The meat located along the ridge of the carcass is called tenderloin. This type of meat is very tender, since the muscle tissue does not receive stress during the growth and development of the animal. The tenderloin has a very good taste. It is the healthiest and most easily digestible meat, as it contains a high percentage of protein needed by children, pregnant women and people with high physical activity. There is little animal fat in the tenderloin compared to other types of meat, so it can be consumed by people on a health food diet.
Choose a fresh tenderloin of pork or beef and check the quality carefully. To do this, press on the piece, if the fibers recover quickly - the meat is fresh, if a liquid has formed in the hole - the tenderloin is chopped with additives. Place the piece on a napkin - after a fresh cut, the napkin will remain dry.
If you purchased frozen tenderloin, defrost it without using the microwave for a tender, juicy meat dish.
You can quickly and easily prepare pork tenderloin in this way. Slice it across the grain and beat it lightly. Sprinkle each piece with salt and pepper and sauté in a skillet. At the end of frying, add dry herbs.
Serve ready-made meat with boiled and fried potatoes, buckwheat, boiled rice or just with pasta. In the summer season, prepare boiled vegetables (beans, cauliflower) or a salad of fresh vegetables as a side dish for the tenderloin.
The dish of pork tenderloin baked with garlic and rosemary turns out to be very tasty. Combine crushed garlic, rosemary, salt and olive oil in a bowl. Spread the mixture over a piece of pork tenderloin.
Heat the oil in a saucepan and fry the tenderloin on all sides for five minutes. Place the meat on a greased baking sheet and place in an oven preheated to 200 ° C for twenty minutes. Take out the finished tenderloin, cover with foil and let sit for ten minutes. Then cut it into slices and serve with fried green beans and tomatoes.
Beef tenderloin can be steamed. To do this, beat the meat well, stuff it with bacon. Put butter on the bottom of the pan, and on it the tenderloin, finely chopped carrots, parsley, turnips, onions, potatoes, salt, add bay leaves, peppercorns and a little water.
Pour into a second saucepan, much larger than the first, and bring to a boil. Place a saucepan with the tenderloin in it and cook for two hours. Top up with constantly boiling water. Cut the cooked beef into slices, put on a dish, add vegetables and pour over the broth obtained after boiling.
Beef tenderloin with buckwheat cooked in pots turns out to be delicious. Cut the meat into small pieces. Fry them in a pan, add chopped onions. When the onions turn golden, add the sour cream and simmer the contents of the skillet for five minutes.
Pour a little sunflower oil into the pots, put the meat and onions fried with sour cream in them. Pour the prepared buckwheat on top, add bay leaf, salt and a spoonful of sour cream to each pot. Fill the contents with water to 1/4 of the pan. Close the pots with lids and place them in an oven preheated to 160 ° C for forty minutes.
