The invention provides a northern Shaanxi
flavor mutton prefabricated dish and a
processing method thereof. The
processing method comprises the following specific steps:
cutting mutton, cleaning, and draining for later use;
seasoning and a composite non-
phosphorus water-retaining agent are added into water, boiling is conducted, then decoction continues to be conducted with soft fire, filtering is conducted, filtrate is obtained, the filtrate is concentrated,
seasoning liquid containing the composite
natural water-retaining agent is obtained, and the composite non-
phosphorus water-retaining agent is elm
bark glue and
konjac glucomannan; putting the mutton into the
seasoning liquid, and treating the mutton by adopting an ultrasonic-vacuum tumbling,
pickling and tenderizing technology to obtain the pickled and tenderized mutton; and putting the pickled and tenderized mutton into a boiling bag, vacuumizing, sealing, sterilizing at high temperature, and cooling under
back pressure to obtain the northern Shaanxi flavored mutton premade dish. According to the invention, the composite
phosphorus-
free water-retaining agent is added into the seasoning liquid, and an ultrasonic-vacuum rolling and kneading combined
pickling and tenderizing technology and a high-temperature sterilization technology are adopted, so that the quality and yield of the prefabricated mutton are effectively improved, and the problems of low yield, poor preservation performance, short
shelf life and the like of the product are solved.