Boiled Lard

by Xiao Dong Niu@kitchen

4.9 (1)
Favorite

Difficulty

Easy

Time

30m

Serving

2

Lard, also known as meat oil or big oil, has a special fragrance. It is very delicious when used to stir-fry some specific vegetables. It is also necessary for Chinese pastries. It is very practical to prepare some lard at home. ~"

Boiled Lard

1. Ingredients: pork suet, a slice of ginger;

2. After buying the pork suet, wash it with warm water carefully and cut it into pieces;

3. Add a small bowl of water to the pot and bring to a boil;

4. Add the prepared pork suet and a slice of ginger (to remove the fishy, or leave it alone), and cook slowly over medium heat;

5. Slowly the water evaporates, and the suet starts to spit out oil. At this time, change to the minimum heat;

6. More and more oil~

7. Boil until the oil residue becomes brown and floats on the surface of the oil. At this time, you can press the oil residue with a colander to press out the lard in the oil residue;

8. Remove the oil residue, the oil residue is very fragrant when used for cooking;

9. Allow the lard to cool properly, filter it, add a little salt to the filtered oil, and place it in a clean container and keep it tightly sealed.

10. The freshly boiled lard becomes transparent and light golden yellow, very fragrant~

11. The lard is white and flawless after solidification~

Tips:

1. Be careful not to cook the lard too much, the lard that has been boiled will have a strange smell;
2. Put a slice of ginger when making lard to remove the fishy smell, and the lard will be more fragrant. Putting a little salt in the boiled lard is good for preservation;

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