Lard is the essential oil for many Chinese pastry. The effect of shortening is incomparable with other oils. Lard itself has high nutritional value. It is rich in vitamin A and vitamin D. It has the functions of improving appetite, invigorating stomach and spleen, moistening intestines and moistening dryness, detoxifying and tonifying deficiency, nourishing lungs and relieving cough. It is beneficial to eat lard at ordinary times, but lard cholesterol and calories are high. The elderly with three high symptoms should eat less. It's very simple to boil lard. The boiled lard is white and delicate. It can smell a fragrance. But it's easy to get old if you don't master the fire well. It affects the color and taste. Now present the cooking method. You can follow it.
Step1:The market bought lard. When buying lard, we should emphasize with the seller that we should buy lard instead of pork fat or spiked oil. The oil yield of lard is high and the color is white. Wash the lard.
Step2:After cleaning, cut the oil into small pieces of about 3cm.
Step3:Put it in the pot. Add about 50ml of cold water. Start boiling.
Step4:Continue to boil in the middle of the fire. The water is gradually reduced. The lard is gradually reduced.
Step5:After about ten minutes, the oil residue has appeared. There are more and more clear lard. It has been boiled in medium fire.
Step6:When the oil residue is reduced to the state as shown in the figure, it will boil well when the color is golden. Turn off the fire.
Step7:Lard is light yellow. You can get 2 grams of salt at home at this time. It can be cooked in less than 20 minutes.
Step8:Use a strainer to filter lard into a small stainless steel basin or a large ceramic bowl. Get the golden oil residue. It's very fragrant. You can make oil residue cake or oil residue rice.
Step9:When lard coagulates naturally, it will be white color. It's very delicate. skin like clotting fat means that the white skin is the same as the coagulated oil. That's the case with the boiled lard. Look. My kittens are attracted by the fragrance.
Cooking tips:Pay attention to the cold water and the lard together before cooking. Then open fire to boil. There are skills in making delicious dishes.