven for 30-40 minutes. To speed up cooking, beat off a piece of pork.
- Pork on a baking sheet. We beat out small pieces of meat, rub with salt, pepper, roll in flour. Now you need to put lard (melted) and pieces of meat on a baking sheet, and sprinkle cheese on top of them. If you rub it with mustard, then the meat will be softer (this is usually done with beef, but to speed up the frying process, you can also grate pork). Cook for 20-30 minutes.
- Escalope. You can quickly fry the meat dry. Dry it a little with a towel, and then thinly cut it into flat pieces. It remains to salt and pepper, then fry on each side. When you turn over, add onions. How much to fry pork in a pan? 7-8 minutes on each side - and you're done!
- Cooked pork. According to this recipe, you can cook any meat, not just pork. When there is still time before dinner, put a piece in a pan, add a whole onion, carrot and spices (do not forget to wash and peel everything). Then the vegetables can be removed, and a piece of meat in an hour and a half will be ready. Put salt at the end of cooking.
- Cutlets. Pork, of course, is good, but you can add a little beef if the pork is fat. In the minced meat, pour pepper, salt, pour in the cream, mix everything very well and mold the cutlets. Then they need to be rolled in breadcrumbs, molded and sent to a very hot pan. How much do you need to fry pork? Not for long, 5-7 minutes on both sides. Serve with garnish.
General recommendations
- Stuffing can be cooked on weekends, and then stored in plastic bags in the freezer , spread out in thin layers, and thawed as needed.
- Do not thaw meat if you do not have time to cook immediately. The second freeze will significantly degrade its taste.
- The baking temperature in the oven for any kind of meat should be at least 220 ° C.
- Chopped meat cooks faster. Do not put pieces of meat or cutlets closely; it is necessary that they do not touch each other.
- Press the breadcrumbs with a knife to the patties so that they do not burn in the pan.