Beef chops in the oven

Beef is healthier than pork. Everyone who is interested in healthy eating knows about it. However, many housewives continue to cook pork chops, believing that the beef they get too hard and dry. In fact, you can make juicy and soft chops from beef, if you know a few secrets. If you bake the beef chops in the oven, you get a truly exquisite dish, which is not ashamed to offer guests.

Cooking Features

If you do not know some of the subtleties, soft and juicy beef chops are not really done. However, experienced cooks still cope with this task perfectly.

Not every part of the beef is suitable for chops. The most suitable for this purpose cutting. If you could not get it, you can take the pulp, but it needs to be beaten better and cook longer.
For the preparation of beef chops, it is advisable to use fresh or chilled meat. It is more difficult to make juicy chops from the meat that survived the freeze. But even this is possible if the beef is defrosted properly. Proper defrosting involves thawing with a minimum change in temperature, that is, gradual. It is impossible to accelerate the process with the help of hot water or a microwave.
When purchasing beef, pay attention to its color and fiber size. It is better that the fibers are smaller, and the color is bright, not dark. Dark color and large fibers speak about the big age of the cow, its meat is tough and not juicy. Veal chops are no less tender than pork.
Do not overdry meat in the oven, do not exceed the cooking time specified in the recipe.
The use of fatty sauces and vegetables will allow you to cook more juicy beef chops in the oven.
Cut into pieces on chops should be across the fibers, then beat well. If you beat the meat through the bag or cling film, the spray will not fly in all directions. And the hammer will not stick to the meat, so the risk of tearing the piece will be small.

There are a lot of recipes for cooking beef chops in the oven, and the technology of cooking may depend on the specific recipe. Read them carefully before proceeding.

Beef chops in mustard sauce

Composition:

beef (tenderloin) - 0.5 kg;
hard cheese - 0, 35 kg;
onions - 0, 3 kg;
mustard (sauce) - 10 ml;
mayonnaise - 100 ml;
salt, pepper, spices for meat - to taste;
vegetable oil - how much will leave.

Method of preparation:

Wash the meat, wipe it off with a towel. Cut across the fibers into pieces about a centimeter thick.
Put the pieces in the bag and beat them well with a cooking hammer on both sides.
Rub with salt and pepper.
Mix mustard with mayonnaise and spices for meat. The sauce should be homogeneous.
Lubricate the baking sheet with vegetable oil.
Smear beef chops on both sides with sauce, put in the prepared form.
Peel the onions, cut them into rings or half rings, depending on the size of the onions.
Put a thick layer on the chops.
Rub the grated cheese of any of the hard varieties. Sprinkle them with chops.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, put the form in it with the chops. After about 40 minutes, when the cheese is reddened, chops can be taken out of the oven.

A side dish is needed for beef chops made with this recipe. The dish is almost universal, and the garnish will suit a variety of dishes: potatoes and other vegetables, stewed, fried or baked, buckwheat, pasta, rice. It’s a good idea to serve chops with a fresh vegetable salad.

Beef chops with potatoes

Composition:

beef - 0.5 kg;
potatoes - 0, 7 kg;
hard cheese - 0, 2 kg;
mayonnaise - 0, 2 l;
onions - 0, 2 kg;
salt, spices - to taste;
vegetable oil - how much will leave.

Method of preparation:

Put a parchment soaked in vegetable oil on a baking sheet.
Wash the meat, dry it with napkins, cut into portions and carefully beat off from both sides.
Salt and pepper chops, put on a baking sheet.
Remove peel from onion. Each onion cut in half and cut into thin halves of the rings. Sprinkle with beef onion half rings.
Peel raw potatoes, grate them on a coarse grater. Press to remove excess juice. Grate potatoes chops.
Grease the potato layer well with mayonnaise.
Finely grate the cheese and add chops to it.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Place a baking tray with beef chops in it. Bake for 45 minutes.

Beef chops baked under potato “fur coat” are an unusual and very tasty dish. Serve it well with sauce, for example with sour cream. But the side dish for this dish is not required.

Beef chops with tomatoes

Composition:

beef - 0.5 kg;
tomatoes - 0.5 kg;
wheat flour - 70 g;
hard cheese - 0, 2 kg;
garlic - 1 clove;
milk - 0, 5 l;
butter - 100 g;
salt, seasonings - to taste;
nutmeg - a pinch;
vegetable oil - how much will leave;
fresh greens - to taste.

Method of preparation:

Rinse beef tenderloin in running water, pat dry with a kitchen towel. Cut into seams about 1 cm wide. Cover with cling film and repel it on one side. Then remove the film, turn the chops over, put the film back in place, beat off the meat on the other side.
Salt and pepper each layer of beef to taste.
Crush a clove of garlic with a special press.
Melt butter in a pan, add garlic to it, fry it for a couple of minutes.
Pour flour, stir vigorously.
Pour the milk into the pan in a thin stream, constantly stirring the cooking sauce. Stir it so that no lumps remain. Cook until the sauce thickens.
Grease the baking dish with vegetable oil, put the beef chops in it. Thickly pour them sauce, trying to distribute it evenly.
Wash and dry the tomatoes, remove the stems and a dense piece of flesh near them. Use a sharp knife to slice the tomatoes into thin plates.
Spread the tomato mugs on the chops.
Finely rub the cheese and sprinkle them with tomatoes.
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, send the form with the chops to it. Cook for 50 minutes.

Beef chops with tomatoes are tender and juicy. To make them look even more appetizing, before serving, they will not be disturbed by sprinkling chopped greens. Use sauce as a sauce. Prepare a side dish for chops (mashed potatoes are ideal).

Beef chops in sour cream

Composition:

tenderloin or beef pulp - 1 kg;
onions - 0, 2 kg;
sour cream - 0, 2 l;
tomatoes - 0, 3 kg;
fresh parsley - 100 g;
spices for meat with salt - to taste;
vegetable oil - how much will leave.

Method of preparation:

Cut and dry beef cut into plates centimeters thick. Beat them from two sides, rub with spices.
Peel and cut onion into small half rings.
Heat the oil in a pan, fry the onion in it until it is golden brown.
Put the onion in a clean plate. In the same pan, fry the beef chops on both sides, giving each side about 5 minutes.
Grease the roaster and place chops in it.
Cover chops with a layer of fried onions.
Grease chops with sour cream, using half the amount indicated in the recipe.
Wash the tomatoes, cut them into circles or semicircles if the fruits are large.
Place them on top of meat and onions.
Brush the tomatoes with the remaining sour cream.
Cut the parsley with a knife and sprinkle the dish on top of it.
Turn on the oven. When the temperature in it reaches 120 degrees, place a broiler with chops in it. At the same time, cover the pan with a lid.
After 15 minutes, the roaster can be taken out of the oven, chops can be laid out on plates.