How to Keep Your Meat Tender After Cooking

It’s a common fact that when you serve a piece of meat right after cooking it sadly appears to be dry…

Even if meat is served rare or medium-rare you would like to have it more tender aren’t you?

The reason is very simple. When you cook meat, the cooking heat causes the juices to concentrate, so the outside dries up. So here is a tip to avoid this.

How to tenderize meat after cooking?

In order to tenderize a cooked steak, you just need to leave meat to stand 5 minutes after cooking, until the juices flow back towards the outside. Then you’ll be able to serve a perfect juicy meat. For a roast beef you’ll need to wait longer — about 20 minutes —.

To do this you can let meat rest in a warm place, loosely covered with an aluminium foil. You can put it on a warm plate for example. Be careful not to cover too tight because it will cause the sweating of meat.

This also works great with fish, which will be even more tender. Just try it on your next salmon fillets!

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