Beets - an inexhaustible source of vitamins, minerals and amino acids. That is why in the national cuisine of many nations an important place is given to dishes with beets in its composition. But in order to properly prepare the sweet root, while maintaining its beneficial properties, you need to follow certain rules.
Standard cooking method
How to cook beets until cooked in a saucepan? If you put it in cold water and put it on the stove, it will cook for at least 2 hours, depending on the size, this time may increase by another hour. If you put it in the already boiling water, she can fully cook in one hour.
How much time to cook beets until cooked in different gadgets
In the microwave to cook a vegetable can be very fast. To do this, it is from 20 to 30 through punctures. You can use a knitting needle or a wooden fruit stick.
How much time to cook the beets until cooked in the microwave: put, chard (so also called beets) in a bag or special dishes for the oven, and hold for 10 minutes at maximum power.
Now consider how much to cook beets until ready for salad in a double boiler and pressure cooker. When using a pressure cooker, it is advisable to cut the vegetable into strips and then, the cooking time will take no more than 20 minutes. If you put the whole root vegetable, you will have to wait 40 minutes. Similarly, in a double boiler: 25 minutes in cut form and about an hour in full.
So, how much should you cook beets until cooked in a slow cooker? Cooking vegetables in a slow cooker takes 60 minutes, in the "Baking" mode - 45 minutes, the diced root will be ready in a quarter of an hour.
Note to the housewives who are concerned about the beneficial properties of food:
- beet improves digestion;
- protects the liver from toxins;
- Beet juice is used as an additional therapy for stomach cancer.
Recommendations professional chefs
Beets are boiled for half an hour, after which they need to be quickly shifted into cold water (preferably from the refrigerator). Due to the temperature difference, the root crop for the third hour reaches the desired state. Total, the total cooking time will be approximately 40-45 minutes.
The following advice will allow you to cook a sweet root in the shortest possible time, namely - 20 minutes. For this, the beets are immersed in boiling water for 15 minutes.
It should cook over high heat, without a lid. It is important that the vegetable is completely in the water. Next, pour the beets with ice water and leave for 5 minutes. Everything is done in a quarter of an hour. The only drawback of fast cooking without a lid is the complete destruction of vitamin C.
If you want to cook beetroot quickly, then it is desirable to choose small roots, they are tastier and faster in cooking.
Unusual method of cooking
Surely, many people know the problem of washing the pan after cooking beets in it. So, to save yourself from such work, you can cook the root vegetable in a plastic bag. It is necessary to roll the vegetable well into the bag, after washing it from dirt, and put it in a container with water at room temperature.
The edge of the bag may pop out of the water, but the chard itself must be under water. After an hour of such an execution, put a bag of beetroot in cold water and leave for a few minutes. This preserves the color of the root, while there is no unpleasant smell.
Tips for the proper preparation of beets
- The first question that arises at the beginning of cooking beets - whether to clean it. During cooking, the skin is not removed, but very high quality, with a brush, cleaned under running water. If, however, to clear the root of the skin, then in the process of heat treatment, it will lose its bright burgundy color, and the valuable juice will be in the water;
- Salting a vegetable, or not - the question is quite controversial. Some cooks are of the opinion that you need to salt water from the very beginning - this will give the vegetable a special savory taste, but this practice increases the cooking time. Therefore, it will be more effective to salt the finished dish with beets;
- In order for the beetroot to retain its beautiful color during long cooking, you can add a teaspoon of sugar or a couple of grams of citric acid to the water that has just been boiled;
- If you need to neutralize the smell in the processing of vegetables, you should add bread pan to the pan;
- Many have problems determining the readiness of chard. This is done elementary, with the help of a fork or toothpick. It is necessary to pierce the beets by half, otherwise there is a chance that the middle will remain uncooked;
- If, nevertheless, following the recipe, the root crop was cleaned, it cannot be kept in the open air for a long time, otherwise the vegetable will lose valuable vitamin C;
- It happens that the beetroot after a long storage, dries out a little. But do not hurry to get rid of it. For the resuscitation of vegetables, it is necessary to scald it with boiling water, then put in a slightly warm water for 30 minutes. Then you can put the swollen beets on the fire, without changing the water;
- Everybody knows salad "Vinaigrette", a frequent companion of the holiday table. So, so that the sweet root does not redden the other components of the salad, diced beets, you can sprinkle with vegetable oil. Other vegetables will be "safe";
- Beet tops also contains nutrients. There are many recipes for which these parts of the vegetable are required. However, in cooking use only fresh tops.
Beetroot is a tasty and healthy vegetable. A properly cooked beet will complement the dish with vitamins, necessary taste characteristics, as well as a rich ruby color.
And in addition - the recipe for a wonderful salad of boiled beets.
