Time flies so fast, and it's another year in the blink of an eye. Every Chinese New Year, every household has to prepare New Year's goods, among which pork is indispensable, and the dumpling stuffing with pork is eaten on the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve. So, do you know what are the best meats on the pig? Because there are many parts of the pig, and the meat quality and taste of each part are different, there will naturally be the best parts and the second parts, let's take a look!
First of all, when choosing pork, no matter which place you choose, you must remember one point, you must not buy snow neck meat, why don't you buy this piece of meat? Because in the process of growing pigs, more or less, they have to take some epidemic prevention injections or other treatment injections. The neck is the place where the injection is injected, and compared to other places, it is very unclean. Another point is that the neck contains a lot of lymph nodes, lipomas, and thyroids, etc., which will accumulate some germs and viruses, so remember that pork in this part is not needed. So, let's find out what are the delicious places about pork!
5th place: hind leg meat
Hind leg meat, compared with front leg meat, is more chai and older. Because the place where the pig usually has a lot of activity, it is the front legs, and there is little backward exercise. The meat of this place is not suitable for making dumplings and wontons. However, it is better to use it to make a meat filling, add some vegetables, such as shiitake mushrooms, water chestnuts, lotus roots, etc., and then form balls or press them into meat patties, and it is better to eat them steamed. In my place, there is a New Year's delicacies, called white vegetarian chicken, I don't know if you have heard of it, it is to use the backward lean meat, shoot it into a meatloaf, and put a layer of fatty meatloaf on top, steaming and eating it is too fragrant. It is also a must-serve dish on our red and white celebrations.
4th place: tenderloin
Tenderloin is the most tender piece of meat on the pig, it is attached to the backbone of the pig, and it is said that the meat on the bone is the most fragrant. This piece of meat is more suitable for stir-frying or frying, not for stewing, and if it is boiled and eaten, it will be very woody, just like chewing wood. But it is very popular to stir-fry it with garlic, green peppers, celery, mushrooms, mung bean sprouts, etc., and make it into a sour and spicy stir-fry. On the table of Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, use it with some vegetables, stir-fry into sour and spicy, very appetizing and greasy.
3rd place: pork ribs
I believe that pork ribs are loved by many people, whether it is stewed soup or steamed and fried, they are delicious. This piece of meat is relatively tender, and there are many ways to cook it, so it is a very good piece of meat. Like sweet and sour pork ribs, braised pork ribs, pork ribs steamed bowl, cumin pork ribs, salt and pepper pork ribs, etc., as well as various pork rib soups, are all delicious and nutritious.
2nd place: pork belly
Pork belly is also liked by many people. This piece of meat, there are fat and thin, if you buy high-quality pork belly, it is really layer by layer, with five or six layers of flowers. Its method, like pork ribs, is suitable for steaming, frying, boiling, stewing, stir-frying, and there are many ways to eat. The only downside is that you will get a little tired if you eat too much. But we can first stir out part of the fat in the pork belly before cooking, so that it will not be greasy and fragrant to eat. Whether it is braised pork or a variety of steamed pork, such as plum cabbage pork, lotus root pork, kelp pork, fermented bean curd pork, etc., it is really not too fragrant, too delicious!
1st place: plum blossom meat
Plum blossom meat is the front leg of the pig, close to the snow neck of the piece of meat, it is like snowflake beef, there is a trace of fat in the meat, eating very tender, and more fragrant than the most tender tenderloin, the dishes cooked with it, the taste is very delicate, like the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, it is more suitable to use it to adjust the dumpling filling, it is not as greasy as the dumpling filling of the pork belly season. It is very suitable for dumpling filling, wonton filling, and meatball filling. But the only thing to pay attention to is that this is close to the snow neck, you must see it clearly when you choose! If you tell the boss to ask for plum blossom meat or shoulder blade meat when you choose pork, the boss will know that you know how to do it, because this piece of meat is the most fragrant and the least greasy.