Mistakes when washing meat that most Vietnamese people are making are harmful to health.
Everyone needs to pay attention when washing raw meat, although this is only a very small step in the cooking process, it is very important in food safety and hygiene.
With modern life today, meat has become an extremely popular dish for every family. Fearing the situation of unsafe food, housewives often wash fresh meat directly under the tap or blanch it in boiling water before cooking, not knowing that this is a potential risk that is harmful to the health of the whole family.
So why are these two common kitchen habits wrong?
1. Wash meat directly under running water
In daily life, many people have the habit of washing all ingredients at once before cooking and washing meat directly under the tap. During the washing process, the meat washing water can splash and splash onto surrounding foods such as raw vegetables and fruits. On the surface of these raw foods, meat washing water left for a long time will produce bacteria that are harmful to the body's health.
2. Blanch the meat in hot water
Many people, when buying meat, only wash it briefly or do not wash it at all, but boil it in boiling water to blanch it. This seems to ensure safety, but in fact, it does not remove dirt from the meat. Blanching meat in boiling water can only reduce some of the bacteria that are clinging to the surface of the meat.
But most bacteria only die at very high temperatures (over 100 degrees Celsius). Furthermore, blanching meat in boiling water and then immediately removing it will destroy the nutrients in the meat, and at the same time cause the surface of the meat to immediately shrink and cannot release toxins in the meat. This not only does not work, but on the contrary, it also has negative effects on the body.
How to wash meat properly:
-Wash meat with diluted salt water:Housewives should mix a little salt into the water before washing the meat and wash raw foods separately (raw vegetables, fruits, etc.). At this time, the dirt in the meat will slowly be released and washed away.
-Boil the meat:In the water to boil the meat, you should add a little vinegar and salt, wait for the water to boil then put the meat in, let it boil for about 2 minutes then pour out all the water, at this time the bacteria and dirt in the meat are removed and you can safely process it.
