Boil lard

Boil lard

Overview

Lard (white oil) can also be called big oil. It is extracted from lard fat. The initial state is a slightly yellow translucent liquid cooking oil. After standing, it will turn into a white solid state. It has two main uses, one is to make puff pastry, and the other is to stir-fry. Adding lard to stir-fry will make the dishes nutritious and more fragrant.

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Ingredients

Steps

  1. Prepare ingredients: pork suet: 600g, water: 1 small bowl.

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  2. Wash off the dust on the pork suet with hot water and cut into small pieces.

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  3. Put it into the pot, pour a small bowl of water and start boiling over high heat.

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  4. Keep turning the suet block. At this time, the color of the water begins to turn milky white, and some water precipitates from the suet.

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  5. Turn over the suet block and the liquid in the pot will slowly turn from milky white to transparent, which means that the water has evaporated completely. At this time, turn to medium heat and continue to simmer.

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  6. With constant stirring, more and more oil precipitates, and the color of the suet blocks begins to change from white to yellow.

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  7. When the amount of separated oil is large enough, we can scoop out some of the oil with a hand spoon and pour it into the container to reduce the amount of oil in the pot. Because the oil temperature is relatively high at this time, it is best to choose a stainless steel container to hold the scooped out hot oil.

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  8. When the color of the suet turns light yellow, turn to low heat and simmer.

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  9. Until the color of the suet pieces turns golden yellow and a "swish" sound is made when flipped, the lard is ready, turn off the heat.

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  10. Remove the oil residue. Don't waste the oil residue. You can use it for stuffing or stir-fry. It's crispy and fragrant but not greasy.

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  11. Let the boiled lard warm and then pour it into a container that is conducive to storage. Let it sit for a while and it will turn into solid lard as white as jade. Store it in the refrigerator and take it anytime.

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  12. I poured it into a small bowl for taking pictures. Usually we can wait for the oil to dry and then pour it into a sealable glass bottle and refrigerate it.

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  13. The lard produced by this method is white in color and has no peculiar smell.

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  14. The texture is fine and pure.

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  15. Using such high-quality white oil to make puff pastry has an excellent quality and taste.

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  16. Lard also has a wonderful effect on treating frostbite.

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