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Every cut of pork has its own criteria, suitable for different cooking methods that not everyone knows. Let's discover the secrets with PasGo below!
Pork is a common, easy-to-cook ingredient that is very convenient. However, if you're not someone experienced in choosing the right food at the market, you might feel overwhelmed among the various types of pork cuts: where's the shoulder, where's the belly, pork loin, tenderloin, pork butt, or ham,... and can't distinguish nor know how to choose the right cuts for your dish. For example, if you want to boil pork, you shouldn't choose the pork butt as it tends to be dry, tough, and not tasty,... Therefore, just with a few tips that PasGo provides below will help you feel more confident, choose the right cuts according to your needs.
1. Pork tenderloin
- This is the part of pork tenderloin that is almost tender and hardly has any fat on the pig, suitable for those who don't like fatty meat but still want a tender piece. Pork tenderloin has a pinkish-red color, with beautiful long meat fibers.
- This part of the meat is often used to make sausage, pâté, shredded pork, or extremely delicious marinated pork loin.
- In addition, pork tenderloin can be marinated with spices and grilled to perfection following Western recipes, very tasty and appealing without being dry.
2. Pork sirloin
- This is the pork loin. In the Northern region of our country, this meat is also separated and called pork loin.
- Pork sirloin is often used to make shredded pork or marinated with salt. In the Southern region, pork sirloin is very popular for making broken rice with pork ribs, and this pork sirloin part is grilled to serve with rice.
3. Pork ham
- This is the meat from the pig's thigh that has been trimmed off the hoof.
- Pork ham is used to prepare many dishes such as boiled dishes, braised dishes, and especially some specialties such as smoked pork ham, salted pork ham, stuffed pork ham, and stewed pork ham with Chinese herbs, delicious and very good for health.
4. Pork head meat
- Pork head meat is the part of the pig's head. This meat part has a very crispy texture, with fat and skin, but this fat is not greasy and has a crispy sensation.
- The most famous dish with pork head meat is stir-fried pork head, also known as head meat stir-fry.
- Pork ears can also be made into crispy fried ear spring rolls, wrapped with fig leaves to make a wonderful appetizer for drinking sessions.
5. Pork trotters
- Pork trotters are the part of the leg attached to the pig's hoof. Trotters have many tendons, and the fat meat in this part doesn't feel greasy when eaten, with crispy skin. There are many studies suggesting that pork trotters contain calcium, iron, and many vitamins that help with blood circulation, lactation, soften the skin, nourish the kidneys... good for health.
- There are many dishes made from pork trotters, mainly stewed dishes like soups, braises, turmeric braises, faux braises...
6. Pork belly
- This is the belly part of the pig, very easy to recognize. It's called pork belly because the piece of meat consists of layers of meat, fat, meat, fat interleaved and stacked on top of each other.
- This meat can be used to prepare a variety of dishes: from boiled, braised, stir-fried, Chinese-style braised to marinated for frying, grilling, or roasting until crispy and delicious without being greasy.
7. Pork shoulder meat
- This meat is located at the pig's shoulder.
- The meat is tougher and crunchier, so it's often used in boiled, braised, fried, grilled dishes, or ground for other culinary purposes.
8. Pork butt meat
- This is the pork butt meat without fat or skin, thick and large, located at the pig's hindquarters.
- Pork butt meat is quite dry, with long fibers, so it's often chosen by housewives to make shredded pork. Besides, pork butt meat is also a good ingredient for making sausage because of its tenderness and thickness.
9. Baby back ribs
- Baby back ribs are small, flat rib bones, with a lot of meat, few bones, and usually some cartilage.
- Baby back ribs are suitable for cooking dishes like grilling, braising, stir-frying with lemongrass chili, sweet and sour ribs...
Above are some easy and suitable pork selection tips for each dish from PasGo. Wishing you success and delicious meals with your family this week!
Compiled by Ngoc Anh - PasGo.vn
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