猪膘肉 (zhūbiāoròu) · pork backfat

Measure Word

一块猪膘肉 kuài

Meanings

1 pork backfat
2 slab pork fat used for lard or cured preparations

About the ingredient

The thick layer of white fat under a pig's skin, mostly from the back, sold in slabs with little or no lean. It is rendered into lard, or diced into sausages and minced fillings to keep them moist.

Also called 肥膘肉

Used in 2 dishes

江南百花鸡 Jiāngnán bǎihuājī

金钱鸡 jīnqiánjī

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

猪膘肉可以炼成猪油。

Zhūbiāoròu kěyǐ liàn chéng zhūyóu.

Pork backfat can be rendered into lard.

HSK 7-9

摩梭人把整头猪腌成猪膘肉。

Mósuō rén bǎ zhěng tóu zhū yān chéng zhūbiāoròu.

The Mosuo people salt an entire pig into zhubiao preserved pork.

Tips

culture

Among the Mosuo and Yi peoples around Lugu Lake, a whole boned pig is salted and sewn shut to cure for years; the finished 猪膘 can be stored for decades as a dowry asset.