The same pork belly, upper and lower pork belly, what is the difference? Choose the right meat for cooking

Reading guide in this issue: The same pork belly, what is the difference between "upper five flowers" and "lower five flowers"? Choose the right meat for cooking

It's going to be the New Year, the festival family banquet, every household is indispensable to big fish and meat, among which pork belly is particularly popular, pork belly, also known as rib meat, three-layer meat, located in the belly of the pig, there is a lot of fat tissue in the belly of the pig, which is sandwiched with muscle tissue, fat and lean interval, so it is called "pork belly", the structure of pork belly is a layer of lean meat and a layer of fat between the space, this part of the lean meat is also the most tender and juicy. Its fat meat is easy to melt when heated, and the lean meat is not firewood when cooked for a long time.

Do you know? Pork belly is divided into "upper belly" and "lower belly", is there any difference between the two? Although they all belong to pork belly, but the taste is very different, the taste and meat quality of the upper pork belly and the lower pork belly are very different, the dishes to make pork belly should choose the right meat, they all have their own advantages and disadvantages, the parts and usage needed to cook are not the same, let's see how to distinguish between "upper five flowers" and "lower five flowers", are suitable for what dishes:

【Upper pork belly】In fact, it is the pork rib part, and the pork belly left after removing the ribs is called upper pork belly, and the upper pork belly is also called "hard pork belly", the upper part is close to the backbone, and the characteristics are that the fat meat is thicker and the lean meat is thinner, so the dishes made are more greasy in taste, but the meat is relatively tender. The dishes are also fragrant. It is suitable for us to make steamed buns or dumplings, make lion's head and four happy balls.

【Lower Pork Belly】It is the pork belly of the pig, the lower pork belly is also called "soft pork belly", the layers of fat and thin are alternate, the proportion is close, it is not greasy to eat, and the front part of the abdomen near the front leg of the pig, the layered proportion of the pork belly in this part is the most perfect, the color is pink, the fat and lean meat are intertwined, and the thickness of the fat and lean meat is comparable, which is the selected pork belly, which is called: "fine pork belly". Dishes suitable for making pork belly, such as: stir-fried, stewed meat, barbecued meat, braised pork, Dongpo pork, pork stewed vermicelli, tamale, button pork, turn meat, plum cabbage button meat, and other dishes.