How best to refine lard

Refining lard is a traditional cooking method, which can separate the fat of pork and make delicious oil. The following are the best ways to refine lard:

1. Prepare pork: select parts of pork that contain a lot of fat, such as pork loin, pig skin, etc. Cut pork into small pieces or thin slices.

2. Add water to the hot pot: put pork into the pot and add enough water. The height of water should be slightly higher than pork. Heat the pan to boiling.

3. Boil pork: reduce the heat of the pot to medium low heat, and cook the pork for about 1-2 hours until the pork becomes very soft and the fat is separated.

4. Filter out impurities: filter the soup liquid of boiled pork once with a filter screen to remove pork dregs and other impurities.

5. Cooling: place the filtered soup at room temperature to cool until the lard solidifies on it, and cut the lard into small pieces or thin slices.

6. Refining lard: put the lard into a pot, heat it to boiling point, then reduce the fire power to medium low fire, and slowly refine the lard until it becomes transparent and has no foam.

7. Filter lard: filter the refined lard with a filter screen to remove any impurities, and then pour the lard into a sealed container.

In general, the key to refining lard is to select the pork parts that contain a lot of fat, and to use enough water to cook pork, so as to separate the fat. When refining lard, it is necessary to maintain the stability of fire power to prevent the lard from deterioration or burning. Finally, the lard should be filtered through a filter screen to remove any impurities and obtain pure lard.