Eating in China
A small scoop of pale ivory rendered cooking fat, softly semi-solid with a slight melted edge.

Donkey fat

驴油Lǘyóu

Rendered donkey fat used in the layered bread.

Type
Cooking fats and oils

A CLOSER LOOK

How to recognize it

Rendered donkey fat used in the layered bread.

In the kitchen

Enriches the layered Baoding donkey huoshao bread.

Rendered cooking fat, distinct from the meat filling.

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这道菜里有驴油吗?

Does this dish contain Donkey fat?

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