How Baking Soda Affects Ground Beef’s Texture During the Cooking Process
Lan Lam explains how proteins in meat are transformed during cooking when ground meat is seasoned with baking soda, giving the finished dish a juicy and tender finish
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I tried this. Not recommended. It affects the flavor in a way that it’s hard to describe, but definitely not good.
I love learning the science behind things I regularly do like cooking ground beef
Very intriguing!
Oh my!
How much to use??
And, will this work with other ground meats, too? Such as lamb?
So…how much baking soda do you need per pound of beef? Would this work for ground turkey as well? Thanks for this super usable science!
I just want the candy!!!
Recepie please
Lan has a 12 minute vid on this they just dropped on this channel, BTW. It's really good.
Great clip and drops appreciated 🙏🏽 What amount is common or recommended if using 🤔
Now I'm craving for some DOTS candy 😊
Fun fact this is very similar to how plastics work too to an extent. A lot of their mechanical properties are determined by the length and cross-linking of carbon chains. I don't know if there's an equivalent property for juiciness though…