Tender Quick Corned Beef Recipes

In order for you to make tender quick corned beef, you have to have the tender quick curing seasoning from Morton. It is a blend of different ingredients: salt, sugar, and other preservatives that help with the curing process.

To make truly delicious quick corned beef there are a few things to do:

1. When using tender quick, your corned beef will be extremely juicy and full of great flavor.

2. Tender quick, unlike regular salt, doesn't dry out the meat, and is able to really get down into the meat fibers to help make your meat tender and flavorful.

3. When you make tender quick corned beef with tender quick, the seasoning is evenly spaced throughout the meat, so that you don't have under cured or over cured parts of the corned beef.

Making very appetizing corned beef is easy with a few tips:

1. Make sure that your beef is fresh , cool, and not frozen.

2. Make the pickling spice, by mixing two pounds curing spice per each gallon of water. The tender quick must be stirring until it has thoroughly dissolved.

3. After the mixture has been boiled, and enough time has passed for it to cool, get a container for curing the meat.

4. Place the meat into the container and add the right amount of curing spice to cover the meat completely. you may have to use a weight so that all of the meat is in the spices.

5. When 5 or 6 days have passed, reposition the corned beef so that the bottom pieces are now on top, and the top pieces are now on bottom. you can then add the weight to the meat again and pour the spices back over it.

6. Guidelines that tell how long to cure are at the rate of 2 days for each pound of beef. If you have a 7 pound brisket, it would take 14 days, or two weeks for the cure to be complete.

This recipe takes less time, and is just as delicious:

1. Take the appropriate amount of water and pickle spice, and bring it to a good boil.

2. All the mixture to cool and put it in your refrigerator.

3. For tender quick corned beef, be sure to sprinkle all parts of the meat with the tender quick, to allow curing and juiciness.

4. Cover the beef and let it stay in fridge for 2 hours.

5. Take the water and spices, and put them in the bowl with the meat.

6. Weigh down the meat so that the spices cover every inch of meat. Cover meat and let remain in refrigerator overnight, or at least 8 hours.

7. When finished, drain spice from meat and rinse thoroughly. Now you can cook the meat however you want, and it will be tender and terrific.