As the saying goes"Winter wax pickled in the wind, stored to protect against winter".Since the beginning of winter, many families have begun to buy pork marinated and smoked bacon, in order to have a wonderful taste full of fireworks in the Spring Festival.
A heavy piece of bacon is full of the taste of salt, the smell of smoke, the taste of wind, the taste of sunshine, and the various compound flavors of time and mindThis bite is also the "New Year's flavor" that cannot be missing every year.
Some families have prepared bacon early, and some families don't care about making bacon themselves because they are usually busy with work, so they can only go to supermarkets or vegetable markets to buy ready-made bacon when the Chinese New Year is approaching. But the quality of bacon on the market is uneven, how to buy good quality bacon is also a big problem, and there are people who don't know much about bacon, I don't know whether to choose "five flowers" or "hind legs"? Today, let's share tips when buying bacon, and which is more delicious, pork belly bacon or fat and lean bacon!
There are generally two kinds of bacon sold on the market, one is fat and thin pork belly, and the other is fat and thin, most of this bacon is basically lean meat, fat meat accounts for less, of course, there are fat and thin but rare, everyone usually does not like to buy too fat to eat at home, too much fat is easy to get tired of eating.
Experienced people will definitely prefer bacon made of five flowers when encountering these two types of bacon. Because the pork belly is basically three fat and two lean, and the fat contained in this three-point fat meat often loses a small part in the process of smoking, and the ratio of fat and lean is just right after the bacon is done.
After cooking, it tastes fat but not greasy, and it is particularly layered, and there is also a rich amount of fat flowing out when heating, which adds freshness and flavor to the paired seasonal vegetables.
Secondly, as the meat on the pork belly, the pork belly can rarely be moved, so the meat quality is relatively fat and soft, and the kind of fat and lean bacon is mostly made of the pig's front and rear leg meat, and the leg activity is large, so the fat content is less, and the meat quality of the lean part is also relatively firm, and the taste will be more tough than the pork belly after being made into bacon.
Therefore, if you want to eat relatively soft and easy to cook, it is recommended to buy bacon made of pork belly, if you like to eat lean or chewy meat, you can choose to buy fat and thin hind leg bacon.
1. Don't buy bacon with many additives
Now there are a lot of bacon sold in supermarkets and online, these bacon will be more hygienic and more secure than the bacon sold in the vegetable market, and they all have food production licenses, but such bacon also has drawbacks, that is, some manufacturers will add more additives to the bacon.
Therefore, when buying this kind of bacon, in addition to looking at the production date and shelf life, you should also take a look at the ingredient list, in addition to pork, salt and common seasonings, the fewer other additives that look unfamiliar, the better, too many additives are not only bad for the body, but also easy to cover the original fragrance of bacon.
2. Don't buy bacon that is too soft to the touch
Whether you are buying bacon with packaging or bacon without packaging in the vegetable market, it is recommended to pinch and press it with your hands. If the bacon is very hard and the meat is elastic, it means that it is smoked with fresh pork, and it has been dried and smoked for enough time.
If you encounter soft, slightly viscous and elastic bacon on the surface, it means that the bacon is either not very fresh, or it has not been smoked in place, and the moisture in the pork has not been completely dissipated, but in order to save time and trouble, the merchant smoked it for a few days with thick smoke, this bacon will not be very fragrant after cooking, the taste is not strong, and there is no sense of layering, it is better to eat fresh pork.
3. Don't buy dull and dull bacon
The color of bacon is also a way to help judge the quality of bacon, the color of high-quality bacon looks more dark red, or even black-red or yellow-black, because only a long time of smoking will make the bacon reach this darker color, and at the same time, it must also have a certain gloss, in line with these two points is a good bacon.
If the color is too bright or the color is light, and there is no gloss, the bacon may not be fresh, or the pigment is tuned out, and it is not smoked in place, then look at other brands or other bacon sold at home.
4. Do not buy bacon with miscellaneous odors
Unpackaged bacon can be sniffed carefully, and fresh and high-quality bacon can smell the smoky and meaty aroma that makes people feel comfortable. If you smell the bacon with some other miscellaneous smells or unpleasant odors, it means that the bacon may have been smoked for too long and is not too fresh, or even may have begun to deteriorate and spoil, or it may be that the smoking method used, wood, etc. are not good, and it is best not to buy this kind of bacon.
The best way to deal with such salty bacon is to soak the bacon in light salt water for half an hour, so that the high concentration of sodium salt in the bacon can seep out into the low concentration of brine, which can reduce the saltiness of the bacon, and then blanch it in the pot, take out the slices and fry it with other ingredients.
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