Eating in China
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Prepared pork-fat pieces

腌制猪肥脂块Yānzhì zhū féizhī kuài

Pieces of pork fat prepared by curing before they are mixed into steamed cakes such as Wenzhou Airen songgao.

Type
Prepared ingredients

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Solid pieces of prepared pork fat, rather than rendered lard or untreated raw fat trimmings.

In the kitchen

Mixed into glutinous-rice flour and steamed to enrich rice cakes.

The curing mixture and exact cut are not fixed here. Do not assume salt curing, sugar curing or a particular preservative without preparation-specific information.

Ask about this ingredient

这道菜里有腌制猪肥脂块吗?

Does this dish contain Prepared pork-fat pieces?

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