Chicken is a very common dish on the table of Chinese, no matter whatSpicy chicken, or yellow stewed chicken, are very tasty dishes.
However, in the process of slaughtering, the chicken's belly is often accompanied by something similar to butter, and many people will think that this is an overly greasy substance, so they will discard it at will, but they don't know that these seemingly ordinary "butter" are thereExtremely important.
Most of the chickens on the market areTen dollars a kilogramThis price is affordable for many people, plus the meat of the chicken is tender and delicious, nutritious, and there are many styles that can be made, so many people will buy one to improve their diet.
But if you have seen the whole process of killing chickens, you will find that there will be a bunch of yellow things in the belly of the chicken, many people think it is very oily, so they directly let the owner throw it away, but everyone knows itBut it has a big use.
Some people may be surprisedWhy does this chicken have a yellow mass in its belly?In fact, it was neither chicken nor disease, justFat from chickenNothing more.
So why is the fat of other animals white, but the fat of chickens is yellow, is there some hormone?The reason why the fat of chickens is so yellow is because they have to eat different foods every day.
Usually there are two main types of chickens in the market, one is on the farm and in the countrysideKeep them in captivitySince there are people feeding them every day, these chickens grow fast and are very large, and they are fed with special food.
Another type of chicken isFree-range chickens, also known as:Native chickenThese chickens grow slower than those in captivity, and of course they are smaller.
Because they are free-range, these chickens are not only free to roam the wild, but also have access to a large amount of food, such as:Grains, insects, wild vegetablesThese have become the best ingredients for chicken.
Because of the two kinds of chickensGrowing in the environment and eating foodThere are differences, so the quality of the chickens after growing up is also different, just from the name, you know that the meat of the local chicken is better.
So the ** of a local chicken on the market has been reachedMore than seventy or eighty yuanAnd not surprisingly.
Generally speaking, there is almost no butter in the body of captive chickens, and only those free-range native chickens will have butter substances in their stomachs.
And some of the better old chickens not only have butter in their stomachs, but also have butter in their intestines and visceral areas in their bodies.
But the general growth time of more than a year of chickens, its belly will have a relatively large piece of butter, and as time goes by, it eats more and more, the more butter in the body will be hoarded, especially for roosters who have been bred for many years, butter is availableHalf a pound.
However, most of the chickens in our market are generally raised in captivity, so it is generally difficult to eat local chickens with relatively fatty meat, so people with conditions generally choose to go to the countryside farmhouse to eat a delicious local chicken dish.
If you buy a chicken with butter in your stomach on weekdays, and the butter is still relatively large, it means that you are buying a free-range chicken, that is, a high-quality chicken.
Although the "butter" inside of the chicken belly may seem a bit difficult to swallow, it is also a very nutritious dish when processed.
The more butter in the belly of the chicken, the better it will eat, and the fatter its chicken will be, which proves that this chicken has no added hormones.
So if you come across this buttery substance when buying chicken,Don't throw it away, take it home first.
This buttery substance is not only rich in protein and fat, but also has a certain amount of calories, which can make up for the lack of nutrients in the human body, and even have the effect of improving immunity. It's also a good thing for seniors.
Although the taste of chicken fat is more fishy than that of chicken, after putting it in a pot and using ginger slices to remove the smell, it can be mixed with local chickenCook together into chicken broth and drink.
The resulting chicken broth is more delicious than that of pure chicken, and the resulting soup is more yellow than usual, making it look full of oily nutrients.
This chicken fat can be served in addition to being stewed with chicken, and it can also be consumedRefined into chicken fatIt is used for stir-frying on weekdays.
If there is butter in the belly of the chicken, clean the butter first, put it in a pot to refine it into chicken fat, and then put it in a container, and use it in an appropriate amount when you need to use it.
Generally, a piece of chicken fat can be refinedThree or four taels of chicken fat, which is enough for us for a month.
This refining method is actually the same as the refining of lard, except that chicken fat is more delicious and fragrant than lard, whether it is steamed, fried, boiled and fried, chicken fat can be eaten instead of edible oil.
It is worth mentioning that this kind of chicken butter is rich in protein and various vitamins compared to ordinary edible oil, which are good for the human body.
From this point of view, a small piece of chicken fat can't imagine that it has so many uses, so the butter in the chicken belly is still very useful, and you must not throw it away next time.
However, now there are more and more chickens on the market, and some unscrupulous traders want to fool consumers with this, so they deliberately put oneOil yellow titaniumThe substance is used in the process of raising chickens.
This substance belongs to a chemical additive or the like, if it is used, even if the chick has more than two months of butter in the belly, it will be difficult for consumers to distinguish between real and fake chicken.