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How to keep meat tender after cooking

When you cook meat, the cooking heat causes the juices to run back inside, so the outside dries up somewhat. Here is a tip to avoid this.

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Last modified on: February 21^th 2011

Keywords for this recipe:Trick Tips Cooking Meat Resting Soft

How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

Resting	Start to finish
5 min.	5 min.

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

How to keep meat tender after cooking : Photo of step #1

To avoid this problem, you just need to leave the meat to stand 5 minutes after taking out of the oven or the frying pan, until the juices flow back towards the outside.

Stage 2

How to keep meat tender after cooking : Photo of step #2

The best way to do that, is to keep the meat somewhere warm on a hot plate, covered with aluminium foil.

Stage 3

How to keep meat tender after cooking : Photo of step #3

This also works with fish, which will be even more tender.

Source

D'après Joel Robuchon.

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